Market: Brazil

The Brazilian arm of French dairy company Lactalis has enlisted Demarest Advogados to buy a local joint venture from Nestlé and the Chilean division of New Zealand counterpart Fonterra for 700 million reais (US$133 million).

03 January 2023

Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados has helped Brazilian legal technology start-up Docket raise 110 million reais (US$21 million) in a Series B funding round.

03 January 2023

Brazil's Stocche Forbes Advogados has strengthened several practice areas by promoting seven lawyers to partner, growing its partnership by a fifth.

22 December 2022

Brazilian law firm Bichara Advogados has hired a partner from Arap, Nishi & Uyeda Advogados to lead its new infrastructure practice, while also promoting two lawyers to its senior rank and incorporating two consultants.

22 December 2022

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

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

Brazilian firm Felsberg Advogados has bolstered its tax department by promoting an associate to partner.

21 December 2022

South America’s largest online marketplace MercadoLibre has complained to the Brazilian and Mexican competition authorities that Apple imposes unlawful restrictions on digital retailers.

21 December 2022

Two Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP offices and Brazilian firm Lefosse in São Paulo have helped Brazilian education group Vitru make two private shares offerings worth a combined 300 million reais (US$59 million), handing local investor Crescera Capital new equity in the company.

21 December 2022

BMA Advogados has boosted its offering in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo by promoting three lawyers to partner across its corporate, antitrust and oil and gas departments, preparing for "a significant level of M&A activity" in the new year.

20 December 2022