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STF ruled that is constitutional the use of plea bargain in public civil lawsuit for administrative misconduct. The plenary of the Supreme Court, unanimously, ruled that that the use of a plea bargain in a public civil lawsuit for administrative misconduct is constitutional. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case (ARE 1175650), highlighted that […]

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General Sports Federal Acts brings about new criminal offenses As the General Sports Federal Act is up and running, it brought new criminal offenses that protects several and different social interests, among them: Private corruption in sports (section 165): it sanctions the representatives of a private sportive organization who asks for undue advantage to do […]

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General Sports Federal Act is the first step to the implementation of compliance programs in sports   It has just come into force the General Sport’s Federal Act which, among other issues, it triggered the regulation of compliance aspects during the sport management, to combat against undue interferences into the uncertain of sportive results and […]

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Last days to send the Quarterly Economic and Financial Statement (Quarterly DEF) Brazilian companies receiving foreign direct investment with total assets equal to or higher than R$ 300,000,000.00 (three hundred million reais) – the new limit adopted by the Brazilian Central Bank –, on the base date of 3/31/23, must file, by June 30, 2023, […]

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Publishing of Law No. 14,596/2023 regarding the new transfer pricing rules   On June 14, 2023, Law No. 14,596/2023, which establishes the new transfer pricing rules concerning the Corporate Income Tax (IRPJ) and the Social Contribution on Net Profit (CSLL) was published. The changes in transfer pricing rules aim to align the Brazilian regime with […]

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Brazilian House of Representatives passed bill regarding discrimination against politically exposed persons The Brazilian House of Representatives has passed the Bill 2,720/2023 (Bill), which: legally defines politically exposed persons (PEP); and criminalizes discriminatory conducts against PEPs, their families, and close collaborators. The definition of PEP brought in the Bill is identical to the stated on […]

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STJ rejects charges after acquittal in the administrative improbity suit. Unanimously, the 5th Panel of the Superior Court of Justice closed charges after the defendant, accused of corruption and money laundering, had been acquitted of administrative misconduct in the civil sphere for the same facts (RHC 173.448). Justice Ribeiro Dantas, rapporteur of the case, highlighted […]

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STJ ruled that who plead guilty must comply with onerous clauses The 5th Panel of the Superior Court of Justice, unanimously, ruled that once accepted and ratified, the plea bargain becomes a judicial enforcement instrument. According to the case (RHC 163.224), the defense of the defendant claimed that one of the clauses of the agreement, […]

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Federal Decree enacts the Cybercrime Convention Federal Decree 11,491/23 has just enacted the Cybercrime Convention, signed by Brazil in 2001 The decree aims to advance cooperation among participating countries in order to prevent and fight against online offenses and with the use of electronic devices. The text presents 3 main subjects: Criminalization of: offences against […]

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Federal Act sets forth Program to Prevent and Fight against Sexual Harassment Federal Act 14.540/2023 has just established the Program to Prevent and Fight against Sexual Harassment and other Sexual Dignity and Sexual Violence offenses throughout: the direct and indirect public administration, in the federal, state, district and municipal spheres; private institutions that render public […]

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ABOUT US

Promoting an ethical environment in business and investing in training people are two of the great challenges of our time. An increasingly integrated world, with ever more advanced technologies, requires that any organization stand for transparency, tolerance for diversity, and respect for differences, companies, and people. Madrona Advogados was launched with that spirit. With a focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial law, and infrastructure, in addition to a strong performance in tax, real estate, civil litigation, and labor law, our motivation is to understand our time, invest in people, and work so that our clients reach their goals, always with ethics and responsibility. With a team of more than 110 legal professionals with great experience and recommended by several national and international publications, the members of Madrona Advogados are aligned with the principles and objectives that we set out to achieve. We want to be among the most admired firms and seek to be a reference to our peers, associates, and employees. Our greatest challenge is to grow sustainably, keeping our focus on our team’s high technical quality and ethical standards – provide our clients with excellent service is the outcome.    
 

OUR TEAM

Ricardo Madrona

Marcelo Cosac

Milena Mazzini

Danilo Mininel

João Toledo

Leonardo Di Cola

Eduardo Tristão

Nair Saldanha

Priscilla Carbone

Rodrigo Machado

Luciano Velasque

Rodolfo Tamanaha

Luciana Felisbino

Luis Nagalli

Fábio Alem

Marcelo Vicentini

José Eduardo Toledo

Luis Bellini

Jose Senedesi

Marina Freire

Rodrigo Barata

Roberto Pary

Paulo Bento

Filipe Batich

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Mediation & Arbitration
  • Succession & Estate Planning

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Fundação Getúlio Vargas (LL.M., 2015)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law, 1996)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (LL.B., 1994)
  • Structural Issues in Law Firm Management Program Fordham University School of Law (2021)

EXPERIENCE

Ricardo works on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, contracts, succession and estate planning, and arbitration. He teaches Mergers and Acquisitions in GVLaw’s Graduate Program and in the GVLaw’s Global Law Program. He is a former MBA professor at Fipecafi – in connection with IBRI –  teaching Corporate Law and Capital Markets Law between 2001 and 2011. Ricardo is member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration and member of the Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Ricardo

 

Ricardo Madrona

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Ricardo Madrona is a respected name in the M&A field, with market sources highlighting his “practical, intelligent and easy” approach. One client describes him as “available and committed,” adding: “He is brilliant in complex situations, where he is able to suggest interesting solutions and sophisticated structures.” He acts for banking institutions, food and beverage companies and investment funds on M&A and joint ventures, also assisting family businesses with succession plans. (Chambers & Partners, Global, 2019)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1996)
  • Arbitrator of the ARBITAC (Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem da Associação Comercial do Paraná)
  • Member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Publicly Held Companies (ABRASCA)
  • Member of the M&A Dispute Committee of Brazilian Institute of Business Law – IBRADEMP

Area

  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Securitization

Contact


EDUCATION

  • University of Pennsylvania (LL.M., 2006)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B, 1998)

EXPERIENCE

Marcelo’s practice focuses on domestic and international finance, capital markets and structured finance transactions. His experience includes securitization of receivables, lending and project finance transactions in the context of the financial and capital markets. He represents financial institutions, development agencies, investors, investment managers, issuers, borrowers and sponsors in debt issuances, in a broad range of investment funds transactions, infrastructure-related projects and related financing. He also advises investment managers and financial institutions in distressed assets acquisitions and disposals, including non-performing loans. Marcelo is a professor of Structured Finance and Capital Markets Transactions at Universidade Secovi.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Marcelo Cosac Said handles real estate finance transactions and is respected for his expertise advising on real estate receivable certificates, investment funds and built-to-suit agreements. Sources enthuse: “Marcelo performs very well in the capital markets, banking and real estate sectors. He is always up-to-date, provides exceptional client service and is very efficient in his approach to work.”  Chambers & Partners (Latin America, 2018)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1999)
  • Advisory Committee on Real Estate Finance – SECOVI
  • Brazilian Association of Publicly-Held Companies – ABRASCA
  • Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law – IBRADIM
  • International Chamber of Commerce – ICC BRASIL

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Compliance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Succession & Estate Planning

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Harvard Law School (Leadership in Law Firms, 2016)
  • Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa – INSPER (LL.M., 2006)
  • Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU (LL.B., 2001)

EXPERIENCE

Milena has worked extensively on corporate operations, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate restructuring, compliance, succession and estate planning, corporate governance issues, establishment of joint ventures operating in national and international commercial transactions, as well as transactions regulated by the Central Bank of Brazil.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Milena Coimbra Mazzini has “deep knowledge of the legal environment.” Legal 500 (2012)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2002)
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Member of the Corporate Committee of the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA)

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts, Antitrust & Competition

Contact


EDUCATION

  • London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., 2007)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (LL.B., 2003)

EXPERIENCE

Danilo advises domestic and foreign clients on mergers and acquisitions in Brazil, partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, corporate restructuring, foreign investment in Brazil, incorporation of companies, corporate governance issues, competition and antitrust issues, succession and estate planning, and business and commercial contracts negotiations.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Up-and-coming partner Danilo Mininel is described by an interviewee as “a great lawyer who always asks the right questions and provides the correct solutions.” Another market source says: “He is very efficient, dedicated and hands-on.” He assists local and international clients with the negotiation of joint ventures and inbound investments. (Chambers & Partners, Global, 2019)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2004)
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Member of the Corporate and Competition & Antitrust Committees of the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA)

Area

  • Civil Litigation
  • Mediation & Arbitration,
  • Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy & Reorganization
  • Succession & Estate Planning

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Law, 2008)
  • Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Law, 2006)
  • Faculdade Autônoma de Direito (Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Procedural Law, 2005)
  • Universidade Paulista (LL.B., 2001)

EXPERIENCE

João advises clients on litigation, arbitration and administrative litigation related to business law. He represents clients in litigation procedures in matters brought to litigation in court, in arbitration chambers or in regulatory agencies and various public administration entities. He has represented domestic and foreign clients in matters in civil, business, administrative, and public law. João is member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2003)
  • Member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration

Area

  • Banking and Financial Law
  • Capital Market
  • Investment Funds
  • Asset Management
  • Fintechs

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • University of Pennsylvania, USA (LL.M. and Business Certificate from Wharton Business School, 2009)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.M. in Civil Law, 2008)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 2001)

 


EXPERIENCE

Leonardo’s practice focuses on investment funds transactions, regulatory issues and fintechs. He represents financial institutions, investment managers, sponsors and investors in establishing investment funds and in transactions involving underlying assets, such as purchase and disposal of real estate property, private equity, receivables and non-performing loans and other distressed assets. He also advises fintechs on regulatory issues and represents clients in administrative proceedings with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and ANBIMA.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1999)
  • Brazilian Association of Publicly-Held Companies – ABRASCA
  • Brazilian Association of Venture Capital and Private Equity – ABVCAP

Area

  • Real Estate

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Universidade de São Paulo (LL.B., 2001)

EXPERIENCE

Tristão has outstanding performance in corporate real estate transactions, focusing on contracts and corporate law. He actively participates in real estate transactions for direct purchase and sale of urban and rural real estate properties, advising individuals, legal entities, investment funds and equity funds. He also advises clients on fundraising for real estate development, and is responsible for conducting structured multidisciplinary transactions for direct or indirect real estate financing.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Eduardo Tristão specialises in contractual and corporate transactions related to the real estate sector. He assists clients with the development of projects in the commercial, residential and hospitality sectors. Clients describe him as “a highly knowledgeable real estate lawyer who works swiftly on all of our cases.” Chambers & Partners (Latin America, 2018)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2004)
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law (IBRADIM)
  • Founding member of Academia Nacional de Direito Notarial e Registral (AD NOTARE)

Area

  • Capital Market
  • M&A
  • Corporate Governance

Contact


EDUCATION

  • LL.M. in Commercial Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2007)
  • LL.B. in Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1993)

EXPERIENCE

Nair specializes in corporate governance, corporate consulting, joint ventures, M&A, sales of companies and global public offerings of shares. She assisted Brazilian and foreign companies, financial institutions and institutional investors in several corporate and capital market transactions, in Brazil and abroad, including M&A deals, private equity funds, global public offering of shares of Brazilian companies, preparation of companies for IPO through restructuring, improvement of corporate governance practices and execution of or amendments to shareholders’ agreements. She acted as international associate of the capital market´s team at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York (2007).


