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Gerdau joins investors to acquire renewables group

Madrona Advogados has helped Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau enter a joint investment agreement with NW Capital and funds managed by XP Investimentos to inject some 4.5 billion reais (US$838 million) into local renewables developer Newave Energia.

05 January 2023

Brazilian firms brace for the return of Lula

With Lula’s return to office, lawyers remain optimistic about investment activity despite a highly divided Brazil and expect a busy year for tax if a sought-after reform takes place, as well as uptick in work related to environmental law and ESG.

03 January 2023

LatAm firms help UPS seal Bomi acquisition

Seven Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP offices, Brigard Urrutia in Bogotá, Brazil’s Mattos Filho and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima have helped US delivery company UPS finalise its acquisition of Italian healthcare logistics group Bomi.

22 December 2022

Petrobras divests refinery to Brazil’s Atem

A subsidiary of Brazilian oil and gas group Atem has enlisted Mattos Filho to acquire a refinery from state-owned counterpart Petrobras for US$257 million.

22 December 2022

Constellation finalises second restructuring

Global oil group Constellation has completed the last step of its global reorganisation after its Caribbean subsidiary secured US recognition of a British Virgin Islands provisional liquidation for the second time in two years.

19 December 2022

Machado Meyer poaches two partners from Mattos Filho

Machado Meyer Advogados has reinforced its insurance practice by recruiting two partners from fellow Elite firm Mattos Filho.

15 December 2022

Brazilian eye hospital snaps up local clinic

Mattos Filho has helped Brazilian eye infirmary Hospital de Olhos de Pernambuco (HOPE) acquire a clinic from local counterpart Núcleo Especializado em Oftalmologia (Neo).

15 December 2022

CPP Investments acquires stake in V.Tal from BTG Pactual

The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has hired Mattos Filho to buy a minority stake in V.Tal, the fibre optics business of Brazilian telecoms company Oi, for 2.5 billion reais (US$468 million).

14 December 2022

Brazil privacy community mourns architect of the LGPD

Danilo Doneda, a leading privacy lawyer and one of the guiding hands behind Brazil’s data protection law (LGPD), has died aged 52.

14 December 2022

“A matter of democracy:" Q&A with Renata Cubas

Mattos Filho partner and executive committee member Renata Cubas speaks to Latin Lawyer about the success of the firm’s Soma Talentos programme, the state of racial diversity in the Brazilian legal market and the challenges in overcoming inequality in leadership.

12 December 2022