TozziniFreire

TozziniFreire is one of the leading legal services organizations in Latin America, operating in all areas of Business Law and with a significant track record in serving national and foreign companies from a wide range of sectors. We have played a major role in many of the most significant transactions conducted in Brazil, which have contributed to the growth of the country's economy in recent decades.

With a focus on the future, we innovate processes and technologies, develop talents, and inspire future generations. We believe that bringing together different points of view is what set us apart us in developing innovative legal solutions and actively contributes to the improvement of Brazilian society.

Global presence:

As one of the leading law firms in Latin America with a strong global presence, we support international partners and develop solid and lasting connections anywhere in the world. The international experience of our lawyers is as comprehensive as their legal knowledge. We understand each cultural, political, regulatory, and economic aspect, handling each project as unique and seeking the right answers, always in cooperation with our clients. Our international experience is a key feature of our tailored service, comprised of multidisciplinary teams designed for each project and need. Find out more about our International Desks and International Practice Groups and how we can build something extraordinary together - https://tozzinifreire.com.br/en/tf-global.

Partners: 80+

Lawyers: 500+

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Main Areas of Practice:

M&A, Corporate & Foreign Investment:

We are leaders in Brazil’s M&A market involving closely- and publicly-held companies and also investment funds. The team members have solid experience in the preparation, review and negotiation of investment agreements, purchase and sale of shares and assets, incorporation of associations, joint ventures and strategic alliances in all market segments. Our wide scope of services includes comprehensive advice to foreign investors on structuring and implementing multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional transactions.

Banking & Finance and Capital Markets:

The practice has a long-standing track record of representing local and international financial institutions and major companies, with extensive expertise in structuring complex finance and derivatives transactions, advising on banking prudential regulation and compliance, and supporting the establishment of foreign banks in Brazil and Brazilian banks abroad. At the same time, the team has played a key role in significant capital markets transactions, offering broad experience in the placement of securities in both domestic and international markets, proven ability in structuring public offerings of agribusiness, infrastructure, and real estate securities and investment funds, and advising clients on compliance with Brazilian Securities Commission regulations.

With its own offices in several cities in Brazil and a strong presence, TozziniFreire ensures a unique standard of quality and service. Our collaborative culture, with integrity, social responsibility, and respect for diversity, makes us more than just a law firm.

Locations:

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Brasília

Campinas

Porto Alegre

Belo Horizonte

Main Industries Sectors:

Technology:

TozziniFreire provides a broad range of services through our Technology & Innovation practice. We pride ourselves to be the first Brazilian full-service law firm to focus on innovation and entrepreneurship through cooperation with accelerators, venture capital funds, universities, and large companies enthusiastic of corporate venture initiatives. Being close to regulators enables us to help the developing of a stimulating regulatory environment for the innovation ecosystem. Our professionals are committee members of the most relevant Brazilian associations dedicated to entrepreneurship and venture capital. We have a client portfolio that includes a number of VC funds, angel investors, and large companies dedicated to corporate venturing, providing a valuable source of network for the area.

Financial Services:

We have been living in an unprecedented time in the financial and capital markets. The technology, associated with the interest of regulatory agencies in fostering the market through the entry of new players, has been allowing the creation of new business models focused on financial solutions. With extensive experience in capital markets, banking and finance, and being the first Brazilian full-service law firm to concentrate on innovation and entrepreneurship, we have introduced an exclusive practice aimed at financial innovation in order to monitor trends in the creation and development of new financial instruments. We advise fintechs, payment institutions, banks and companies from the most diverse sectors that aim to verticalize their value chain by offering financial services to their consumers.

Infrastructure & Energy:

Our Infrastructure & Energy team is a multidisciplinary group of lawyers, collaborating with several different practice areas within the firm. The area also includes project finance, a sector in which the firm has much experience. Our lawyers are fully prepared to provide legal services in several infrastructure sectors, including projects arising from the investment plans currently coordinated by the Federal Government, such as the New PAC (Growth Acceleration Program) and the Logistics Investment Program (PIL). We deal with all types of agents in the electric power sector in a wide range of transactions, involving energy generation, transmission, distribution, trading, and consumption. Our work comprises M&A transactions, greenfield project development, financing, regulatory matters, representation of clients in administrative and judicial discussions and general legal assistance involving the sector. A major highlight of our experience is in the field of renewable energy, especially wind power, solar power, biomass, and biomethane.

Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences:

TozziniFreire’s Pharma and Life Sciences practice provides comprehensive legal support to national and international companies across the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, combining interdisciplinary expertise with a deep understanding of clients’ businesses. Our team advises on all legal matters related to pharmaceutical activities and represents clients in diverse sectors, including biotechnology, medical devices, cosmetics, food, animal health, and agrichemicals. With extensive experience before regulatory agencies such as ANVISA, the Ministry of Health, MAPA, and ANS, we handle issues ranging from foreign investment, licensing, and product registration to mergers and acquisitions, import and export, product liability, recalls, distribution contracts, clinical research, technology transfer, PDPs, PPPs, intellectual property, compliance, crisis management, and administrative or judicial proceedings.

Agribusiness:

As agribusiness is an extremely complex industry, it requires multidisciplinary and specialized legal counsel. Thus, TozziniFreire’s Agribusiness group gathers highly skilled lawyers in corporate, finance transactions, projects, international trade, real estate, and tax to provide clients with the multidisciplinary service they demand. Furthermore, our long-standing relationships with key agribusiness players havehelped us develop an intimate understanding of the specificities of this field. TozziniFreire assists several biofuel producers and agrochemical companies, in buying and selling agricultural commodities used in biofuel production, financing, and M&A transactions, as well as representing them in commercial and administrative disputes. We are one of the leading firms in agribusiness financing, particularly, securitizations such as Agribusiness Receivables Certificates (CRAs), which is now the main source of financing for agribusiness activities.

Automotive:

The Automotive group is comprised of professionals with detailed knowledge of the automotive business and the industry’s complex regulatory scheme. Our professionals are highly qualified to advise clients on every stage of the vehicle productive chain, including manufacturing, transportation, dealerships, and sales.

Tax:

We stand ready to offer our clients the best tax solutions to their businesses in Brazil or abroad, whether that involves identifying the problem, proposing solutions, or highlighting opportunities relating to the tax liability of the business. Our team deals with industry-specific tax issues across sectors such as telecommunications, information technology, energy, oil & gas, retail, pharmaceutical, and logistics. The Tax group’s experience includes counsel on a wide variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, international trade, transactions in the financial sector, greenfield projects, capital markets, and asset planning.

Dispute Resolution – Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation:

The team is uniquely positioned to represent clients throughout Brazil in litigation and arbitration matters. It is frequently involved in Brazil’s most significant cases, and its members also serve as arbitrators and legal experts. TozziniFreire is also routinely engaged to assist clients in commercial mediation and other methods of alternative dispute resolution.

Compliance & Investigation:

Our Compliance & Investigation practice, led by seasoned professionals, is recognized as one of Brazil’s pioneers, combining global trend awareness with deep knowledge of compliance management. Beyond anti-corruption expertise, we adopt a commercial mindset to anticipate and mitigate reputational risks, advising clients across industries, including listed foreign multinationals in cross-border cases. With experience in Brazil’s largest corporate investigations, we assist clients in governmental inquiries, conduct internal investigations, represent them in non-trial resolutions, and design strategies to safeguard their interests.

Competition & Antitrust:

The Antitrust and Competition practice group has extensive experience representing our clients before the Brazilian Antitrust Commission (CADE), including negotiating leniency agreements and cease agreements under the Brazilian Competition Law, as well as handling premerger notification filings and regulatory clearance for complex M&A transactions. The group also provides all stages of antitrust compliance counseling, including developing compliance programs tailored to client-specific needs, to improve risk management and reduce violations.

Labour & Employment:

Our Labor & Employment team advises national and international clients of all sizes and sectors with agility and precision, covering labor advisory, judicial and administrative litigation. We adopt a preventive approach from the pre-contractual phase to termination of employment and service relationships, guiding every aspect of labor and social security legislation and assisting in union relations, including collective negotiations. In Immigration, we develop global mobility strategies. In litigation, we handle complex individual and collective claims and represent clients before the Ministry of Labor Prosecution and inspection authorities. We also have solid experience in administrative proceedings and lawsuits related to social security inspections by the Federal Revenue.