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Nair has been recommended by Chambers and Partners, from in 2015 to 2018, as one of the main lawyers in the Capital Market, in Brazil. She participated in the deal that won the “Deals of the Year” award given by “Latin Finance”, in the “Restructuring” category, in 2017. She participated in the transaction that won the “Global Legal Awards” given by American Lawyer, in the “Global Finance Deal of the Year” category in 2014. She participated in the transaction that won the “Infrastructure Finance Awards” given by “Latin Finance” in the “Best Infrastructure Financing” and “Best Oil & Gas Financing” categories for Brazil, in 2014.


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Director of the Brazilian Association of Publicly Held Companies (ABRASCA) and President of the Committee on Legal Affairs (COJUR) of the Association
  • Coordinator of the Corporate Law and Capital Market Comission – São Paulo, of the Brazilian Institute of Business Law – IBRADEMP
  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section

Area

  • Judicial & Administrative
  • Labor Litigation
  • Labor Planning
  • Labor Internal Audit
  • Revision of Labor Practices

Contact


EDUCATION

Postgraduate diplomas in Labor Law (from Fundação Getúlio Vargas) and Civil Procedural Law (from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas), and an LL.B. also from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas.


EXPERIENCE

She has outstanding experience in the litigation and consulting areas. She works on the conduct and supervision of judicial and extrajudicial proceedings, having worked on cases involving business and corporate law. She also works on due diligence for acquisitions, sales and mergers of companies in various sectors, as well as bidding processes and incorporation of companies. She also advises Human Resources and Personnel Departments on labor law matters.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2005)
  • Member of AATSP’s Collective Labor Law Committee
  • Member of the Labor and Social Security Committees of the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA)

Area

  • Infrastructure
  • Regulatory & Public Law
  • Energy
  • Project Finance
  • Competition & Antitrust

Contact


EDUCATION

  • École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales – EHESS (Master, 2010)
  • Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (LL.B., 2008)

EXPERIENCE

Rodrigo advises companies operating in regulated sectors, especially in the Electricity Sector and Natural Gas. He advises them in power generation and transmission structuring, including full advisory in Power Auctions, Transmission Auctions, grant proceedings (concession, authorization and registration. He participates in drafting and negotiating contracts that are common in these sectors, such as EPC, O&M, and PPA. He acts in administrative proceedings before ANEEL – National Agency of Electric Power. He provides regulatory advisory services to clients with respect to ANEEL’s acts, CCEE’s Commercialization Rules and Procedures, network procedures and relevant regulatory acts. He has experience in privatizations, corporate transactions involving concessionaires and authorized companies, previous authorization procedures for transfer of control. He also acts in general matters of Public and Administrative Law.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English, Franch, Spanish and Russian

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2009)
  • President of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies – IBDE
  • Member of the Energy Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo chapter
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries – ABDIB
  • Member of the Infrastructure Committee of the France-Brazil Chamber of Commerce – CCIFB
  • Member of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Committee on Environment and Energy – ICC Brasil
  • Member of the Association of the Energy Cogeneration Industry – COGEN

Area

  • Civil Litigation
  • Mediation & Arbitration
  • Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy & Reorganization

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Ph.D., 2009)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.M., 2003)
  • Universidade Federal de Sergipe (LL.B., 2000)

 


EXPERIENCE

Luciano advises clients on civil litigation, arbitration disputes and administrative litigation related to corporate and business law. He represents clients in litigation procedures in matters brought to litigation in court, in arbitration chambers or in regulatory agencies and various public administration entities. He has represented domestic and foreign clients in matters in civil, corporate, business, administrative and public law.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2000)

Area

  • Judicial and Administrative Tax Litigation
  • Direct Tax Consulting
  • International Taxation
  • Intellectual Rights, Technology and Internet
  • Infrastructure, Regulatory and Public Law
  • Governmental and Institutional Relations

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • ECPC-B Professional DPO Certification from the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity, Maastricht University (2022)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (Ph.D., Tax Law, 2017)
  • Universidade de Brasília (LL.M., Public Law, 2013)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Specialization diploma,
    Administrative Law, 2008)Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 2003)

 


EXPERIENCE

Rodolfo has extensive experience in strategic litigation before the Superior Courts in tax and public law matters, and actively engages in administrative tax litigation cases. He provides direct tax consulting to clients in various economic segments, mainly in the area of technology and innovation.
Rodolfo has experience in the public sector, having served as national director of intellectual rights at the Ministry of Culture and executive secretary of the National Council for Combating Piracy at the Ministry of Justice, when he had the opportunity to represent the federal government in national and international fora to deal with of the regulation of intellectual rights in a digital environment. At the academic level, Rodolfo is the research coordinator and a professor at Faculdade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Brasília.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo and Federal District Sections
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law – IBDT

Area

  • Mergers and Aquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Corporate Governance

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • Saint Paul – Escola de Negócios, Post-MBA in Advanced Boardroom Program for Women (2021
  • Harvard Business School, Innovation and Disruptive Strategy (2020)
  • Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa – INSPER, LL.M at Corporate Law with an international extension in Financing International Transactions at University of California – UCDavis (2005)
  • Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU, LL.B (2000)

 


EXPERIENCE

Luciana is an experienced lawyer with more than 20 years of practice in M&A, private equity, contracts, corporate law and corporate governance. She has been advising international and local players in M&A transactions, assets or equity deals (either shareholders’ control or minority stakes), joint ventures, consortiums or other forms of business association.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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WWL editions say: “Luciana Felisbino is a highly rated corporate lawyer whose impressive commercial awareness makes her an asset to clients” – “Luciana Felisbino is an outstanding M&A lawyer who is emerging as a go-to name in the Brazilian market on all aspects of corporate law”.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – OAB/SP (2001)
  • Women Corporate Directors (WCD)
  • Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa) – IBGC

Area

  • Competition and Antitrust

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Law School
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Competition, Inovation and Information Law, New York University

EXPERIENCE

Luis Nagalli has over 15 years of experience in antitrust law and has been recognized by international publications and research as a leading expert in the country.

He has extensive experience representing domestic and foreign clients in notifications and judicial challenges of mergers and acquisitions involving the most diverse sectors of the economy, including technology, auto parts, oil and gas, education, investment funds, payment methods, among others.

He has also served in investigations of unilateral conduct and cartel involving the auto parts, technology and consumer products sectors, and has substantial experience in conducting negotiations for Leniency Agreements and settlements of cartel cases before CADE and the Federal Comptroller General.

He participated in renowned national boards, and was part of the antitrust team at the Axinn office in New York, in the year the firm received the GCR Firm of the Year – Americas award. In the United States, he has gained significant experience coordinating notifications across multiple jurisdictions, and serving with the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section
  • Brazilian Institute of Competition, Consumption and International Trade Studies (IBRAC)
  • Study of Competition and Economic Regulation Commission (CECORE-OAB/SP)

Area

  • Arbitration, Mediation & Dispute Boards
  • Litigation
  • Construction and Infrastructure
  • Compliance
  • Reorganization, Bankruptcy & Credit Recovery (Asset Tracing)

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • LL.M, Compared Corporate and Contractual Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, 2009
  • Specialist in Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), São Paulo, 2004
  • LL.B, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, 2002

 


EXPERIENCE

Fabio acts in the supervision and conduct of international and domestic arbitrations, as well as strategic legal proceedings, in particular commercial disputes related to M&A, construction and infrastructure agreements, as well as commercial contracts related to specific sectors, i.e., Automotive, Healthcare and Banking. Fabio also has accumulated experience in proceedings related to disputes involving the Public Administration, notably in bidding processes. Additionally, Fabio advises clients on extrajudicial and judicial restructuring processes, in addition to advising clients on investigations and proceedings related to the compliance and competition areas. Fabio has international experience, having lived and worked in California, USA and Madrid, Spain. Fabio has also been frequently appointed to act as an arbitrator in several arbitration institutions. With several articles published, Fabio is the author of the books: Arbitration – Practical Collection of Law – Vol. 16 (Saraiva, 2009) and Preliminary Contract – Levels of Effectiveness (Almedina, 2018).


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo (OAB/SP) and Federal District (OAB/DF) Sections
  • Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee – CBAr
  • ICC Brazil – Arbitration and Construction
  • IBDIC – Brazilian Institute of Construction Law
  • Vice President of CPLP Iuris (Confederation of Portuguese Language Countries)

Area

  • Consultancy in Direct Taxes
  • Taxation of Financial and Capital Markets
  • Tax Planning
  • International Taxation
  • Tax Litigation
  • Tax Administrative Litigation
  • Estate Planning & Succession and Wealth Planning

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • FIPECAFI (Accounting, 2022)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (Master’s degree in Tax Law, 2014)
  • Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Law, 2006)
  • Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo (LL.B., 2002)

 


EXPERIENCE

Marcelo is a tax attorney, with strong practice experience in tax consultancy and taxation of financial and capital markets, having implemented tax planning structures for individual and corporate taxpayers, as well as wealth and estate planning & succession structures for families doing business in Brazil and abroad. His experience includes over 6 years working for one of the Big Four auditing firms, and over 15 years as head of tax department (Brazil and Latin America) of big international and national banks, and experience as Council representing taxpayers at Tax Appeals Federal Council of the Ministry of Finance – CARF and Technical Director of Tax Committee of Brazilian Association of International Banks – ABBI.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2003)

Area

  • Judicial and Administrative Tax Litigation
  • Consulting on Indirect Taxes
  • Foreign Trade and Customs Taxation
  • Arbitration

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • PUC/SP Dphil in International Economic Relations (to be finished in 2022)
  • PUC/SP Continuing education in Arbitration (2016)
  • PUC/SP MSc in State Law (2003
  • PUC/SP Specialization in Tax (1997)
  • Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas FMU (LL.B.,1993)

 


EXPERIENCE

With more than 30 years of experience and multidisciplinary knowledge acquired by living in various corporate environments, Toledo acts in the supervision and conduct of legal and administrative proceedings in the tax area, representing large national and foreign clients from different areas, such as infrastructure, oil and gas, agribusiness, petrochemicals, industry, retail, and service provision. He has a strong presence in the advisory area of indirect taxes, foreign trade, customs taxation, and arbitration. He is the coordinator of the course on “Arbitration – Theory and Practice” promoted by Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET) and member of the working group of the Legislative Mato Grosso State Legislative Assembly, regarding the implementation of tax arbitration in that location. In the academic area, he is a professor in the specialization and extension courses in Tax Law, Foreign Trade, Arbitration and Digital Economy at several educational institutions, such as: IBET, APET, FBT and CERS. He is a former Professor of Insper (LLm in Tax Law – ICMS, IPI and ISS subjects; Customs Taxation and Foreign Trade) and of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (GVlaw – in the subjects “Mergers, Acquisitions, Corporate Reorganizations and Due Diligence” and “Industry Taxation”). He also acted as judge at the Tax Court of São Paulo State Secretariat of Finance and attended several courses and seminars on Tax Law and Arbitration as a speaker. He is also the author and co-author of several books and articles on Tax Law and Arbitration.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo (OAB/SP)
  • Brazilian Institute of Tax Arbitration and Transaction
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr)
  • XX Class of the Court of Ethics and Discipline of OAB/SP

