Market: Brazil

Cascione Advogados has launched an intellectual property group by hiring a partner from Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados.

01 June 2023

Vinson & Elkins LLP in New York and Washington, DC and Machado Meyer Advogados in São Paulo have helped the insurance division of BNP Paribas buy out Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza from the companies’ insurance joint venture, a deal worth 1 billion reais (US$201 million).

01 June 2023

Adriana Simões has left Mattos Filho to reopen her aviation boutique, Simões Sociedade de Advogados, after a four-year hiatus as partner at the Elite firm.

31 May 2023

Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Brazilian logistics company IC Transportes sell its business to counterpart JSL for 587 million reais (US$117 million).

31 May 2023

In-house counsel are the noisemakers and drivers of change within their companies when it comes to ensuring that diversity and inclusion are not just initiatives but integral parts of corporate culture, said panellists at this year’s LACCA Live: São Paulo, which took place on 11 May.

30 May 2023

As legal departments have their budgets cut, it is imperative that in-house lawyers learn how to work more efficiently, implementing artificial intelligence and other tools to make it through the tough and changing times.

30 May 2023

GCs must take a holistic approach to compliance, requiring diversified communication strategies and targeted investments in training, in order to build frameworks that withstand a world where curveballs are the new normal.

30 May 2023

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown has helped a company controlled by the western state of Mato Grosso acquire road concessionaire Rota do Oeste for 2.2 billion reais (US$440 million), the first time that a Brazilian private road concession has been passed on to public ownership.

30 May 2023

Brazilian Elite firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has appointed two partners in its restructuring and litigation practices by promoting a senior associate and hiring a lawyer from BTG Pactual’s distressed debt subsidiary.

25 May 2023

Brazilian firm PGLaw has almost doubled its partnership by promoting two lawyers to its senior rank, strengthening its corporate and banking practices.

25 May 2023