International & Cross-Border Capabilities | Global

Machado Meyer's cross-border activity is typically in M&A and financing work, with the top-end banking team often involved in international bond work and associated structuring. The law firm is also engaged in a significant amount of oil and gas work, having gained a global profile in the sector due to representing Petrobras in relation to its extensive overseas and international interests, including its complex divestment programme. Other areas of expertise include stellar projects and competition/antitrust practices.

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 a host 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 law 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 the 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 for 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 marked out 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 spaces.

Demarest's track record in cross-border M&A is central to this appeal, and the practice has assisted as local counsel on a long line of cross-border acquisitions. Demarest has experience acting for Brazilian companies that are the target of foreign investment and in other instances of advising foreign acquirers on Brazilian law issues. The firm is recognised for its focused teams advising on inbound investment from China, Korea and Spain. Other areas of strength in the international space include the firm's international trade practice, which is among the leaders in the country.

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, and they also house a competent banking and finance practice.

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados is picked out 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.

Stocche Forbes Advogados offers a mid-sized practice focused on core commercial law areas of corporate/M&A, financing and capital markets, disputes and also tax. The law firm has a credible international pedigree across those areas. Stocche Forbes has experience working with numerous household names among global companies, including multinational corporations in sectors such as investment banking, insurance, manufacturing and chemicals.

Tauil & Chequer 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.

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, and its 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 can offer 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.