Area

  • Agribusiness
  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa – INSPER (LL.M., 2011)
  • Universidade Católica de Santos (LL.B., 2005)

EXPERIENCE

Luis works on national and cross-border financing transactions, securitization, project finance, debt restructuring, bilateral loans, capital markets, formation and capitalization of investment funds, private equity, venture capital and joint ventures. Focused on the areas of Financing, Banking and Capital Markets, in the different segments, such as agribusiness, real estate, banking, services and industrial. Acts on behalf of creditors, underwriters, asset management companies, issuers and borrowers.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2006)

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Agribusiness
  • Corporate Governance

Contact


EDUCATION

  • University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2016)
  • Universidade Estadual de Londrina (LL.B., 2008)

EXPERIENCE

José Senedesi works on Corporate and Real Estate areas. In Business law, he works on M&A, joint ventures, acting on
behalf of companies operating in various areas, especially healthcare, services, agribusiness, technology, private
equity and commerce.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2010)

Area

  • Consultoria jurídica estratégica em questões ambientais
  • Contencioso Administrativo Ambiental: autuações ambientais e inquéritos civis
  • Assessoria jurídica em licenciamento ambiental
  • Negociação de acordos e Termos de Compromisso de Ajustamento de Conduta
  • Auditorias ambientais
  • Análise de risco de responsabilização ambiental
  • Avaliação de Riscos e Gerenciamento de Passivos Ambientais

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • Especialista em Direito e Gestão Ambiental pela COGEAE/PUC-SP (2010)
  • Formado em Direito pela Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (2005)

 


EXPERIENCE

Marina é especialista em Direito e Gestão Ambiental, destacando-se nas práticas urbanísticas, de telecomunicações e biodiversidade. Sua experiência inclui relevante atuação no gerenciamento do consultivo e contencioso administrativo, e em assessoria jurídica relacionada à Lei de Biodiversidade, além de processos de autuação, licenciamento, procedimentos preparatórios, alvarás e inquéritos civis, e atuação conjunta em assuntos ambientais com desdobramento na esfera criminal. Sua experiência de mais de 12 anos na área ambiental e vários reconhecimentos na categoria Ambiental, tendo atuado em escritórios e empresas de grande porte.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Seção de São Paulo – OAB/SP (2006)
  • União Brasileira de Advocacia Ambiental – UBBA

Area

  • Infrastructure
  • Regulatory and Public Law
  • Project Finance
  • Mining

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 2011)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (LL.M., 2017)

EXPERIENCE

Rodrigo has extensive experience in the infrastructure sectors, with outstanding involvement in transport and sanitation, as well as in mining. He was the Director of the São Paulo State Transport Agency (“ARTESP”) and coordinator of project structuring in the Government of the State of São Paulo. Provides legal advice to national and foreign companies operating in regulated sectors, in infrastructure projects, such as concessions and Public-private Partnerships (“PPPs”), in project finance, contracts, bids and administrative processes. He has experience in privatization and corporate operations in regulated sectors.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and German

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – OAB/SP

Area

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Corporate
  • Contracts
  • Succession Planning

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica – PUC-SP (LL.B., 1994)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law, 1996)

EXPERIENCE

Roberto is the partner in the M&A, Corporate and Private Equity areas of Madrona Advogados. He worked for more than 10 years as a partner in the M&A and Corporate area at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados (2011 to 2020), one of the most renowned Law firms in Brazil. Roberto Pary has over 20 years of experience, including 9 years at Lefosse Advogados Law Firm (1996 to 2005), cooperation with Linklaters (London Law Firm with a global presence), 2 years of experience as Legal Director of the Brazil Division of The Coca-Cola Company (2009 and 2010) and partner responsible for the structuring and execution of the “Principal Partners” investment boutique company (2005 and 2006), as well as Head of M&A, Corporate Law and Contracts of Marcelo Tostes Advogados Law Firm (2021 and 2022).

Roberto advises domestic and international players in local and cross-border transactions, including operations involving publicly-held companies, private companies, family groups, asset sales, joint ventures, business combinations, corporate restructuring, foreign investment, as well as other corporate operations. The operations involve various segments, such as energy, oil & gas, infrastructure, transport and logistics, food and beverages, insurance, real estate, automotive, agribusiness, among others.

He advised Brookfield Infrastructure in a transaction that was awarded in 2015 as Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year, involving the shares of Invepar, held by OAS, as well as Shell in the formation of Raízen. Has been listed as one of the top lawyers in Brazil by the publication “The Legal 500”. He is one of the partners listed in the Leading Latin Firms by Latin Lawyer 250 ranking. Also mentioned by the “Most Admired” of the Editorial Analysis Advocacy 500 in the categories Food and Beverage and Insurance. In 2017, he was considered Lawyer of the Year in M&A by the Finance Monthly Global Awards publication, having advised Swiss Re also considered as Deal of the Year for the same year. Roberto was also shortlisted in 2009 by the Global Counsel Awards ranking, in the M&A category, due to his work as General Counsel at The Coca-Cola Company.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – OAB/SP

Area

  •  Tax Law

Contact


EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 1996)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate degree in Tax Law and Tax Law Procedure, 1998 and 2000)
  • IBMEC/INSPER (MBA in Corporate Finance, 2003)
  • Leiden University – Netherlands (LL.M. in International Taxation, 2004)

EXPERIENCE

Paulo is a partner in the Tax Law Area of Madrona Advogados.

Paulo has more than 20 years of experience advising national and foreign players in tax matters, especially related to tax planning in local and cross-border operations, including operations involving publicly-held, closed companies, family groups, investment funds, asset sales, joint ventures, business combinations, corporate restructuring, foreign investment, structured debt, as well as other market operations.

He acted as partner and head of the Tax area of Barbosa, Mussnich & Aragão BMA for 5 years (2012-2016). He was a partner of Souza, Ceson, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados for 11 years (2001-2012). Prior to this, he had experience in tax consultancies Coelho, Ippolito, Padilha & Rivitti, Braga & Marafon, in addition to acting as a lawyer at Machado Meyer.
Also, he was a partner at Insights Investimentos, a single Family Office and partner at Watt Investimentos, an investment company in solar energy generation, in the Distributed Generation modality.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section

Area

  • White Collar & Compliance

Contact


EDUCATION

 

  • Master’s degree in criminal law at the Law School of the University of São Paulo, 2017.
  • Specialization in Business Administration – CEAG – Administration School of Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, 2011.
  • Specialization in Economic and European Criminal Law at the Law School of the University of Coimbra, 2008.
  • Specialization in Economic Criminal Law at the Law School of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, 2007.
  • Graduated in Law from the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University in São Paulo, 2004. 

 


EXPERIENCE

Filipe Batich is a partner in the White Collar & Compliance area at Madrona Fialho Advogados.

Filipe has more than 17 years of experience in Corporate Criminal Law (White Collar Crimes) in the advisory part, with the preparation of opinions, as well as matters related to investigations, police operations and criminal actions. He also has expertise in implementing and evaluating programs to combat money laundering.
He participated in major criminal operations such as Lava Jato (and its outcomes), Zelotes, Boca Livre and Sangue Suga in the defense of the interests of companies and their directors from different sectors: infrastructure, mining, pharmaceuticals, automobile, finance, etc. 


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences) – IBCCRIM 
  • Member of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (Defense of the Right of Defense Institute) – IDDD 
  • Alliance for IntegrityGIZ’s Collaborator 
  • Transparência Internacional (International Transparency)’s Collaborator 

Ricardo Madrona

Marcelo Cosac

Milena Mazzini

Danilo Mininel

João Toledo

Leonardo Di Cola

Eduardo Tristão

Nair Saldanha

Priscilla Carbone

Rodrigo Machado

Luciano Velasque

Rodolfo Tamanaha

Luciana Felisbino

Luis Nagalli

Fábio Alem

Marcelo Vicentini

José Eduardo Toledo

Luis Bellini

Jose Senedesi

Marina Freire

Rodrigo Barata

Roberto Pary

Paulo Bento

Filipe Batich

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Mediation & Arbitration
  • Succession & Estate Planning

Contact

madrona@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Fundação Getúlio Vargas (LL.M., 2015)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law, 1996)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (LL.B., 1994)
  • Structural Issues in Law Firm Management Program Fordham University School of Law (2021)

EXPERIENCE

Ricardo works on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, contracts, succession and estate planning, and arbitration. He teaches Mergers and Acquisitions in GVLaw’s Graduate Program and in the GVLaw’s Global Law Program. He is a former MBA professor at Fipecafi – in connection with IBRI –  teaching Corporate Law and Capital Markets Law between 2001 and 2011. Ricardo is member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration and member of the Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Ricardo

 

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Ricardo Madrona is a respected name in the M&A field, with market sources highlighting his “practical, intelligent and easy” approach. One client describes him as “available and committed,” adding: “He is brilliant in complex situations, where he is able to suggest interesting solutions and sophisticated structures.” He acts for banking institutions, food and beverage companies and investment funds on M&A and joint ventures, also assisting family businesses with succession plans. (Chambers & Partners, Global, 2019)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1996)
  • Arbitrator of the ARBITAC (Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem da Associação Comercial do Paraná)
  • Member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Publicly Held Companies (ABRASCA)
  • Member of the M&A Dispute Committee of Brazilian Institute of Business Law – IBRADEMP

Area

  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Securitization

Contact

marcelo.cosac@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • University of Pennsylvania (LL.M., 2006)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B, 1998)

EXPERIENCE

Marcelo’s practice focuses on domestic and international finance, capital markets and structured finance transactions. His experience includes securitization of receivables, lending and project finance transactions in the context of the financial and capital markets. He represents financial institutions, development agencies, investors, investment managers, issuers, borrowers and sponsors in debt issuances, in a broad range of investment funds transactions, infrastructure-related projects and related financing. He also advises investment managers and financial institutions in distressed assets acquisitions and disposals, including non-performing loans. Marcelo is a professor of Structured Finance and Capital Markets Transactions at Universidade Secovi.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Marcelo Cosac Said handles real estate finance transactions and is respected for his expertise advising on real estate receivable certificates, investment funds and built-to-suit agreements. Sources enthuse: “Marcelo performs very well in the capital markets, banking and real estate sectors. He is always up-to-date, provides exceptional client service and is very efficient in his approach to work.”  Chambers & Partners (Latin America, 2018)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1999)
  • Advisory Committee on Real Estate Finance – SECOVI
  • Brazilian Association of Publicly-Held Companies – ABRASCA
  • Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law – IBRADIM
  • International Chamber of Commerce – ICC BRASIL

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Compliance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Succession & Estate Planning

Contact

milena.mazzini@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Harvard Law School (Leadership in Law Firms, 2016)
  • Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa – INSPER (LL.M., 2006)
  • Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU (LL.B., 2001)

