Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados

Strategic buyers and sellers regularly turn to Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados for guidance on the negotiation of M&A involving regulated sectors, corporate reorganisations and restructurings. The firm’s client roster also features an array of investors, financial institutions, asset managers, and private equity and pension funds engaged in mid-market deals involving a range of industries – most notably energy, financial services, energy, technology and education. Rated for its ‘excellent client service’, the group is co-led by São Paulo-based Paulo Albert Weyland Vieira, who works on buy and sell-side instructions, and is a key contact for Brazilian pension funds, and Cláudio Guerreiro, who leads on corporate matters out of the Rio de Janeiro office. In São Paulo, Ricardo Ariani Filho handles M&A and private equity deals (chiefly in the education segment), while Alberto Weyland Vieira is a go-to lawyer for oil, gas and offshore clients engaged in cross-border transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. Practitioners to note in Rio include Felipe Hanszmann, who handles an impressive transactional workload and is also well versed in related disputes; recently promoted partner Ricardo Villela Mafra Alves Da Silva, who specialises in M&A, reorganisations and foreign investment; and associate Maria Ramos Dias.