Fabiano Brito in our news
Deal of the Year 2023: the full shortlist
Latin Lawyer will announce the winners of the 18th annual Deal of the Year Awards on the night of our charity awards ceremony at Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 9 May.
18 March 2024
BMA and Mattos Filho guide XP shopping centre acquisitions
BMA Advogados has helped a shopping centre-focused fund owned by XP Investimentos buy stakes in several Brazilian shopping centres from local real estate developer SYN Prop e Tech for 1.8 billion reais (US$362 million).
13 March 2024
Brazilian investor buys Hilton hotel in Rio from Blackstone
Lefosse in São Paulo has helped Brazilian private equity group Hemisfério Sul Investimentos (HSI) buy the Hilton Rio de Janeiro Copacabana hotel from US asset manager Blackstone.
06 March 2024
Deal of the Year: shortlists for capital markets, banking and finance and project finance
Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted in the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories of our 18th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
29 February 2024
Deal of the Year: shortlists for M&A, ESG and private equity
Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted in the private and public M&A, ESG and private equity categories of our 18th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
28 February 2024
AI set to kill the billable hour – a time to mourn or rejoice?
Firms across Latin America are confident that AI expertise will soon need to be a built-in capability of some, if not all, legal staff, but where will this leave fee structures and headcounts, and will mid-size firms be the trailblazers of this new era?
27 February 2024
Lawyers must master prompt engineering to thrive in the age of AI
Firms in Latin America are widely touting the increasing availability of AI as something that will revolutionise what it means to be a lawyer, but can they truly stay ahead and leverage new opportunities without learning how to become prompt engineers?
26 February 2024
3R makes US$500 million inaugural offering
Brazil’s 3R Petroleum has called on two Milbank offices and Mattos Filho in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to raise US$500 million in its inaugural bond offering.
26 February 2024
Brazilian developer snaps up local real estate assets
Two Paul Hastings LLP offices and Mattos Filho in São Paulo have helped Brazilian real estate developer SYN Prop e Tech stakes in two local counterparts.
22 February 2024
Cracking the code: dispelling the smoke and mirrors around legal tech
With shiny, new and impressive legal technology tools appearing on the market every day, firms must cut through the smoke and mirrors of the rapidly evolving digital market and ensure that they are making informed choices to implement the right innovation and avoid making poor investments.
21 February 2024