International & Cross-Border Capabilities | Global

Machado Meyer is a long-standing high-end, full-service practice in Brazil. The law firm is well known in foreign markets as an active contributor to international matters involving Brazil, and offers a vast range of services across legal areas and industry sectors. The team has a well-rounded practice that is able to meet the needs of international clients seeking multifaceted advice across transactional and contentious work.

Mattos Filho is a leading Brazilian law firm with significant experience advising on local law aspects of the largest and most complex international projects in the market. Typically seen in a Brazilian counsel role, and often called upon by some of the world's largest multinational companies to advise on business in Brazil, the law firm also frequently partners with leading firms in other major economies to provide complementary local and international expertise. The firm's international focus is represented in its global footprint, with offices in London and New York and a reputation for cross-border issues involving Japan.

Multi-jurisdictional transactions are a major component of Mattos Filho's international activity, with deals that see the team advising Brazilian companies on how to globalise via dual or multi-track listings, typically working with US and international firms to float companies in São Paulo and New York. The firm's full-service platform also includes notable international capacity across financing, M&A, disputes and energy, with the firm playing an important role on behalf of several international parties involved in the Petrobras divestment programme. Other important areas of expertise, such as corporate investigations, tax, investment funds and competition law, attract global corporations across industry sectors, with the firm representing some major players in the financial, automotive, energy and logistics sectors.

Pinheiro Neto Advogados is a large independent Brazilian law firm with an impressive following of international clients. The firm is regarded as a leading practice in Brazil, distinguished as a prominent force across a vast array of practice areas and industry sectors. The firm's clients include major global investment banks, electronics companies and manufacturers in the consumer goods and automotive sectors.

Demarest Advogados has an appealing practice for clients and law firms in other jurisdictions looking for an experienced partner in international work. The law firm has a broad practice, with credible expertise across a wide range of transactional and contentious areas, and serves a wide range of multinational banks, insurers and energy companies in furthering their business interests in Brazil.

Lefosse Advogados has a strong history of engagement on international issues and has consistently carved out a role as Brazilian counsel feeding local law expertise into larger global deals. The law firm's focus internationally is primarily transactional in nature, with an outstanding reputation in capital markets work, including equity issuances, IPOs and securitisation transactions. Corporate/M&A and tax matters with cross-border elements are also adeptly handled by the firm, which houses a competent banking and finance practice.

BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão is regarded as one of the premier corporate practices in Brazil, with leading M&A and merger control practices. The law firm's work in this area involves a multitude of cross-border deals, and it is known to lead on outbound matters for Brazilian clients expanding abroad, as well as being Brazilian counsel of choice for numerous international law firms with cross-border work involving the jurisdiction.

One of BMA's founders, Dominique Bétourné Walter, has previously practised in Paris, creating a significant global channel for the firm's international work involving cross-border activity with France. The law firm hosts a French desk staffed by lawyers across its offices in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which advises French investors on inbound investments into Brazilian entities, particularly in regard to M&A activity and energy projects. The law firm is also able to advise clients in multiple languages, with most of its lawyers able to communicate in Spanish and English, as well as Portuguese.

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados is selected for its strong experience in transactional work with international components. Built around the outstanding reputation and track record of founding partner Maria Cristina Cescon, the law firm is frequently engaged on complex, high-value cross-border M&A mandates, typically acting as Brazilian counsel on major foreign and inbound investment matters. With strong groups covering banking and capital markets matters, the law firm can offer a very complete range of transactional law services, in line with the expectations of international clients.

Tauil & Chequer Advogados is in a strategic alliance with the international law firm Mayer Brown, which gives clients ready access to a global platform and plays a vital role in the cross-border work carried out by the wider firm, particularly in relation to oil and gas and project financing. The law firm offers a wealth of expertise in prominent cross-border transactions and is routinely called upon by large energy companies to advise on M&A, contractual matters, financing and regulatory issues arising from complex LNG projects.

TozziniFreire is a full-service practice, distinguished in the Brazilian market due to its outstanding experience in complex cross-border investigations matters. With global compliance and the increasingly broad activity of regulatory authorities worldwide becoming a common challenge for multinational companies, the law firm has positioned itself well to advise Brazilian and foreign companies on how to navigate a complex international environment, including tax and competition law regulation.

Veirano Advogados has a long-standing reputation for representing foreign clientele, with a strong track record of advising international companies with investments and business operations in Brazil. The law firm's clients continue to include many global brands, and it serves the Brazilian law needs of multinational companies across the banking, electronics, energy and aviation sectors.

Trench Rossi Watanabe acts as the Brazilian representative of the international law firm Baker McKenzie, which offers one of the most expansive and established international footprints in the legal industry. This global reach is frequently referred to by multinational clients as one of its primary assets. The law firm as a whole enjoys an excellent reputation for its international and cross-border capabilities, and is often praised for the smooth execution and collaboration clients experience across the firm's network.

In Brazil, Trench Rossi Watanabe is particularly renowned for its impressive capacity to help clients with international tax law issues. In addition to its tax capabilities, the firm offers a comprehensive range of corporate, disputes and financing services across several industry sectors. Teams throughout the firm's offices, spread across São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and Porto Alegre, are well known for advising a wide range of large multinational companies on the Brazilian law aspects of international mandates.