Veirano Advogados manages a varied M&A workload, where high-end deals involving listed companies feature alongside joint ventures, private equity investments, asset deals and smaller transactions concerning family-owned businesses. Energy, mining, real estate, and technology are key sector focuses for the department, which is often retained by private equity and investment funds. Augusto Cesar Barbosa De Souza, who has a wealth of experience in buy and sell-side M&A involving domestic and international companies, and Lior Pinsky, who brings together expertise in M&A, capital markets and banking and finance matters, jointly oversee the corporate and M&A national practice. Corporate law and transactional expert Fernando Verzoni leads the Porto Alegre-based group. Managing partner Paula Surerus is noted for her experience in transactions in regulated sectors and corporate reorganisations. The firm was significantly strengthened in September 2023 by the arrival of a group of former Souto Correa Advogados lawyers, including Mauricio Negri Machado Paschoal, rated for being ‘very experienced, intelligent, creative and adaptive to all situations that may arise in a corporate deal’.
Testimonials
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‘The team finds alternatives to enable business for the client. Partner Diego Rodrigues always available and participates in all negotiation phases. He provides a lot of security to the client.'
‘Great team. Diego Lerner is one of the best lawyers that I have found in Brazil.'
‘The firm has qualified professionals from different areas, and, in addition to being technically qualified, these professionals are very available to the client and always seek to find creative solutions for proposed situations.'
‘The team that helped us with the M&A deal was exceptional. The service is always fast and with exceptional technical quality. The way they acted in negotiations with the counterparty was of fundamental importance to the success of the transaction.'
‘The highlights were, without question: partner Mauricio Negri Paschoal, who performed well beyond expectations, managing to help us with issues in other legal areas and even accounting.'
‘Mauricio Paschoal is very experienced, intelligent, creative and adaptive to all situations that may arise in a corporate deal.'
‘Our experience with the firm is permeated by a lot of trust and evolution. We are a serial acquisition company, so we are pleased that we have been dealing with practically the same team since the beginning in a relationship that has evolved in several ways.'
‘Augusto Cesar Barbosa and Diego Yago Rodrigues. Among the main qualities in addition to technique are: response times, attention to detail, in addition to alignment in the form that includes care with communication and description.'
Key clients
- AT&T
- Bradesco
- Yara Fertilizantes
- Celulosa Arauco
- Compass/Cosan
- Be8 (formerly BSBios)
- Grupo América Móvil
- Isoeste
- Intertek
- Smurfit Kappa
- Knauf Isopor
- Glencore
- Hydro
- STEAG
- CEMIG
- Pirelli
- Crenlo Engineered Cabs
Work highlights
- Advised Celulosa Arauco y Constitución and Inversiones Arauco Internacional Limitada on the share purchase agreement by which the clients have committed to sell to Klabin S.A. 100% of the corporate stake owned by sellers, directly and indirectly, in Arauco Florestal Arapoti S.A., Arauco Forest Brasil S.A., Empreendimentos Florestais Santa Cruz Ltda. and Florestal Vale do Corisco S.A.
- Advised Compass on the formation of a joint venture with Orizon Energia e Gás Renovável Ltda. for the production, treatment, movement, and disposal of biogas and Biomethane.
- Assisted Norsk Hydro ASA and Norsk Hydro Holland B.V. with the indirect sale to Glencore International AG of 45% of the capital stock of Mineração Rio do Norte S.A. and 30% of the capital stock of Alunorte - Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Augusto Cesar Barbosa de Souza, Fernando Verzoni, Lior Pinsky, Paula Surerus