Marcelo Ricupero > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mattos Filho has a ‘very proactive’ and ‘strong multidisciplinary team’ that is praised for its ‘excellent technical quality and work capacity’. Clients, including major creditors and investors, acknowledge the team’s ‘knowledge and experience in multijurisdictional and complex transactions‘. Working in close collaboration with the firm’s finance, capital markets, corporate, disputes, tax and white-collar crime specialists, the group offers a multifaceted service in the restructuring and insolvency field, which covers both litigation and non-contentious mandates. Banking partner Frederico Kerr Bullamah has significant experience in debt restructurings, while corporate law expert Marcelo Ricupero is skilled in deals involving distressed assets. Disputes partners André Chateaubriand and Alex Hatanaka are also very active in this space. Stefano Motta is another name to note for bankruptcy matters, in and out-of-court reorganisations, and credit recovery. Associate Giovanna Campedelli Macedo is entirely dedicated to restructuring and insolvency matters.

With offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York and London, Mattos Filho’s first-class M&A practice continues to represent blue-chip clients in landmark transactions across a broad range of sectors, most notably technology, financial services, healthcare, construction and energy. Covering the full spectrum of corporate and transactional matters, the sizeable team is frequently engaged in big-ticket public and private M&A, and is a go-to choice for private equity funds, large investors and venture capital firms. Daniel Calhman de Miranda, who has a well-established reputation in the market, ‘makes the difference at a negotiating table or in a meeting where critical decisions are made’. In addition to his expertise in corporate restructurings, joint ventures and foreign investments, João Ricardo de Azevedo Ribeiro is also skilled in corporate governance issues, where he acts for corporations and shareholders alike. Drawing on his previous experience at the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), Moacir Zilbovicius possesses notable credentials in M&A involving publicly-held companies. Marcelo Ricupero specialises in distressed transactions, while Paula Vieira de Oliveira , Pedro Whitaker De Souza Dias and Rodrigo Figueiredo Nascimento are all trusted advisers to private equity clients. Rodrigo Ferreira Figueiredo – currently resident partner in the firm’s London office – advises European and Asian players on cross-border corporate deals with ties to Brazil. Transactions involving energy companies and assets are core areas of activity for Victor Gelli, who is also experienced in corporate regulatory matters. Corporate governance, self-regulation for publicly traded companies and reorganisations are areas of expertise for Guilherme Bouzan, while Luciana Pietro Lorenzo (a key contact for the education sector), and Maria Fernanda de Almeida Prado e Silva (who is often retained by life sciences clients), are other practitioners to note for public M&A. Since research concluded, Vieira de Oliveira has been announced as the new head of the firm’s New York office – effective as of October 2023.