International & Cross-Border Capabilities | Global

Machado Meyer is a longstanding high-end, full-service practice in Brazil, with a well-known reputation in foreign markets as an active contributor to international matters involving Brazil. The law firm offers a vast range of services across legal areas and industry sectors, and has a well-rounded practice to serve international clients in need of multifaceted advice across transactional and contentious work.

Mattos Filho is a leading Brazilian law firm with significant experience advising on local law aspects of the largest and most complex international projects in the market. Typically seen in a Brazilian counsel role, and often called upon by a host of the world's largest multinational companies to advise on business in Brazil, the firm also frequently partners with leading firms in other major economies to provide complementary local and international expertise. The law firm's international focus is represented in its global footprint, with offices in London and New York and a reputation for cross-border issues involving Japan.

Pinheiro Neto is a large independent Brazilian law firm with an impressive following of international clients. The firm is marked out as a leading practice in Brazil, distinguished as a prominent force across a vast array of practice areas and industry sectors. The firm's clients include major global investment banks, electronics companies and manufacturers in the consumer goods and automotive spaces.

Demarest Advogados has an appealing practice for clients and law firms in other jurisdictions looking for an experienced partner in international work. The firm has a broad practice, with credible expertise across a wide range of transactional and contentious areas, and serves a wide range of multinational banks, insurers and energy companies in furthering their business interests in Brazil.

TozziniFreire is a full-service practice, distinguished in the Brazilian market due to its outstanding experience in complex cross-border investigations matters. With global compliance and the increasingly broad activity of regulatory authorities worldwide becoming a common challenge for multinational companies, the firm has positioned itself well to advise Brazilian and foreign companies on how to navigate a complex international environment, including tax and competition law regulation.

BMA is regarded as one of the premier corporate practices in Brazil, with leading M&A and merger control practices. Its work in this area involves a multitude of cross-border deals, and the firm is known to take a lead on outbound matters for Brazilian clients expanding abroad, as well as being Brazilian counsel of choice for numerous international law firms with cross-border work involving the jurisdiction.

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados is picked out for its strong experience in transactional work with international components. Built around the outstanding reputation and track record of founding partner Maria Cristina Cescon, the firm is frequently engaged on complex, high-value cross-border M&A mandates, typically acting as Brazilian counsel on major foreign and inbound investment matters. With strong groups covering banking and capital markets matters, the law firm can offer a very complete range of transactional law services, in line with the expectations of international clients.

Lefosse Advogados has a strong history of engagement on international issues and has consistently carved out a role as Brazilian counsel feeding local law expertise into larger global deals. The law firm's focus internationally is primarily transactional in nature, with an outstanding reputation in capital markets work, including equity issuances, IPOs and securitisation transactions. Corporate/M&A and tax matters with cross-border elements are also adeptly handled by the firm.

Stocche Forbes offers a mid-sized practice focused on core commercial law areas of corporate/M&A, financing and capital markets work, tax and disputes, with a credible international pedigree across those areas. The law firm has experience working with numerous household names among global companies, including multinational corporations in sectors such as investment banking, insurance, manufacturing and chemicals.

Veirano has a longstanding reputation for representing foreign clientele, with a long track record of advising international companies with investments and business operations in Brazil. The law firm's clients continue to include many global brands, and it serves the Brazilian law needs of multinational companies across banking, electronics, energy and aviation.

Distinguished Brazilian firm Campos Mello Advogados draws upon its association with major global firm DLA Piper to advise international clients on the Brazilian law aspects of large cross-border deals. The DLA Piper network is regularly highlighted by sources as delivering an integrated approach to an array of transactional and contentious proceedings. 

Tauil & Chequer is in a strategic alliance with the international law firm Mayer Brown, which gives clients ready access to a global platform and plays a vital role in the cross-border work carried out by the wider firm, particularly in relation to oil and gas and project financing. The team offers a wealth of expertise in prominent cross-border transactions and is routinely called upon by large energy companies to advise on M&A, contractual matters, financing and regulatory issues arising from complex LNG projects.

Trench Rossi Watanabe acts as the Brazilian representative of the international law firm Baker McKenzie, which offers one of the most expansive and established international footprints in the legal industry, and its global reach is frequently referred to by multinational clients as one of its primary assets. The law firm as a whole enjoys an excellent reputation for its international and cross-border capabilities, and is often praised for the smooth execution and collaboration clients experience across the firm's network.