Best known for its credentials in mandates involving publicly held corporations, Bocater, Camargo, Costa e Silva, Rodrigues Advogados acts for clients from the worlds of energy, oil and gas, financial services, mining and technology. The team is well positioned to advise shareholders on routine corporate matters, as well as joint ventures, incorporations, reorganisations and transfers of control. Drawing on his previous in-house experience at major financial institutions and as CVM’s former Commissioner and Chairman, co-head Francisco Costa e Silva is the counsel of choice for several Brazilian listed companies. Fellow co-leaders João Laudo de Camargo and Maria Isabel do Prado Bocater are active in corporate and capital markets matters.

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Key clients

  • Embraer S.A. and Embraer FIP
  • 3R Petroleum
  • BTG Pactual
  • Coperçúcar S.A.
  • Usiminas
  • Banco Safra S.A.
  • Invepar
  • Neoenergia S.A.
  • Anumara Capital GMBH
  • Banco Fator S.A. and Fator Corretora S.A.
  • Banco Semear S.A.

Work highlights

  • Assists Petrobras with day-to-day corporate matters.
  • Advises FIP Aeroespacial on transactions involving the transfer of shares and equity.
  • Advises PRIO on corporate matters, including examination of potential M&A transactions, shareholders' meetings, compliance with rules and regulations of publicly held companies, representation before CVM and the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), shareholders and independent auditors.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Francisco Costa e Silva, João Laudo de Camargo, Maria Isabel do Prado Bocater

Other key lawyers

Jaques Wurman, Bernardo Costa e Silva