EXPERIENCE

Milena has worked extensively on corporate operations, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate restructuring, compliance, succession and estate planning, corporate governance issues, establishment of joint ventures operating in national and international commercial transactions, as well as transactions regulated by the Central Bank of Brazil.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Milena Coimbra Mazzini has “deep knowledge of the legal environment.” Legal 500 (2012)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2002)
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Member of the Corporate Committee of the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA)

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts, Antitrust & Competition

Contact

mininel@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., 2007)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (LL.B., 2003)

EXPERIENCE

Danilo advises domestic and foreign clients on mergers and acquisitions in Brazil, partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, corporate restructuring, foreign investment in Brazil, incorporation of companies, corporate governance issues, competition and antitrust issues, succession and estate planning, and business and commercial contracts negotiations.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Up-and-coming partner Danilo Mininel is described by an interviewee as “a great lawyer who always asks the right questions and provides the correct solutions.” Another market source says: “He is very efficient, dedicated and hands-on.” He assists local and international clients with the negotiation of joint ventures and inbound investments. (Chambers & Partners, Global, 2019)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2004)
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Member of the Corporate and Competition & Antitrust Committees of the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA)

Area

  • Civil Litigation
  • Mediation & Arbitration,
  • Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy & Reorganization
  • Succession & Estate Planning

Contact

joao.toledo@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Law, 2008)
  • Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Law, 2006)
  • Faculdade Autônoma de Direito (Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Procedural Law, 2005)
  • Universidade Paulista (LL.B., 2001)

EXPERIENCE

João advises clients on litigation, arbitration and administrative litigation related to business law. He represents clients in litigation procedures in matters brought to litigation in court, in arbitration chambers or in regulatory agencies and various public administration entities. He has represented domestic and foreign clients in matters in civil, business, administrative, and public law. João is member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2003)
  • Member of the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration

Area

  • Banking and Financial Law
  • Capital Market
  • Investment Funds
  • Asset Management
  • Fintechs

Contact

leonardo.dicola@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • University of Pennsylvania, USA (LL.M. and Business Certificate from Wharton Business School, 2009)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.M. in Civil Law, 2008)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 2001)

 


EXPERIENCE

Leonardo’s practice focuses on investment funds transactions, regulatory issues and fintechs. He represents financial institutions, investment managers, sponsors and investors in establishing investment funds and in transactions involving underlying assets, such as purchase and disposal of real estate property, private equity, receivables and non-performing loans and other distressed assets. He also advises fintechs on regulatory issues and represents clients in administrative proceedings with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and ANBIMA.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1999)
  • Brazilian Association of Publicly-Held Companies – ABRASCA
  • Brazilian Association of Venture Capital and Private Equity – ABVCAP

Area

  • Real Estate

Contact

eduardo.tristao@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Universidade de São Paulo (LL.B., 2001)

EXPERIENCE

Tristão has outstanding performance in corporate real estate transactions, focusing on contracts and corporate law. He actively participates in real estate transactions for direct purchase and sale of urban and rural real estate properties, advising individuals, legal entities, investment funds and equity funds. He also advises clients on fundraising for real estate development, and is responsible for conducting structured multidisciplinary transactions for direct or indirect real estate financing.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Eduardo Tristão specialises in contractual and corporate transactions related to the real estate sector. He assists clients with the development of projects in the commercial, residential and hospitality sectors. Clients describe him as “a highly knowledgeable real estate lawyer who works swiftly on all of our cases.” Chambers & Partners (Latin America, 2018)


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2004)
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law (IBRADIM)
  • Founding member of Academia Nacional de Direito Notarial e Registral (AD NOTARE)

Area

  • Capital Market
  • M&A
  • Corporate Governance

Contact

nair.saldanha@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • LL.M. in Commercial Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2007)
  • LL.B. in Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1993)

EXPERIENCE

Nair specializes in corporate governance, corporate consulting, joint ventures, M&A, sales of companies and global public offerings of shares. She assisted Brazilian and foreign companies, financial institutions and institutional investors in several corporate and capital market transactions, in Brazil and abroad, including M&A deals, private equity funds, global public offering of shares of Brazilian companies, preparation of companies for IPO through restructuring, improvement of corporate governance practices and execution of or amendments to shareholders’ agreements. She acted as international associate of the capital market´s team at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York (2007).


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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Nair has been recommended by Chambers and Partners, from in 2015 to 2018, as one of the main lawyers in the Capital Market, in Brazil. She participated in the deal that won the “Deals of the Year” award given by “Latin Finance”, in the “Restructuring” category, in 2017. She participated in the transaction that won the “Global Legal Awards” given by American Lawyer, in the “Global Finance Deal of the Year” category in 2014. She participated in the transaction that won the “Infrastructure Finance Awards” given by “Latin Finance” in the “Best Infrastructure Financing” and “Best Oil & Gas Financing” categories for Brazil, in 2014.


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Director of the Brazilian Association of Publicly Held Companies (ABRASCA) and President of the Committee on Legal Affairs (COJUR) of the Association
  • Coordinator of the Corporate Law and Capital Market Comission – São Paulo, of the Brazilian Institute of Business Law – IBRADEMP
  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section

Area

  • Judicial & Administrative
  • Labor Litigation
  • Labor Planning
  • Labor Internal Audit
  • Revision of Labor Practices

Contact

priscilla.carbone@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

Postgraduate diplomas in Labor Law (from Fundação Getúlio Vargas) and Civil Procedural Law (from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas), and an LL.B. also from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas.


EXPERIENCE

She has outstanding experience in the litigation and consulting areas. She works on the conduct and supervision of judicial and extrajudicial proceedings, having worked on cases involving business and corporate law. She also works on due diligence for acquisitions, sales and mergers of companies in various sectors, as well as bidding processes and incorporation of companies. She also advises Human Resources and Personnel Departments on labor law matters.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2005)
  • Member of AATSP’s Collective Labor Law Committee
  • Member of the Labor and Social Security Committees of the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA)

Area

  • Infrastructure
  • Regulatory & Public Law
  • Energy
  • Project Finance
  • Competition & Antitrust

Contact

rodrigo.machado@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales – EHESS (Master, 2010)
  • Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (LL.B., 2008)

EXPERIENCE

Rodrigo advises companies operating in regulated sectors, especially in the Electricity Sector and Natural Gas. He advises them in power generation and transmission structuring, including full advisory in Power Auctions, Transmission Auctions, grant proceedings (concession, authorization and registration. He participates in drafting and negotiating contracts that are common in these sectors, such as EPC, O&M, and PPA. He acts in administrative proceedings before ANEEL – National Agency of Electric Power. He provides regulatory advisory services to clients with respect to ANEEL’s acts, CCEE’s Commercialization Rules and Procedures, network procedures and relevant regulatory acts. He has experience in privatizations, corporate transactions involving concessionaires and authorized companies, previous authorization procedures for transfer of control. He also acts in general matters of Public and Administrative Law.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English, Franch, Spanish and Russian

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2009)
  • President of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies – IBDE
  • Member of the Energy Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo chapter
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries – ABDIB
  • Member of the Infrastructure Committee of the France-Brazil Chamber of Commerce – CCIFB
  • Member of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Committee on Environment and Energy – ICC Brasil
  • Member of the Association of the Energy Cogeneration Industry – COGEN

Area

  • Civil Litigation
  • Mediation & Arbitration
  • Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy & Reorganization

Contact

luciano.rocha@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Ph.D., 2009)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.M., 2003)
  • Universidade Federal de Sergipe (LL.B., 2000)

 


EXPERIENCE

Luciano advises clients on civil litigation, arbitration disputes and administrative litigation related to corporate and business law. He represents clients in litigation procedures in matters brought to litigation in court, in arbitration chambers or in regulatory agencies and various public administration entities. He has represented domestic and foreign clients in matters in civil, corporate, business, administrative and public law.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2000)

Area

  • Judicial and Administrative Tax Litigation
  • Direct Tax Consulting
  • International Taxation
  • Intellectual Rights, Technology and Internet
  • Infrastructure, Regulatory and Public Law
  • Governmental and Institutional Relations

Contact

rodolfo.tamanaha@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • ECPC-B Professional DPO Certification from the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity, Maastricht University (2022)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (Ph.D., Tax Law, 2017)
  • Universidade de Brasília (LL.M., Public Law, 2013)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Specialization diploma,
    Administrative Law, 2008)Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 2003)

 


EXPERIENCE

Rodolfo has extensive experience in strategic litigation before the Superior Courts in tax and public law matters, and actively engages in administrative tax litigation cases. He provides direct tax consulting to clients in various economic segments, mainly in the area of technology and innovation.
Rodolfo has experience in the public sector, having served as national director of intellectual rights at the Ministry of Culture and executive secretary of the National Council for Combating Piracy at the Ministry of Justice, when he had the opportunity to represent the federal government in national and international fora to deal with of the regulation of intellectual rights in a digital environment. At the academic level, Rodolfo is the research coordinator and a professor at Faculdade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Brasília.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo and Federal District Sections
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law – IBDT

Area

  • Mergers and Aquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Corporate Governance

Contact

luciana.felisbino@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • Saint Paul – Escola de Negócios, Post-MBA in Advanced Boardroom Program for Women (2021
  • Harvard Business School, Innovation and Disruptive Strategy (2020)
  • Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa – INSPER, LL.M at Corporate Law with an international extension in Financing International Transactions at University of California – UCDavis (2005)
  • Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU, LL.B (2000)

 


EXPERIENCE

Luciana is an experienced lawyer with more than 20 years of practice in M&A, private equity, contracts, corporate law and corporate governance. She has been advising international and local players in M&A transactions, assets or equity deals (either shareholders’ control or minority stakes), joint ventures, consortiums or other forms of business association.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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WWL editions say: “Luciana Felisbino is a highly rated corporate lawyer whose impressive commercial awareness makes her an asset to clients” – “Luciana Felisbino is an outstanding M&A lawyer who is emerging as a go-to name in the Brazilian market on all aspects of corporate law”.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – OAB/SP (2001)
  • Women Corporate Directors (WCD)
  • Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa) – IBGC

Area

  • Competition and Antitrust

Contact

luis.nagalli@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Law School
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Competition, Inovation and Information Law, New York University

EXPERIENCE

Luis Nagalli has over 15 years of experience in antitrust law and has been recognized by international publications and research as a leading expert in the country.

He has extensive experience representing domestic and foreign clients in notifications and judicial challenges of mergers and acquisitions involving the most diverse sectors of the economy, including technology, auto parts, oil and gas, education, investment funds, payment methods, among others.

He has also served in investigations of unilateral conduct and cartel involving the auto parts, technology and consumer products sectors, and has substantial experience in conducting negotiations for Leniency Agreements and settlements of cartel cases before CADE and the Federal Comptroller General.

