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Madrona Fialho Advogados

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Madrona Fialho Advogados is a strong choice for complex domestic and cross-border M&A, corporate restructurings, and joint ventures. It has extensive sectoral experience in mining, energy and infrastructure, and collaborates closely with both the firm’s São Paulo office and its public law, tax, IP and infrastructure departments. The team is led by an experienced group of partners:  M&A, joint ventures and corporate reorganisation specialist Alice Dourado; firm co-founder Érico Andrade, who is well versed in public law matters; Patricia Alvarenga, who handles the structuring of commercial agreements for the sale of equity interests; and Leonardo Canabrava, who is highlighted for his knowledge of the infrastructure market. Other key figures include Anderson Novais, Gustavo Magalhães, Thiago Vieira and Leonardo Birchal, the latter of whom was promoted to the partnership in February 2022.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Broad corporate knowledge, organisation skills and easy to deal with. Alice Dourado is recommended.'
  • 'Good technical knowledge, good value for money and personalised service. Patricia Alvarenga stands out.'

Key clients

  • VLI
  • Embaré Indústrias Alimentícias
  • Aperam Inox America do Sul
  • Rio Branco Alimentos
  • Sandvik Mining and Construction do Brasil
  • Aliança Geração de Energia
  • BNDES – Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social
  • BMPI Infra (Barbosa Mello Participações Investimentos)
  • BH Iluminação Pública
  • Empresa Construtora Brasil/Mota Engil Engenharia e Construção
  • Canopus Holding
  • BRK Ambiental Participações (Brookfield Group)
  • AEGEA Saneamento e Participações
  • Domingos Costa Indústrias Alimentícias
  • Terna Plus
  • BTG Pactual Gestora de Recursos
  • Construtora Remo
  • Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais – COPASA
  • Omega Energia
  • Meliuz
  • CEI – Energética Integrada
  • ABC – Atacado Brasileiro da Construção
  • Gerdau NEXT
  • Eco Diagnóstica
  • Vinci Energies
  • APPIAN Capital
  • U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
  • Inspira Mudança Participações
  • Suzano

Work highlights

  • Assisted Construtora G-Maia and Soegeo Soluções em Engenharia Geotécnica with two M&A transactions.
  • Advised Suzano on the preparation and negotiation of the shareholders' agreement of Biomas – Serviços Ambientais, Restauração e Carbono, which is to be transformed into a privately-held corporation.
  • Advised Inspira Mudança Participações on the acquisition of 100% of the quotas representing the share capital of two companies that maintain Colégio Sete de Setembro, located in Fortaleza, Ceará.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alice Dourado, Luciano Fialho, Patrícia Alvarenga, Anderson Novais, Érico Andrade, Gustavo Magalhães, Gustavo Uchiyama, Leonardo Canabrava, Leonardo Birchal, Lucas Spadano