Our professionals

Our professionals

Partner

Rodrigo Ferreira Figueiredo

Rodrigo Ferreira Figueiredo
Linkedin

Areas of expertise

Experience

Rodrigo Ferreira Figueiredo is a partner in our Corporate/M&A practice. Highly experienced in representing foreign groups interested in investing in Brazil, Rodrigo led the efforts to establish the firm’s London office in 2016. Since then, he has expanded his international practice, focusing on cross-border cases involving Brazilian law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and divestitures.

 

Rodrigo is a member of the advisory board and chairman of the Legal Committee of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce for Great Britain. He is also a member of the Legal Committee of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in France, vice-chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce Legal Committee in São Paulo, and an officer of the Corporate and M&A Law Committee of the London-based International Bar Association (IBA).

Education

Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);

Master of Laws (LL.M.) – The University of Chicago, USA;

Master of Laws in Business Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica
de São Paulo (PUC-SP).

Recognitions

Chambers Global – Corporate/M&A: Foreign Expert Based in UK (2018 – 2024);

Latin Lawyer 250 – Corporate and M&A (2013 – 2025); Banking & Finance (2018 – 2025);

LACCA Approved – Corporate/M&A (2017 – 2021; 2024 – 2025);

Who’s Who Legal Brazil – Corporate Governance (2018); M&A (2015 – 2016; 2018);

Who’s Who Legal Global – M&A and Corporate Governance (2020 – 2021);

Who’s Who Legal Global: Thought Leaders – M&A and Governance (2019).

Único. The Mattos Filho news portal

Authored publications

Mattos Filho in the media

With Rodrigo Ferreira Figueiredo
Chambers & Partners

Investing In… 2021

Brazil has a civil law system. Accordingly, and unlike the common law systems where court decisions are a principal source of law, the Brazilian legal system is based upon codified law and not upon judicial precedents. This means that, with the exception of certain appellate decisions that have general applicability, judicial decisions in Brazil are not binding precedents that must be followed by subsequent courts.

Click here and learn more. 

Areas of expertise

Latin Lawyer

Brazil and Mexico’s 2020 M&A volume holds strong, but Colombia and Peru drop

​M&A activity in Latin America’s biggest two markets during the first half of 2020 was consistent with 2019 levels, according to data collected by Latin Lawyer, while Colombia and Peru saw a decrease.

The overall number of M&A deals recorded in Latin America fell in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Our research is based on M&A deals submitted to Latin Lawyer by law firms and that were closed, signed or announced in the first six months of 2020 and 2019.
Click here and learn more.o

Areas of expertise

Stay in touch

Get first-hand access to legal analysis from our specialists in different sectors through texts and podcasts. Stay on top of the main issues that impact your business.

Register