He participated in renowned national boards, and was part of the antitrust team at the Axinn office in New York, in the year the firm received the GCR Firm of the Year – Americas award. In the United States, he has gained significant experience coordinating notifications across multiple jurisdictions, and serving with the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section
  • Brazilian Institute of Competition, Consumption and International Trade Studies (IBRAC)
  • Study of Competition and Economic Regulation Commission (CECORE-OAB/SP)

Area

  • Arbitration, Mediation & Dispute Boards
  • Litigation
  • Construction and Infrastructure
  • Compliance
  • Reorganization, Bankruptcy & Credit Recovery (Asset Tracing)

Contact

fabio.alem@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • LL.M, Compared Corporate and Contractual Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, 2009
  • Specialist in Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), São Paulo, 2004
  • LL.B, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, 2002

 


EXPERIENCE

Fabio acts in the supervision and conduct of international and domestic arbitrations, as well as strategic legal proceedings, in particular commercial disputes related to M&A, construction and infrastructure agreements, as well as commercial contracts related to specific sectors, i.e., Automotive, Healthcare and Banking. Fabio also has accumulated experience in proceedings related to disputes involving the Public Administration, notably in bidding processes. Additionally, Fabio advises clients on extrajudicial and judicial restructuring processes, in addition to advising clients on investigations and proceedings related to the compliance and competition areas. Fabio has international experience, having lived and worked in California, USA and Madrid, Spain. Fabio has also been frequently appointed to act as an arbitrator in several arbitration institutions. With several articles published, Fabio is the author of the books: Arbitration – Practical Collection of Law – Vol. 16 (Saraiva, 2009) and Preliminary Contract – Levels of Effectiveness (Almedina, 2018).


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo (OAB/SP) and Federal District (OAB/DF) Sections
  • Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee – CBAr
  • ICC Brazil – Arbitration and Construction
  • IBDIC – Brazilian Institute of Construction Law
  • Vice President of CPLP Iuris (Confederation of Portuguese Language Countries)

Area

  • Consultancy in Direct Taxes
  • Taxation of Financial and Capital Markets
  • Tax Planning
  • International Taxation
  • Tax Litigation
  • Tax Administrative Litigation
  • Estate Planning & Succession and Wealth Planning

Contact

marcelo.vicentini@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • FIPECAFI (Accounting, 2022)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (Master’s degree in Tax Law, 2014)
  • Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Law, 2006)
  • Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo (LL.B., 2002)

 


EXPERIENCE

Marcelo is a tax attorney, with strong practice experience in tax consultancy and taxation of financial and capital markets, having implemented tax planning structures for individual and corporate taxpayers, as well as wealth and estate planning & succession structures for families doing business in Brazil and abroad. His experience includes over 6 years working for one of the Big Four auditing firms, and over 15 years as head of tax department (Brazil and Latin America) of big international and national banks, and experience as Council representing taxpayers at Tax Appeals Federal Council of the Ministry of Finance – CARF and Technical Director of Tax Committee of Brazilian Association of International Banks – ABBI.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2003)

Area

  • Judicial and Administrative Tax Litigation
  • Consulting on Indirect Taxes
  • Foreign Trade and Customs Taxation
  • Arbitration

Contact

eduardo.toledo@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • PUC/SP Dphil in International Economic Relations (to be finished in 2022)
  • PUC/SP Continuing education in Arbitration (2016)
  • PUC/SP MSc in State Law (2003
  • PUC/SP Specialization in Tax (1997)
  • Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas FMU (LL.B.,1993)

 


EXPERIENCE

With more than 30 years of experience and multidisciplinary knowledge acquired by living in various corporate environments, Toledo acts in the supervision and conduct of legal and administrative proceedings in the tax area, representing large national and foreign clients from different areas, such as infrastructure, oil and gas, agribusiness, petrochemicals, industry, retail, and service provision. He has a strong presence in the advisory area of indirect taxes, foreign trade, customs taxation, and arbitration. He is the coordinator of the course on “Arbitration – Theory and Practice” promoted by Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET) and member of the working group of the Legislative Mato Grosso State Legislative Assembly, regarding the implementation of tax arbitration in that location. In the academic area, he is a professor in the specialization and extension courses in Tax Law, Foreign Trade, Arbitration and Digital Economy at several educational institutions, such as: IBET, APET, FBT and CERS. He is a former Professor of Insper (LLm in Tax Law – ICMS, IPI and ISS subjects; Customs Taxation and Foreign Trade) and of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (GVlaw – in the subjects “Mergers, Acquisitions, Corporate Reorganizations and Due Diligence” and “Industry Taxation”). He also acted as judge at the Tax Court of São Paulo State Secretariat of Finance and attended several courses and seminars on Tax Law and Arbitration as a speaker. He is also the author and co-author of several books and articles on Tax Law and Arbitration.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo (OAB/SP)
  • Brazilian Institute of Tax Arbitration and Transaction
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr)
  • XX Class of the Court of Ethics and Discipline of OAB/SP

Area

  • Agribusiness
  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets

Contact

luis.bellini@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa – INSPER (LL.M., 2011)
  • Universidade Católica de Santos (LL.B., 2005)

EXPERIENCE

Luis works on national and cross-border financing transactions, securitization, project finance, debt restructuring, bilateral loans, capital markets, formation and capitalization of investment funds, private equity, venture capital and joint ventures. Focused on the areas of Financing, Banking and Capital Markets, in the different segments, such as agribusiness, real estate, banking, services and industrial. Acts on behalf of creditors, underwriters, asset management companies, issuers and borrowers.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2006)

Area

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • Contracts
  • Agribusiness
  • Corporate Governance

Contact

jose.senedesi@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2016)
  • Universidade Estadual de Londrina (LL.B., 2008)

EXPERIENCE

José Senedesi works on Corporate and Real Estate areas. In Business law, he works on M&A, joint ventures, acting on
behalf of companies operating in various areas, especially healthcare, services, agribusiness, technology, private
equity and commerce.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2010)

Area

  • Consultoria jurídica estratégica em questões ambientais
  • Contencioso Administrativo Ambiental: autuações ambientais e inquéritos civis
  • Assessoria jurídica em licenciamento ambiental
  • Negociação de acordos e Termos de Compromisso de Ajustamento de Conduta
  • Auditorias ambientais
  • Análise de risco de responsabilização ambiental
  • Avaliação de Riscos e Gerenciamento de Passivos Ambientais

Contact

marina.freire@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • Especialista em Direito e Gestão Ambiental pela COGEAE/PUC-SP (2010)
  • Formado em Direito pela Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (2005)

 


EXPERIENCE

Marina é especialista em Direito e Gestão Ambiental, destacando-se nas práticas urbanísticas, de telecomunicações e biodiversidade. Sua experiência inclui relevante atuação no gerenciamento do consultivo e contencioso administrativo, e em assessoria jurídica relacionada à Lei de Biodiversidade, além de processos de autuação, licenciamento, procedimentos preparatórios, alvarás e inquéritos civis, e atuação conjunta em assuntos ambientais com desdobramento na esfera criminal. Sua experiência de mais de 12 anos na área ambiental e vários reconhecimentos na categoria Ambiental, tendo atuado em escritórios e empresas de grande porte.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Seção de São Paulo – OAB/SP (2006)
  • União Brasileira de Advocacia Ambiental – UBBA

Area

  • Infrastructure
  • Regulatory and Public Law
  • Project Finance
  • Mining

Contact

rodrigo.barata@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 2011)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (LL.M., 2017)

EXPERIENCE

Rodrigo has extensive experience in the infrastructure sectors, with outstanding involvement in transport and sanitation, as well as in mining. He was the Director of the São Paulo State Transport Agency (“ARTESP”) and coordinator of project structuring in the Government of the State of São Paulo. Provides legal advice to national and foreign companies operating in regulated sectors, in infrastructure projects, such as concessions and Public-private Partnerships (“PPPs”), in project finance, contracts, bids and administrative processes. He has experience in privatization and corporate operations in regulated sectors.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and German

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – OAB/SP

Area

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Corporate
  • Contracts
  • Succession Planning

Contact

roberto.pary@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica – PUC-SP (LL.B., 1994)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law, 1996)

EXPERIENCE

Roberto is the partner in the M&A, Corporate and Private Equity areas of Madrona Advogados. He worked for more than 10 years as a partner in the M&A and Corporate area at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados (2011 to 2020), one of the most renowned Law firms in Brazil. Roberto Pary has over 20 years of experience, including 9 years at Lefosse Advogados Law Firm (1996 to 2005), cooperation with Linklaters (London Law Firm with a global presence), 2 years of experience as Legal Director of the Brazil Division of The Coca-Cola Company (2009 and 2010) and partner responsible for the structuring and execution of the “Principal Partners” investment boutique company (2005 and 2006), as well as Head of M&A, Corporate Law and Contracts of Marcelo Tostes Advogados Law Firm (2021 and 2022).

Roberto advises domestic and international players in local and cross-border transactions, including operations involving publicly-held companies, private companies, family groups, asset sales, joint ventures, business combinations, corporate restructuring, foreign investment, as well as other corporate operations. The operations involve various segments, such as energy, oil & gas, infrastructure, transport and logistics, food and beverages, insurance, real estate, automotive, agribusiness, among others.

He advised Brookfield Infrastructure in a transaction that was awarded in 2015 as Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year, involving the shares of Invepar, held by OAS, as well as Shell in the formation of Raízen. Has been listed as one of the top lawyers in Brazil by the publication “The Legal 500”. He is one of the partners listed in the Leading Latin Firms by Latin Lawyer 250 ranking. Also mentioned by the “Most Admired” of the Editorial Analysis Advocacy 500 in the categories Food and Beverage and Insurance. In 2017, he was considered Lawyer of the Year in M&A by the Finance Monthly Global Awards publication, having advised Swiss Re also considered as Deal of the Year for the same year. Roberto was also shortlisted in 2009 by the Global Counsel Awards ranking, in the M&A category, due to his work as General Counsel at The Coca-Cola Company.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 


ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – OAB/SP

Area

  •  Tax Law

Contact

paulo.bento@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B., 1996)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Postgraduate degree in Tax Law and Tax Law Procedure, 1998 and 2000)
  • IBMEC/INSPER (MBA in Corporate Finance, 2003)
  • Leiden University – Netherlands (LL.M. in International Taxation, 2004)

EXPERIENCE

Paulo is a partner in the Tax Law Area of Madrona Advogados.

Paulo has more than 20 years of experience advising national and foreign players in tax matters, especially related to tax planning in local and cross-border operations, including operations involving publicly-held, closed companies, family groups, investment funds, asset sales, joint ventures, business combinations, corporate restructuring, foreign investment, structured debt, as well as other market operations.

He acted as partner and head of the Tax area of Barbosa, Mussnich & Aragão BMA for 5 years (2012-2016). He was a partner of Souza, Ceson, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados for 11 years (2001-2012). Prior to this, he had experience in tax consultancies Coelho, Ippolito, Padilha & Rivitti, Braga & Marafon, in addition to acting as a lawyer at Machado Meyer.
Also, he was a partner at Insights Investimentos, a single Family Office and partner at Watt Investimentos, an investment company in solar energy generation, in the Distributed Generation modality.


LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section

Area

  • White Collar & Compliance

Contact

filipe.batich@madronalaw.com.br

EDUCATION

 

  • Master’s degree in criminal law at the Law School of the University of São Paulo, 2017.
  • Specialization in Business Administration – CEAG – Administration School of Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, 2011.
  • Specialization in Economic and European Criminal Law at the Law School of the University of Coimbra, 2008.
  • Specialization in Economic Criminal Law at the Law School of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, 2007.
  • Graduated in Law from the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University in São Paulo, 2004. 

 


EXPERIENCE

Filipe Batich is a partner in the White Collar & Compliance area at Madrona Fialho Advogados.

Filipe has more than 17 years of experience in Corporate Criminal Law (White Collar Crimes) in the advisory part, with the preparation of opinions, as well as matters related to investigations, police operations and criminal actions. He also has expertise in implementing and evaluating programs to combat money laundering.
He participated in major criminal operations such as Lava Jato (and its outcomes), Zelotes, Boca Livre and Sangue Suga in the defense of the interests of companies and their directors from different sectors: infrastructure, mining, pharmaceuticals, automobile, finance, etc. 


LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences) – IBCCRIM 
  • Member of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (Defense of the Right of Defense Institute) – IDDD 
  • Alliance for IntegrityGIZ’s Collaborator 
  • Transparência Internacional (International Transparency)’s Collaborator 

AREAS

Civil Litigation
Credit Recovery
Contracts
Mediation & Arbitration

EDUCATION

FGV Law (Postgraduate Diploma in Contracts, 2021)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (LL.B, 2017)
Yale University – Law Seminar Summer Program (2016)

EXPERIENCE

Vitoria has more than six years of experience in advising clients on judicial lawsuits, arbitration and administrative litigation related to the areas of civil and business law, with expertise on contracts and credit recovery. She also assists other areas in our firm providing advisory services and participating in due diligence processes to prevent litigation and enable transactions.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2018)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

AREAS

Civil Litigation
Credit Recovery
Bankruptcy &aReorganization

EDUCATION

Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV Law/SP (Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Procedural Law, 2020)
Faculdade Ruy Barbosa/BA (LL.B., 2014)

EXPERIENCE

Camila works on civil litigation by managing judicial proceedings related to civil and corporate law, with a special focus on Credit Recovery. She also assists other areas in our firm providing advisory services and participating in due diligence processes to prevent litigation and enable transactionsadministrative proceedings

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, Bahia Section (2014)
Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2018)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

AREAS

Civil Litigation
Credit Recovery
Bankruptcy & Reorganization

EDUCATION

Postgraduate in Business Law Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2023)
University of São Paulo (LL.B., 2020)

EXPERIENCE

Letícia works on civil litigation by managing judicial proceedings related to civil and corporate law. She also assists other areas in our firm providing advisory services and participating in due diligence processes to prevent litigation and enable transactions.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2020)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

AREAS

Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions

EDUCATION

University of Lisbon (Legal Practice Master’s, 2020)
Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo (Postgraduate, 2019)
Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo (LL.B, 2016)

EXPERIENCE

Giovanna works on corporate law focus on corporate operations, mergers and acquisition transactions, corporate restructuring, due diligence process, incorporation of companies and advises clients on matters of corporate law. She also has experience in analyzing, preparing, and negotiating commercial agreements.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2017)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

AREAS

Tax Consulting ( Indirect Taxes)
Tax Planning
International Taxation
Tax Litigation

EDUCATION

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG (LL.M. in Tax Law, 2015)
Instituto de Altos Estudos em Direito – IAED/CEDIN (Postgraduate diploma in Tax Law, 2012)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG (LL.B., 2011)

EXPERIENCE

Regina has more than ten years of experience in the tax area. She worked with mains international players of Agrobusiness and Pharma areas. She has strong abilities to works on highly complex cases, develops legal theses and opinions. She has great academic experience and was a Tax Law substitutive professor at the Faculty of Economics Sciences (UFMG).

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section
Brazilian Bar Association, Minas Gerais Section
Member of the Brazilian Association of Tax Law (ABRADT)
Member of Brazilian Tax Arbitration and Transation Institute (IBATT)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

AREAS

Civil Litigation
Mediation & Arbitration
Credit Recovery
Contracts

EDUCATION

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (LL.B, 2020)

EXPERIENCE

Pedro Araujo is an attorney at Madrona Advogados, with 2 years of experience in representing clients in lawsuits, arbitration proceedings and administrative proceedings related to civil and corporate law. He often acts with issues related to the drafting and review of contracts, as well as strategies for credit recovery. He assists the other areas of the firm with consultancy services in the civil area and in due diligences, acting to prevent litigation and to enable clients business deals.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section

LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

AREAS

Tax Consulting (Direct Taxes)
Tax Planning
Estate Planning & Succession and Wealth Planning
International Taxation

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Student in Tax Law at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG (2021)
Master’s Degree in Tax Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUC/MG (2020)
LL.B. at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUC/MG (2016)

EXPERIENCE

Antonio specializes in tax consulting and tax planning, both for individuals and corporations, producing practical assessments, reports and legal opinions on various topics, including international aspects. He has a strong academic presence, having published several articles in books and journals, as well as having created and organized a series of Conferences on International Taxation in partnership with the postgraduate program at PUC/MG and UFMG.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, Minas Gerais Section (2016)
Member of the Institute of Tax Studies – IEFI (2016)
Member of the Brazilian Association of Tax Law – ABRADT (2016)
Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2021)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

AREAS

Wealth Planning
Tax Consulting (Direct Taxes)
Tax Planning
International Taxation

EDUCATION

Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário (Postgraduate diploma in International Tax Law, 2019)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (LL.B, 2016)

EXPERIENCE

Thaísa has over five years of experience in Tax Law, Wealth Planning, and High Net Worth. She has experience in cross-border and International Tax Law, assisting Brazilian subsidiaries of multinational groups of various business segments regarding domestic tax implications of investment in Brazil, financing structures, local transfer pricing policies, and transactions involving intellectual property, services, and rights.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Member of Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário (2019)
Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2016)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English and Spanish

AREAS

Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Law
Contracts
Wealth Planning

EDUCATION

Insper – SP (LL.M., 2013)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (LL.B, 2007)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (Bachelor degree in International relations, 2003)

EXPERIENCE

Caetano is a specialist in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, corporate reorganizations and routines, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures and investment funds. His expertise is focused on the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Contracts, in various segments of the economy. He represents domestic and foreign clients of different sizes, investors, founders, administrators and families.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2007)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

AREAS

Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Law
Capital Market
Contracts
Corporate Governance

EDUCATION

Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (LL.B., 2018)

EXPERIENCE

Filipe has worked on corporate operations, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate restructuring, and corporate governance matters in national and international commercial transactions.

ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (2019)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese and English

OUR PRACTICE

Agribusiness

Agribusiness in Brazil plays an important role in the country’s economy, representing a significant portion of the national GDP. Legal relations involving the sector, both in consulting and litigation spheres, have grown in recent years, gaining complexity and magnitude.

Madrona Advogados has a specialized and highly experienced team qualified to attend to and understand our clients’ demands. Considering the breadth and complexity of issues surrounding agribusiness, our team provides integrated legal advice with other related practice areas to deliver efficient solutions to our clients.

Our team provides legal advice on the production, commercialization, and financing stages of agricultural and farming products, working with financial institutions, investment funds, trading companies, and agro-industrial companies.

Expertise

Agribusiness financing and structured transactions, such as projects involving Rural Product Notes (CPR), Agribusiness Certificates of Deposit and Agribusiness Warrant (CDA/WA), Agribusiness Credit Bills (LCA), and Certificates of Agribusiness Credit Rights (CDCA)
Participation in mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations involving agricultural issues
Drafting of agricultural contracts such as leasing, rural partnership, rural guarantees, sale and purchase of agricultural inputs, raw materials, and commodities
Advising on securitization operations (Agribusiness Receivables Certificates – CRA) and establishment of investment funds tied to agribusiness assets and credit rights
Review and analysis of guarantees for operations with agricultural commodities
Advisory and litigation counsel (judicial and administrative) in credit collection processes and debt renegotiation resulting from contracts and securities linked to agribusiness, as well as claims involving federal, state and municipal entities

Antitrust & Competition Law

Free competition is the general principle of economic activity in Brazilian law. Understanding the competition and antitrust regulation and their impact on the company’s activities are essential in today’s corporate world.

Madrona Advogados knows this and applies its multidisciplinary expertise in the various areas of competition and antitrust law, representing companies in processes seeking the approval of acts of economic concentration, in the preparation and implementation of antitrust compliance programs, advising on matters of competition and antitrust law, trade practices, economic concentration operations, and investigations of anticompetitive conduct.

Expertise

Assessing the hypotheses for the submission of concentration acts, under its various forms, to the Brazilian competition authority and regulatory bodies (as appropriate), as well as advising on such procedures
Risk assessment of business practices, including conducts or structures that may give rise to concerns under a competition perspective
Compliance and training in matters of competition and antitrust law
Advice to clients seeking to act as third parties in approval processes of concentration acts, and assistance to response to letters submitted by CADE
Litigation involving competitive matters in administrative and judicial proceedings
Advising clients in procedures involving investigations of anticompetitive practices

Banking and Finance

Madrona Advogados’ lawyers are recognized in the market for our expertise in the financial sector. Our team advises financial institutions, investors, sponsors, and financial advisors in securitization transactions, finance structuring, internal and external loans, bilateral and syndicated loans, prepayment of export operations, equipment and aircraft leases.

Expetise

Drafting and reviewing financing agreements in general, including Banking Credit Notes (CCB), transfer agreements, syndicated loan agreements, unionized facility agreements, among others
Structuring and formalization of guarantees (security package): surety, aval, fiduciary lien/transfer of movable and immovable property, bonds, and mortgages
Preparation and review of mandates and memoranda of understanding (term-sheets)
Drafting, negotiation, and implementation of financial transactions in national currency, including the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)’s transfer operations
Syndicated loans and financing with multilateral organizations
Legal advice and follow-up for securing financing abroad by Brazilian companies, with securitization of Brazilian exports
Legal advice and follow-up for securing financing through credit titles, hybrid capital and debt instruments, and perpetual and subordinated deb
Advice on regulation of derivative instruments and on reviewing documents of derivative transactions.
Conducting due diligence exercises
Issuance of opinions on legal aspects, regulations, and financing operations documents
Advising on aspects relating to National Financial System regulation
Assistance with foreign exchange regulations
Defenses and representations in administrative proceedings before the Central Bank and the Appeals Council of the National Financial System

Capital Market

With a team with extensive experience in capital markets, Madrona Advogados offers a wide range of legal services designed both for capital market agents (banks, asset managers, funds, and other institutions) and issuers.

The development of Brazil’s capital market requires professionals aligned with best practices, international experience, and comprehensive knowledge of the economy and business.
Our firm has partnerships with foreign firms, working together in cross-border transactions.

In the regulatory field, our firm provides advice on issues related to compliance with requirements arising from regulations applicable to investment funds, financial institutions, and other market participants, including the observance of legal obligations established by the Central Bank, CVM, and other regulatory bodies.

