Winners 2026
Banking
Banking Next Generation Partner of the Year
Vicente Piccoli Medeiros Braga, FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS
Banking Lawyer of the Year
Nei Zelmanovits, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Banking Law Firm of the Year
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Next Generation Partner of the Year
Thadeu Bretas, Stocche Forbes Advogados
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Cristina Tomiyama, Demarest Advogados
Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year
Lefosse Advogados
Competition and Antitrust
Competition and Antitrust Next Generation Partner of the Year
Natalia Pinheiro da Silveira, Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Competition and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
Leonor Cordovil, Grinberg Cordovil Advogados
Competition and Antitrust Law Firm of the Year
TozziniFreire
Compliance
Compliance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Raphael Soré, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Compliance Lawyer of the Year
Isabel Franco, Azevedo Sette Advogados
Compliance Law Firm of the Year
TozziniFreire
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Next Generation Partner of the Year
Camila Cardinale, CGM Advogados
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Lawyer of the Year
Alberto Weyland Vieira, Vieira Rezende
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Law Firm of the Year
Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados
Corporate and M&A: High-end
Corporate and M&A: High-end Next Generation Partner of the Year
René Mostardeiro Brunet, Pinheiro Guimarães
Corporate and M&A: High-end Lawyer of the Year
Maria Cristina Cescon, Cescon Barrieu
Corporate and M&A: High-end Law Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution Next Generation Partner of the Year
Aline Dias, Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados (FLH Advogados)
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Fernando Eduardo Serec, TozziniFreire
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year
Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados
Environment
Environment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Giovani Tomasoni, Trench Rossi Watanabe
Environment Lawyer of the Year
Roberta Danelon Leonhardt, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Environment Law Firm of the Year
BMA Advogados
Insurance
Insurance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Camila Prado, Demarest Advogados
Insurance Lawyer of the Year
Marcelo Mansur Haddad, Mattos Filho
Insurance Law Firm of the Year
Ernesto Tzirulnik Advocacia
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year
Luiza Duarte Pereira, Murta Goyanes Advogados
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Gabriel Di Blasi, Di Blasi, Parente & Associados
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello
Labour
Labour Next Generation Partner of the Year
Fernanda Rochael Nasciutti, BMA Advogados
Labour Lawyer of the Year
Alexandre de Almeida Cardoso, TozziniFreire
Labour Law Firm of the Year
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas Next Generation Partner of the Year
Marcelo Frazão, Costa Rodrigues Advogados – COSRO
Oil and Gas Lawyer of the Year
Bruno Belchior, Tauil & Chequer Advogados
Oil and Gas Law Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho
Power and Renewables
Power and Renewables Next Generation Partner of the Year
Ana Carolina Katlauskas Calil, Cescon Barrieu
Power and Renewables Lawyer of the Year
Raphael Gomes, Lefosse Advogados
Power and Renewables Law Firm of the Year
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Projects and Infrastructure
Projects and Infrastructure Next Generation Partner of the Year
Gustavo Silveira Cunha, Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
José Virgílio Lopes Enei, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Projects and Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho
Public Law
Public Law Next Generation Partner of the Year
Juliana Deguirmendjian, Tauil & Chequer Advogados
Public Law Lawyer of the Year
Eduardo Carvalhaes, Lefosse Advogados
Public Law Law Firm of the Year
Demarest Advogados
Real Estate
Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year
Fabio Rocha Pinto e Silva, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
José Paulo Marzagão, Tauil & Chequer Advogados
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
Bicalho Navarro Advogados
Restructuring and Insolvency
Restructuring and Insolvency Next Generation Partner of the Year
Guilherme Vaz, Pinheiro Guimarães
Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer of the Year
Giuliano Colombo, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm of the Year
E. Munhoz Advogados
Tax
Tax Next Generation Partner of the Year
Bruno Habib Negreiros Barbosa, Veirano Advogados
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Raquel Novais, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Tax Law Firm of the Year
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
TMT
TMT Next Generation Partner of the Year
Julia Pazos, Cescon Barrieu
TMT Lawyer of the Year
Ana Claudia Beppu, Veirano Advogados
TMT Law Firm of the Year
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Transport
Transport Next Generation Partner of the Year
Juliana Senna, Tauil & Chequer Advogados
Transport Lawyer of the Year
Ana Luisa Derenusson, De Luca, Derenusson, Schuttoff Sociedade de Advogados
Transport Law Firm of the Year
Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Paula Moreira Indalecio Mattos Filho
White-Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year
Davi Tangerino Davi Tangerino Advogados
White-Collar Crime Law Firm of the Year
Toron Advogados
International Firm of the Year
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
In-House Rising Star of the Year
Juliana Iglesias Vasquez, Nubank
Marketing Team of the Year
TozziniFreire
In-House Sustainability Team of the Year
Mombak
DE&I Law Firm of the Year
Demarest Advogados
In-House Diversity Team of the Year
Grupo Soma
Deal of the Year
Sabesp R$14.8bn follow-on offering and privatisation Cescon Barrieu
Clifford Chance
Lefosse Advogados
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Mattos Filho
Pinheiro Guimarães
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
White & Case LLP
Rising Star Associate of the Year
Mariana Conrado, Trench Rossi Watanabe
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Ana Carolina Katlauskas Calil, Cescon Barrieu
Boutique Firm of the Year
Todorov, Giannini & Nisiyama Advogados
Client Satisfaction Firm of the Year
André Menescal Advogados
In-House Lawyer of the Year
Beatriz Barrionuevo, Mondelēz International
Lawyer of the Year
Carlos Mello, TozziniFreire
Managing Partner of the Year
Rodrigo Junqueira, Lefosse Advogados
In-House Team of the Year
PepsiCo
Brazil Firm of the Year
Pinheiro Neto Advogados