Institutional
Mattos Filho promotes seven lawyers to the firm’s partnership
Promotions set to boost business development in strategic areas and reinforce the firm's commitment to creating opportunities for professional talent
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Mattos Filho has announced the promotion of seven of the firm’s lawyers to its partnership, strengthening its full-service capacity and boosting the firm’s development in strategic areas. The new partners work across seven of the firm’s areas of practice – Environmental Law & Climate Change, Litigation & Arbitration, Asset Management Services & Investment Funds, Infrastructure & Energy, White Collar Crime, Labor & Employment, and Tax. In light of this development, Mattos Filho’s partner count has surpassed 140.
In remaining attentive to changes in the market and demand from varying economic sectors, Mattos Filho continues to invest in its internal talent, reflecting its focus on sustainably growing as an institution and providing outstanding legal service to clients.
“We are very pleased with the firm’s latest promotions, which reaffirm our vision and commitment to the firm’s continuity in the long term. The new partners are all recognized for their expertise in their respective markets and represent areas with strong growth prospects. This yearly process is fundamental for the firm’s ongoing development, and reflects our culture of integration and high-performance, collaborative work,” noted Pedro Whitaker de Souza Dias, managing partner at Mattos Filho.
The new members are (in alphabetical order):
- André Franco Perdiza – Asset Management Services & Investment Funds
- Filipe Vergette – Labor & Employment
- Luiz Fernando Goedert – Tax
- Mirelle Bittencourt Lotufo – Litigation & Arbitration
- Philippe Bar Alves do Nascimento – White Collar Crime
- Rafael Kasiarz – Infrastructure & Energy
- Tábata Guerra – Environmental Law & Climate Change
Filipe Vergette and Rafael Kasiarz are based at Mattos Filho’s Rio de Janeiro office, which now has 24 partners and the highest number of lawyers of any law firm in the region. The other newly promoted partners are all based in São Paulo.