 

Expertise

Assistance in registration and deregistration of publicly-held companies, as well as with the regulations applicable to listed companies in fulfilling their various obligations, including corporate governance issues
Initial public offerings and follow-on offerings
Public or private equity and securities offerings, in Brazil and abroad, including debentures, promissory notes, commercial bonds, investment fund shares, and securities arising from credit securitization (e.g. FIDCs, FIIs, CRI, CCI, CDCA and CRA)
Structuring and regulation of investment funds in general
Assistance with debt restructuring
Legal advice on the preliminary stages of issuers’ access to capital markets
Defenses and representations in administrative proceedings before the Brazilian Securities Exchange Commission and the Appeals Council of the National Financial System

Civil Litigation

Madrona Advogados’ Civil Litigation practice works on various forms of conflict resolution, as well as pre-litigation situations. Our team works closely with other areas in the review and preparation of contractual instruments and structuring of guarantees, aimed at safeguarding our clients in future litigation disputes.

Further on litigation consulting, we review and advise on risk prognosis of potential claims, liability assessment through due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, purchase of credit portfolios, and other operations, as well as preparing legal opinion on the application of civil and civil procedure law in national and international contracts.

We are also active in the pre-litigation stage through negotiations and other measures to prevent controversies. During litigation proceedings, Madrona Advogados represents our clients in all stages before the courts, regulatory agencies, and various public administration bodies depending on the nature of the claim. We represent domestic and foreign clients in disputes in various areas of civil, business, administrative, and public law.

Among the main disputes in which our lawyers have worked are complex issues that are strategically important to our clients. Over the years, we have argued cases regarding the validity, revision, and enforcement of contracts in general, civil liability, corporate disputes, consumer relations, and challenges to acts in bidding processes, among others. We routinely work for clients in the banking, construction, energy, franchise, pharmaceutical, real estate, industrial, infrastructure, logistics, and mining sectors, among others.

Expertise

Leasing
Banking
Antitrust & Competition
Consumer
Disputes arising from commercial transactions
Distribution
Economic law
Energy
Bankruptcy
Finance
Franchise
Real estate
Infrastructure
Bids
Capital markets
Mining law
Credit recovery
Reorganization
Regulatory
Commercial representatio
Corporate law
Succession

Compliance

Corporate compliance is becoming increasingly important on the global stage. Both to protect their reputations and to avoid the imposition of sanctions, companies have a growing interest in implementing compliance programs. Through policies, manuals, and training, they seek to inform their employees about the importance of respecting the law and the company’s ideals

In Brazil, this topic has gained greater prominence since the enactment of the Anti-corruption Law in 2013, which brought additional provisions to the legislation then in force.

The Compliance team at Madrona Advogados recognizes how important a proper compliance program is to conducting business. Our team is formed by a multidisciplinary group with experience developing and implementing such programs, as well as other mechanisms for the prevention and investigation of acts that are harmful to Brazilian and foreign governments, and violations of internal regulations of companies and multinational groups.

In the context of M&A transactions, the Compliance team works together with other practice areas with the goal of identifying possible contingencies related to irregularities committed by the parties involved and/or their employees, always seeking to provide complete and effective legal advice to clients.

Atuação

Development of Codes of Ethics and Compliance Programs
Representing clients in investigations and administrative and judicial proceedings
Analysis of the effectiveness of compliance programs already implemented
Training
Due diligence

Contracts

Madrona Advogados assists in the preparation, review, and negotiation of contracts of all types, including commercial representation contracts, business partnership agreements, purchase and sale of goods, and service agreements, among others. We work with domestic and foreign clients of all sizes and market segments. Our firm advises on contractual matters, issuing legal opinions and assisting our clients in managing their contracts.
Our team works together with the litigation practice to assess whether any disputes might arise from any contract, advising our clients about risks and the impact of potential judicial or arbitration disputes.

Corporate

Madrona Advogados specializes in offering legal advice to domestic and foreign clients in the day-to-day management of their business. The firm has experience in various market segments and assists individuals and legal entities of all sizes.

The firm represents its clients in the incorporation of companies, amendment of corporate documents, participation in general meetings of listed and closed companies. We also represent them before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission and B3, among other regulatory bodies, whether in administrative proceedings, preparation of answers to official letters, and implementation of litigation prevention practices.

Madrona Advogados issues opinions on corporate law matters. We assist in asset structuring for individuals and family-controlled companies, including providing advice on asset protection and succession planning. The firm advises its clients in structuring investment vehicles, seeking to reduce the risk involved in each project and maximize the benefits and viability of the business. The expertise developed by working on complex projects for large companies allows us to develop creative solutions that can also be used by individuals and family businesses.

Expertise

Incorporation of companies and structuring of investment vehicles
Drafting and negotiation of contracts and corporate documents
Representing clients in shareholders’ and general meetings
Guidance and protection of shareholders’ rights, whether minority or controlling
Preparation of defenses in administrative proceedings and responses to letters sent by government agencies
Drafting of legal opinions regarding the interpretation and application of standards and contracts
Development and implementation of corporate governance policies and practices
Structuring and implementing succession planning and asset protection
Organization of corporate books and documents
Routine corporate actions
Arrangements for the dissolution, liquidation, and termination of companies

Corporate Governance

Madrona Advogados’ corporate team has extensive experience in good corporate governance practices tailored to each client’s profile. Through the development of governance programs (with professionalization of management, creation of oversight bodies, and development of internal skills), our team assists in the preservation of values and optimizes integration and communication between management and investors.

Maintaining good governance practices and professionalized teams has proven to be an important component for a company’s competitiveness and management. Our team is highly qualified to assist our clients in this endeavor.

Expertise

Good corporate governance practices
Adequacy of internal rules and regulations
Creation of committees
Boards of Directors
Corporate management
Audit Committees
Conflicts of interest

Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy, and Reorganization

Madrona Advogados represents creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, judicial and extrajudicial recovery, and providing advice on different aspects of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Law.

We defend creditors’ interests and work on debt recovery in various types of judicial collection procedures and extrajudicial execution of guarantees, as well as extrajudicial recovery, judicial reorganization, and bankruptcy proceedings.

Our firm provides full assistance for the acquisition of assets of companies in financial difficulty, in judicial recovery, or from bankruptcy proceedings. We assist with risk assessment, drafting contracts, negotiation and modeling of the operation. We advise suppliers, service providers, financial institutions, and investors, as well as assist with financing to companies in difficulty.

Our team members are able to advise on credit recovery, application and other aspects of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Recovery Law, covering topics such as the strength of guarantees, fraud against creditors, execution, succession, characterization of economic group, piercing of the corporate veil, disposal of assets, credits included and excluded from judicial reorganization, and validity and formalization of new guarantees.

Expertise

Representation of creditors in bankruptcy, judicial and extrajudicial recovery proceedings
Advising on the structuring of the recovery process
Drafting of legal opinions on credit recover
Client Representation in committees and meetings of creditors
Drafting of legal opinions on credit recovery

Energy

The Power and Oil and Gas sectors are among the most complex of the economy, both for their inherent dynamism and for the high degree of state regulation.
Legal counsel on Energy requires a high level of professional specialization, with a team who must master the different contractual, legal, and regulatory aspects and particularities of various activities related to these sectors. Mindful of this, Madrona Advogados’ Energy team seeks continuous improvement and constantly monitors the most relevant topics of the Energy sector.
Working together with the other practice areas of our firm, our team provides the most complete and targeted solutions to the sector agents’ business.

Expertise

Full assistance in Energy Auctions
Representation in administrative proceedings before federal regulatory (ANEEL and ANP) and state agencies, as well as in other sectoral entities (CCEE, ONS, EPE)
Drafting and negation of contracts in this sector, such as EPC, O&M, PPA, take-or-pay, ship-or-pay, among otherss
Preparation of reviews and opinions
General consulting
Due diligence

CONTACT

Rodrigo Machado

Environmental Law

Brazil has strong institutions and laws for the protection of the environment, placing us in a leading global position in sustainable development. Aware of this, we are prepared to assist our clients in various environmental law issues, allowing them to develop their business in full compliance with the standards and other obligations to which they are subject.

Our team is concerned with developing effective solutions to adapt our clients’ businesses to environmental requirements. Our experience ranges from advising on environmental regulations applicable to each activity to representing our clients before federal, state, and municipal environmental agencies and entities.

Our team has extensive experience and knowledge of environmental regulations, which allow us to devote the highest level of commitment and attention to clients’ interests.

Expertise

Representing clients before environmental agencies and entities
Representing clients in administrative and judicial procedures
Negotiation of Terms of Adjustment of Conduct
General consulting
Preparation of reviews and opinions
Due diligence

Infrastructure, Regulatory and Public Law

We seek to assist our clients in a comprehensive manner, fully customized to the particularities of their relationships with the government and public administration in general (whether at the federal, state, or municipal level), as well as in operations in regulated environments. Madrona Advogados’ Infrastructure, Regulatory and Public Law team has extensive experience in structuring infrastructure projects and representing and advising clients on their participation in bidding processes and contracts with the government. We also represent our clients before administration bodies and entities, including regulatory agencies and Audit Courts, in addition to providing advice on various topics related to public law and regulated industries.

Our team stands out in its continued attention to the different legal, political, and economic environments of each infrastructure sector, with a deep knowledge of the changes taking place in Brazil and the world for a precise understanding of our clients’ needs. With this expertise, we develop complete and appropriate solutions that add value to business development in all activities that rely on state intervention or participation.

We understand the complexity of issues and disciplines involving infrastructure and regulated sectors. Our team seeks a comprehensive approach that is not only limited to the law, ensuring that our professionals have a deep understanding of the particular functioning and demands of each sector. We encourage our team’s academic and scientific activities, promoting the publication of research, articles, booklets, and miscellaneous materials related to the sectors in which we operate. Our team is also prepared to deliver customized courses to our clients or speak at various events.

Expertise

Developing of legal and institutional modeling of projects, including via Expression of Interest Processes
Preparation of Invitations to Bid and contracts
Complete assistance in bidding processes and in the formalization, administration, and monitoring of contracts executed with the public administration
Conducting administrative proceedings before bodies and entities of the administration, audit courts, and regulatory agencies
Advising on requests for contract review and economic-financial rebalance
Drafting and negotiating Terms of Adjustment of Conduct
Negotiation of contracts related to infrastructure projects and sectors, such as construction, supply, operation, and maintenance contracts
Preparation of reviews and opinions
General consulting
Trainings and customized courses
Due diligence

Intellectual Property

Since the enactment of the Intellectual Property Law in 1996, Brazil has an adequate legal framework for the protection of intellectual property rights. With the new release of the Brazilian Civil-Rights based Framework for Internet, the sector further aligned itself with international best practices.

The necessity of this area for the development of industry and technology in the country is increasingly recognized.

Aware of the importance of this area, the professionals of Madrona Advogados offer customized solutions to clients, ensuring measures for the protection and expansion of their businesses. We work in all areas related to the protection of intellectual property rights, drafting and negotiation of contracts, consulting, and due diligence exercises.

Also with regard to the peculiarities of this area, professionals in the intellectual property team of Madrona Advogados follow closely the changes in the industry, attending courses and lectures.

