Three Milbank offices and Brazil’s Mattos Filho have helped Brazilian car rental company Movida and its subsidiaries carry out a US$350 million debt issuance and concurrent tender offer.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in São Paulo and New York, and Brazil’s Pinheiro Neto Advogados assisted a group of banks.
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As the US terrorist designation of two Brazilian criminal groups triggers a rush of compliance and due diligence work, law firms in Brazil are discovering that they too must look inward – reassessing client onboarding processes, beneficial ownership reviews and reputational risks evaluations to protect their own organisations.
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A Chinese government fund has acquired a stake in a Brazilian data centre being developed for TikTok from Patria Investimentos, with Mattos Filho advising Patria and the target on the antitrust filing.
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Machado Meyer Advogados has helped two Patria-managed funds acquire full ownership of Brazilian thermoelectric power plant operator Marlim Azul Energia.
Mattos Filho advised target company Marlim Azul Energia and the sellers, Shell, Mitsubishi Power Americas and a separate Patria-managed fund.
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Brazilian supermarket chain Oba Hortifrut has hired Mattos Filho to acquire 10 Natural da Terra stores from Americanas as part of the Brazilian retailer’s restructuring process.
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Brazilian agribusiness company Amaggi has turned to Santos Neto Advogados to acquire a 40% stake in ethanol producer FS Group from US-based Summit Agricultural Group.
Mattos Filho assisted Summit Agricultural Group on the sale.
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A bill introduced by Senator Renan Calheiros to extend coverage from Brazil’s Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) to state and municipal pension funds that suffered losses tied to Banco Master has drawn criticism and is seen as having little chance of moving forward. Experts and financial sector representatives argue that the proposal could create legal uncertainty, increase banks’ costs and divert the FGC from its original purpose.
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The proportion of Black professionals at Brazil’s largest law firms has increased over the past eight years. From a virtually nonexistent share in 2018, it rose to 11.3% in 2021 and reached 13.4% in 2025, according to data from the latest census by the Legal Alliance for Racial Equity, to be released today.
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Mattos Filho has promoted six lawyers to partner, a move that brings the firm’s total partnership to 144. Four of the six newly promoted partners are women. The promotions span six practice areas and cover offices in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, reflecting growth in areas including Infrastructure and Energy, Tax, Corporate/M&A, Real Estate, Wealth Management, and Litigation and Arbitration.
Brazilian Elite firm Mattos Filho has bolstered several practice areas by promoting six lawyers to partnership in its São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro offices.
The firm announced the promotions of Bárbara Carnevalli, Luciana Cordeiro, Luis Bologna, Marcela Freire and Pedro Falcone in São Paulo today, at the same time that it revealed that Vanessa Frota had joined its Rio office.
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