Latin America - Brazil

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

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Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados has established a strong foothold in the real estate market, with overlapping expertise in key areas such as tax, finance, M&A, litigation and infrastructure. The firm advises on the full range of domestic and cross-border deals involving urban and rural property assets. Typical mandates include acquisitions, leasing issues, sale and leasebacks, and built-to-suit agreements involving the industrial, logistics, commercial, and energy segments. The calibre of the team is reflected by its impressive client base, which includes major institutional investors, corporates and banks. Practice head Maria Flavia Seabra regularly handles real estate M&A, developments and financings. Fatima Tadea Rombola Fonseca is particularly active in the agribusiness, energy and mining sectors, while Bruno Costa is singled out for his expertise in real estate investment funds, due diligence processes and construction contracts. Ivana Bomfim left the firm in October 2023.

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Key clients

  • EBES Sistema de Energia (Órigo)
  • Banco Votorantim
  • Brookfield
  • Wtorre
  • Banco C6
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Petrobras
  • Voltalia
  • Rhodia Brasil
  • Vale
  • BNDES – Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento e Econômico Social
  • GS1 Brasil – Associação Brasileira de Automação
  • Hines do Brasil Empreendimentos Imobiliários
  • BR Malls Participações

Work highlights

  • Advising BrMalls, a Brazilian shopping centre management company, on the sale of notional fractions of real estate properties to Vitacon, an up-and-coming real estate developer.
  • Assisted GPA in coordinating the sale of 17 properties, where their Extra Hiper hypermarkets are located, to Barzel Retail.
  • Advised Iguasport, the Brazilian arm of Decathlon, on a sale and leaseback of a property located in the city of Campinas.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Maria Flavia Seabra