EXPERTISE

Drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts involving licensing and assignment of intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, know-how, domain names, and copyrights in general)
Drafting, review, and negotiation of technology transfer agreements (provision of technical and scientific services)
Drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts involving license to use image, sound, and name, as well as license for the use of digital content
Industrial property registration by INPI
Assistance in establishing franchises, including the drafting and negotiation of franchise and distribution and supply agreements, as well as franchise offering circular letters
Litigation related to industrial property assets, including conflicts concerning trademarks, trade names and domain names
Consulting in matters related to advertising regulation, including the analysis of advertising campaigns and defense in proceedings before CONAR, the regulatory agency for this matter in Brazil
Consulting in matters related to intellectual property on the internet and in digital technology, including drafting and negotiation of transfer, licensing, and distribution of computing goods and services agreements, including software

Labor Law

Labor relations have evolved and now demand agile and effective performance by companies in order to conform to current standards and mitigate possible risks. The ultimate goal is to maintain productivity, within a legal and healthy environment

With a deep understanding of our clients’ needs, Madrona Advogados assists in the resolution of everyday occurrences, maintaining a close relationship with personnel and/or human resources departments in drafting contracts, notices and policies, as well as in the conducting of administrative and judicial defenses.

Our firm’s professionals are concerned with training and keeping updated through specialization courses, participation in events, workshops and study groups, in addition to the publication of articles.
The labor team acts in a coordinated manner with other practices for a comprehensive understanding of the business, characteristics, and demands of each client.

EXPERTISE

Legal advice and general consulting, including on issues related to collective bargaining with unions, compensation and benefits plans, preparation of employment and executive contracts
Conducting administrative and judicial defenses in the labor sphere
Analysis of the effectiveness of compliance programs already implemented
Legal advice on termination of senior executives, managers and other employees
Review of compensation and benefits policies in order to adjust them to the legislation and to reduce labor costs and risks
Representation before the Ministry of Labor and employment and/or the Labor Prosecutor’s Office and their agencies in the event of inspections and provision of information.
Due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, investment, and incorporation transactions, or to preventively identify liabilities (materialized or not)
Analysis of labor issues related to post-closing, such as benefit equalization and trade union membership change

Mediation and Arbitration

Since its formalization, through Law No. 9,307/96, arbitration is gaining space in Brazil as a mechanism for conflict resolution.

Madrona Advogados’ Mediation and Arbitration practice works on conflict resolution in arbitration disputes, and other negotiated situations, under the different regulations of the main national and international arbitration chambers.

Our firm is associated with the Brazilian Arbitration Committee.

Expertise

Review and preparation of contractual instruments, structuring of arbitration clauses and commitments aimed at safeguarding our clients in future disputes
Negotiations, mediations, preventive measures, and negotiated solution of controversies
Issuance of legal opinions on issues involving arbitration proceedings and assessment of the risks of potential litigation and/or disputes already under way. Assisting our clients in selecting the professional profile of the person to be appointed as arbitrator and/or mediator
Representing domestic and foreign clients in solving disputes before different arbitration chambers and in different arbitration matters (reorganizations, construction projects and infrastructure, energy, mining, contractual disputes, among others).

Mergers and Acquisitions

Madrona Advogados’ experienced team advises on a wide range of structures used for M&A transactions, such as joint ventures, partial or total purchase or sale of shares/quotas, asset purchase, structuring of greenfield or brownfield projects, consortia or special partnerships, management buyouts, and leveraged buyouts, among other possible models used to best achieve our clients’ goals. Our clients, national and foreign, come from many backgrounds, such as strategic investors, family businesses, private equity funds, venture capitalists, etc.

Our work begins in the first negotiations between parties, helping to structure the operation and draft the initial documents, and extends through the due diligence process and negotiation and formalization of the final agreements. We assist our clients in obtaining the necessary approvals to finalize the transaction, especially by CADE and regulatory agencies (such as ANEEL and ANATEL, among others). We also assist our clients in determining the tax burden resulting from the transaction.

Simply knowing the law is not enough to properly assist our clients. It is also important to understand the business at the core of the transaction, the market in which it is embedded, its characteristics, and issues faced (such as liabilities and contingencies that may hinder the closing of a transaction or reduce its value; client needs; and related areas, particularly accounting and financing aspects). With this vision, we have invested in training our professionals. We encourage and sponsor training courses, specialization, and pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees, in Brazil and abroad. Similarly, we encourage participation in events, workshops, and study groups, as well as publishing academic books and articles.

Expertise

Due diligence
Corporate business structuring and risk assessment
Purchase and sale of assets and equity, either majority or minority interests
Payment and guarantee structuring
Corporate reorganizations, such as incorporations, mergers, and spinoffs
Establishment of consortia, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances
Assistance in obtaining financing
Leveraged buyouts
Management buyouts

Oil & Gas

Our Oil & Gas business is internationally recognized for having in-depth knowledge & experience of the largest Brazilian projects in the sector. This is combined with specific knowledge of the peculiarities and multidisciplinary aspects of this market, which involves complex regulatory, commercial, tax, financial, environmental and logistics matters.

We advise clients on operations and projects, such as:

M&A of oil and gas chain assets, farm-ins and farm-outs
Development and negotiation of sector-specific contracts, including Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts (EPCs), joint operating agreements, decommissioning security agreements and Operation & Maintenance agreements (O&M)
Construction contracts and use of gas pipelines, Natural Gas Processing Units (UPGNs) and LNG regasification and liquefaction contracts
Gas Sales and Gas Supply Agreements
Advice on unitization of oil deposits
Structuring of oil lifting operations, shipping and oil export
Assistance in public bids, concession contracts and consortia
Advice on regulatory issues in the oil and gas sector
Financing operations

CONTACT

Ludmilla Franklin Corkey

Project Finance

Madrona Advogados’ Capital Markets, Finance, and Infrastructure teams combine their experiences in advising the structuring, negotiation, and implementation of financing operations for industrial and infrastructure projects in various sectors, including energy (power and oil and gas), telecommunications, mining, roads, ports and airports, sanitation, among others.

Our firm acts as advisor to sponsors, financial institutions, multilateral agencies, builders, and suppliers, relying on a multidisciplinary team that analyzes all regulatory, corporate, contractual, insurance, financial, tax, and environmental aspects of a project. Our clients include the world’s largest financial institutions, multilateral agencies, development banks, and export credit agencies (ECAs), as well as entrepreneurs, sponsors, offtakers and construction companies active in this market.

Our extensive knowledge of regulated sectors and various debt instruments enable us to offer legal assistance that is extremely effective in structuring the intended operation.

EXPERTISE

Advice on structuring and negotiation of legal models, with special attention to the guarantees of the project
Assistance in preparing and negotiating legal instruments for implementation of financing operations
Assistance in preparing and negotiating legal instruments for financing and guarantees
Assistance in drafting and negotiating contracts for support of sponsors, account management contracts, and agreements between creditors

Real Estate

Madrona Advogados has followed the evolution of Brazilian real estate law, relying on a team of professionals focused on and able to provide legal advice on various aspects of the real estate business. Our team is dedicated to understanding our clients’ goals and expectations so that they can develop the tailored and efficient strategies that real estate projects demand. Madrona Advogados’ real estate practice works on both urban and rural real estate transactions.

In addition to legal counsel on issues involving real estate law, our firm has extensive experience in supporting other legal areas advising business, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, capital markets, finance, and tax, including the participation in complex due diligence exercises and assistance in structuring the transaction vis-à-vis their regulatory and fiscal aspects.

Madrona Advogados offers advice on real estate issues related to infrastructure projects, such as the installation and investments in ports (TUPs and public ports), power plant construction, expropriation and easements, and tax pertaining to the real estate property.

Expertise

Wide range of contracts, such as purchase, sale, lease, built-to-suit, lending, construction, rural leasing, agricultural partnership, exchange, contract work, surface right, and servitude
Acquisition of rural properties by foreigners
Establishment of in rem guarantees
Structuring of real estate developments and urban allotment
Formatting, structuring, and developing real estate projects such as industrial warehouses, shopping centers, residential condominiums, and hotels (condo-hotels)
Due diligence
Advice on the issuance of CRIs, establishment of FII and FIP, among others
Advice on infrastructure projects
Consulting and litigation assistance in judicial and administrative litigation involving real estate matters

Succession and Estate Planning

Succession and estate planning are important tools for families to organize asset division, establish rules for the continuity of the family business, and determine corporate governance parameters.

We see today a very active market for these projects, where business owners have been concerned with planning their succession. Madrona Advogados helps families in the execution and implementation of their succession and estate planning, organizing discussions with the heads of the family, heirs, and company executives, seeking to understand their interests, aspirations, and how these fit within the business itself.

Our work focuses on the business and the family, with a view to facilitate the succession process by using important and effective planning tools, including:

Creation of holdings and family offices
Formation of trusts
Tax planning
Corporate governance rules
Rules governing the distribution and allocation of profits
Consulting for families on the day to day management of the business

We believe that good succession and estate planning create a healthy balance in maintaining relationships and the link between the individual and the family business

CONTACT

Ricardo Madrona, José Luis Camargo Jr.,
Milena Coimbra Mazzini, Danilo Mininel, João Carlos Toledo

Tax Consulting and Planning, Tax Litigation, and International Taxation

Each client is different and deserves unique treatment. Taxation in Brazil is today largely responsible for the success or failure of a business and, therefore, one of the main focuses of attention of the business sector. In addition to being extremely complex, taxation is dynamic and reaches all levels of business, people and organizations even beyond our borders.

We have highly skilled professionals in various areas of tax law, on both the consulting (direct and indirect taxes) and litigation (judicial and administrative) sides. The solution to a problem in the fiscal area requires the ability to think broadly and, in the current economic context, that should be in sync with the efficiency and rationalization of resources.

Our firm maintains a close relationship with our clients, who rely on our services, technical expertise, ability to understand their businesses, and – most importantly – because they know that our work is marked by the ethics and respect with which we approach each case.

Expertise

Agility in the care of day-to-day tax matters, providing advice and legal opinions, and assisting in the prevention of tax liabilities
Assistance in structuring and reorganizing transactions and business activities, including mergers and acquisitions, with options to optimize fiscal efficiency and lawful tax planning
Assistance in identifying tax contingencies during due diligence exercises
Advising on special tax regimes for businesses, as well as negotiating tax benefits before tax authorities
Defining employees and executives’ remuneration structures
Monitoring and advising on complying with tax inspection procedures by federal, state, and municipal administrative authorities
Managing lawsuits with wide coverage in the national territory and representing clients in the judicial and administrative spheres in suits challenging tax incidence or seeking to recover improperly collected taxes
Ample experience in litigation at the federal, state, and municipal levels throughout Brazil, and performing defenses of tax assessments, as well as in restitution, reimbursement, and compensation tax claims
Monitoring and advising on compliance with tax inspection procedures

CONTACT

Juliano Rotoli Okawa, Igor Nascimento de Souza, Tiago Espellet Dockhorn and Rodolfo Tamanaha

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