Ranking tables
Investment Funds | Global
Brazil
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
Stocche Forbes Advogados 5 Years Ranked- Vidigal Neto Advogados
Band 3
Band 4
FreitasLeite 5 Years Ranked- Cepeda Advogados
- i2a Advogados
Band 1
Marina Procknor Mattos Filho12 Years Ranked- Rubens VidigalVidigal Neto Advogados
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Andre Mileski Lefosse Advogados4 Years Ranked- Fabio CepedaCepeda Advogados
- Fabricio Fortuna AvinoCepeda Advogados
- Fernanda Mary SonokiVidigal Neto Advogados
- Ronaldo Ishikawai2a Advogados
Band 5
Bernardo Kruel de Souza Lima Stocche Forbes Advogados4 Years Ranked
Bruno Cerqueira Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown1 Years Ranked
Jane Goldman Nusbaum BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão4 Years Ranked
Leonardo Di Cola Madrona Advogados4 Years Ranked
Luciana Costa Engelberg Machado Meyer2 Years Ranked
Roberto Zarour Lefosse Advogados7 Years Ranked
Thales Saito Machado Meyer2 Years Ranked
Thiago Giantomassi Demarest Advogados12 Years Ranked- Gustavo RabelloSouza Okawa Advogados
- Luis Peyseri2a Advogados
Up and Coming
Letícia Galdino Wanderley Demarest Advogados1 Years Ranked
Paolo Calabresi Grimaldi FreitasLeite2 Years Ranked
Vitor Arantes Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados3 Years Ranked- André Rainho das NevesBronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Mattos FilhoInvestment Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedMattos Filho maintains a pioneering and market-leading investment funds department. It provides top-notch advice about funding structuring, including hedge and liquid funds, investment programme and fund-raising mandates. Its outstanding team is sought after by many of the most important private equity funds operating in Brazil. It is also active handling real estate funds. Investment banks also rely on the team to create new investment structures.
1 Pinheiro Neto AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedPinheiro Neto Advogados has a lengthy track record of acting on investment vehicles, including private equity, exchange-traded and real estate funds. The team is particularly noted for its regulatory strength and has experience acting on innovative fund structures. International private equity players rely on the firm for investment in Brazil. The team also benefits from Pinheiro Neto's formidable relationship with investment banks.
Band 2
2 Stocche Forbes AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedStocche Forbes's investment funds practice benefits from the firm's highly regarded finance expertise. It frequently handles structured funds matters and regulatory issues before the CVM. It is often sought after by asset managers to structure real estate investment funds and receivables vehicles. It is additionally skilled in representing private equity firms in structuring funds, public offerings and issuance of quotas. Clients also benefit from the firm's experience handling administrative proceedings.
Band 3
3 Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedCescon Barrieu maintains an established transactional department equipped to assist clients with an array of investment fund mandates. The firm is particularly sought after by players in the real estate, banking and fintech realms. It frequently acts on sophisticated fund structuring mandates. The team boasts additional capability advising on receivables funds and quota issuances.
3 Lefosse AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedLefosse Advogados is noted for advising on a wide range of investment fund matters and regulatory mandates. The team handles fund formation, structuring and public offerings, particularly in the real estate industry. Its skilled team is additionally experienced in acting on the public and private issuance of quotas, also assisting with credit rights investment funds.
3 Machado MeyerInvestment Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedMachado Meyer has a respected multidisciplinary team skilled in advising on a wide range of investment fund mandates. It is well equipped to handle real estate, private equity and infrastructure funds. Its client portfolio comprises significant investors and banks, and it also regularly represents players from the technology sector. Additional capabilities involving fund structuring and the issuance of quotas.
3 Pinheiro GuimarãesInvestment Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedPinheiro Guimarães maintains a busy department with a solid track record representing clients in structured funds. It is well-equipped to handle mandates ranging over fund-raising matters, receivables and private equity structuring. Clients also benefit from firm's footprint in the capital markets arena to advise on quota issuance.
Band 4
4 FreitasLeiteInvestment Funds2025 | Band 4 | 5 Years RankedFreitasLeite is an established firm with a solid investment fund track record. It is particularly noted for its real estate funds practice. Its wider offer includes assistance with fund quotas of offshore funds and regulatory mandates before the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM). Investment advisers, brokerage firms and banks rely on the firm's services. FreitasLeite also acts on administrative disputes, and public and private vehicles.
Band 5
5 BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, AragãoInvestment Funds2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedBMA - Barbosa, Mussnich, Aragão is commended for providing full-service legal support to clients on the structuring and issuance of investment funds, documentation and legal advice underlying investments and public offerings of funds’ shares. The firm particularly excels in FIDC and structured securitisation transactions.
5 Demarest AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedDemarest Advogados houses a robust group that is regularly engaged by clients looking for advice on structured financing, including FIDC, FII, FIP and FIAGRO. The firm also provides guidance on exchange traded funds and investment funds with tax incentives.
5 Madrona AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedMadrona's investment funds department has developed a reputation in the evolving landscape of investment funds and asset management. The department has gained expertise in fund formation, and navigating the complex regulatory environment surrounding investment funds and asset management.
5 TozziniFreire AdvogadosInvestment Funds2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedTozziniFreire Advogados has a multidisciplinary team recognised for its experience in issuance of quotas, structuring funds and cross-border investments. The team is renowned for advising high-profile clients on PE/VC ESG funds as well as FIAGRO.
5 Trench Rossi WatanabeInvestment Funds2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedTrench Rossi Watanabe has a specialised team dedicated to investment funds. The department boasts deep expertise in structured funds such as FIP, FII, FIAGRO and FIDC, offering strategic support in complex operations and regulatory matters. The firm is also well-versed in providing compliance and litigation support before regulatory bodies.