- Number of partners worldwide: 35
- Number of other lawyers worldwide: 203
THE FIRM:
Mattos Filho,Veiga Filho,Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados has ranked as a leading law firm in Brazil since its establishment in 1992. Founded by lawyers with over 30 years of legal experience, the firm prides itself on its ability to nurture highly qualified, service-oriented professionals with an international background and outlook. The firm sponsors graduate studies abroad and a great number of its lawyers have worked on secondment at foreign law firms. Clients also prize the language capabilities of the firm's professionals. In addition to headquarters in São Paulo, offices have been established in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and New York while the firm maintains a network of correspondents in the remaining Brazilian states. Mattos Filho currently comprises in excess of 676 professionals, including partners, associates, consultants and trainees, who are supported by an experienced administrative staff.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE: Although Mattos Filho is most widely known for expertise in banking, capital markets, corporate matters, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and taxation, the firm's practice also covers administrative law, antitrust, civil and commercial litigation, commercial law, environmental law, energy regulation, family and estates, information technology transactions and regulation, insurance and reinsurance, labor law, privatisations, project finance, real estate law, regulatory agencies, social security, telecommunications regulations third sector law and intellectual property.Mattos Filho counts among its clients major domestic and foreign industrial companies, financial institutions, governmental entities and multilateral institutions and advises clients in the most diverse economic sectors. In recent times, the firm's instrumental role in innovative and complex transactions has earned it a place at the forefront of banking and capital markets practice in Brazil. The firm has also advised parties in connection with many of the most significant mergers and acquisitions concluded in Brazil in recent years,whether measured in terms of the amounts involved or the relevance of the companies involved.Mattos Filho's experience in these transactions and its creative, custom tailored approach to addressing the needs of its clients have established the firm as a market reference in transactional and advisory work relating to corporate finance,mergers and acquisitions and taxation, among others. In cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions, teams of dedicated and experienced professionals with in-depth expertise in traditional and cutting-edge areas of the law provide comprehensive assistance to clients. The firm believes that direct partner involvement and oversight of each matter is essential to ensure reliable, sound and high quality advice. In complex matters, the firmalso relies on the latest technology to secure more efficient cooperation with clients and counterparts and to ramp up document production and negotiations. The firm also highlight its expertise in the assistance to foreign investors in Brazil, especially American, European and, through the recently set up China Desk,Chinese investors.
LANGUAGES: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish.
CLIENTS: To help its clients monitor the ever-changing legal and regulatory environment in Brazil, the firm periodically publishes informative bulletins written by its professionals covering recent legal developments. Bulletins are delivered via e-mail to current clients and posted on the internet.Mattos Filho also periodically organises highly regarded conferences and seminars in which senior professionals of the firm address the most relevant developments in their various fields of practice.Members and professionals of Mattos Filho often speak at events hosted by third parties in Brazil and abroad. The firm's commitment to its clients and to the performance of legal work of the highest caliber has established its reputation as one of the leading law firms in Brazil and the reputation of some of its more experienced partners as the leading national practitioners in their respective fields of practice by respected international legal publications.
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
USA
135 East 57th Street, 12th Floor, 10022
New York , NY
Tel: +1 646 695 1100
Fax: +1 646 695 1110