Mattos Filho in the media

Several international airport operators are considering bidding for Brasília airport, which is scheduled to go to auction on December 17. Swiss operator Zurich Airport is among the most interested, while Mexico’s Asur, which recently acquired Motiva’s (formerly CCR) airport portfolio, and Spain’s Aena are also studying the opportunity, according to sources. Despite the interest, market participants believe the project poses significant challenges and is unlikely to attract the intense bidding competition seen in the recent auction for Galeão airport in Rio de Janeiro.

Companies are racing against the clock to adapt to the end of the six-day workweek, under which employees work six days and take one day off. They have just two months to calculate the impact and renegotiate collective bargaining agreements with unions. The risk of litigation over issues not secured in these negotiations is high, experts told Valor.

TozziniFreire Advogados has advised Brazilian electricity group Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (Cemig) on two debenture offerings totalling 3 billion reais (US$585 million). Mattos Filho advised the banks.

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The Brazilian subsidiary of UK energy major BP has enlisted Mattos Filho to sell a 50% interest in an exploration block in the Santos Basin to Shell Brasil Petróleo.

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Stocche Forbes Advogados has helped DP World-controlled Brazilian port operator Embraport obtain a US$525 million financing.
Mattos Filho advised the banks in the transaction.

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São Paulo state courts are handling a growing volume of intellectual property cases involving trademarks, patents, industrial designs, and other matters. According to a survey by PUC Tech, the Center for Law, Technology and Jurimetrics at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), the number of lawsuits surged from 81 in 2018 to 1,339 in 2025. The cases also take a long time to resolve, averaging more than 300 days—349 days for trademark disputes—and up to 700 days for patent cases.

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Swedish hygiene and healthcare products company Essity has hired three Sullivan & Cromwell LLP offices and Brazil’s BMA Advogados to acquire the Brazilian feminine care business of US counterpart Kenvue for US$284 million.

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Several firms have helped Colombian oil giant Ecopetrol secure a US$1.2 billion acquisition financing, which it used to fund its May purchase of a stake in Brazil’s Brava Energia and to launch a 2.7 billion reais (US$521 million) tender offer to snap up further shares in the company.

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US food producer Tyson Foods has called on Mattos Filho to divest its stake in Brazilian poultry producer Vibra Foods to the company’s shareholders, Agrogen Desenvolvimento Genético, in a deal that ends a six-year joint venture between the two companies.

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