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Mattos Filho

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Following an expansion into new premises in 2022, Mattos Filho‘s litigation and arbitration team in Brasília offers a comprehensive service across the energy, education, telecoms, technology, life sciences and mining sectors. In addition to its noteworthy representation of BHP Billiton in the R$155bn Mariana dam disaster action, the team is also heavily engaged in electoral investigations of abuse of political power, cross-border arbitration, and civil disputes before the STJ. Maricí Giannico focuses on administrative and regulatory appellate litigation, while the addition of Diego Herrera de Moraes from HD Advogados in July 2022 strengthened the team on the regulatory and corporate disputes front. At the associate level, Marselhe Cristina de Mattos and Flávia Marangoni, the latter of whom joined from the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association in June 2022, have a wealth of experience in civil litigation before the superior courts. Marina De Mello Cerqueira Zarur and Frederico Bastos Pinheiro Martins are no longer at the firm.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘What differentiates Mattos Filho from the others is the plurality and quality of its team. The client can be served by good professionals in all areas.’

  • ‘Without a doubt, the support of Diego Herrera de Moraes is fundamental for our success. Vast knowledge of Brasília and its courts.’

Key clients

  • CESP – Cia Energética de São Paulo
  • Bunge Alimentos
  • Caoa Montadora de Veículos
  • Prudential do Brasil Seguros de Vida
  • Notre Dame Intermédica Saúde
  • Chubb Seguros Brasil
  • Oncoclínicas do Brasil Serviços Médicos
  • Votorantim Cimentos
  • Equatorial Energia
  • Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa
  • Allianz Saúde
  • FCA Fiat Chrysler Automóveis Brasil
  • Millennium BCP Escritório de Representações e Serviços
  • Magazine Luiza
  • PPG Industries
  • CELSE – Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe
  • CNH Industrial Brasil
  • Banco BTG Pactual
  • Meta Platforms (WhatsApp)
  • GNL Gemini Comercialização e Logística de Gás – Concessionária Aeroporto Rio de Janeiro
  • Hypera
  • BHP Billiton Brasil
  • Cooperativa de Crédito de Livre Admissão – SICOOB Credicoonai
  • Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional

Work highlights

  • Represented Meta Platforms in several lawsuits before the superior courts and the electoral justice relating to the interaction between WhatsApp services and electoral propaganda, and the constitutionality of blocking WhatsApp services for non-compliance with wiretap orders.
  • Represented Facebook as amicus curiae in two leading cases before the Supreme Court, the first regarding the  enforcement of the constitutionality of the MLAT, and the second related to the constitutional limits for judicial orders to breach the secrecy of telematics data in criminal proceedings.
  • Assisted BHP in the R$155bn judicial litigation arising from the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, Brazil.