Mr Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is noted for providing ‘excellent and high quality services’ to a wide range of clients, including major domestic and international banks, payment and financial institutions, fintech companies, and investment funds. The firm has developed an excellent reputation for high-value cross-border acquisition and project financings, and is well versed in sophisticated refinancings and structured products. Its fintech capabilities are also noteworthy; the group is seen with great regularity advising on strategic partnership agreements and product launches. Adriano Schnur leads the well-regarded team, which also includes Nei Schilling Zelmanovits, a veteran in transactional, regulatory and administrative matters involving the financial industry, and the recommended Eduardo Avila de Castro, who is deeply knowledgeable of banking and insurance regulations. Structured finance is a core area of activity for Rafael Carretero, while Bruno Racy primarily handles financings involving the infrastructure sector and regulated markets. Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio is also singled out for his combined ‘knowledge of credit/civil code and banking regulation’.

The team at Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is ‘a one-stop shop’ for restructuring and insolvency advice, ‘as it combines excellence, within the same team, in litigation and transactional matters’. Practitioners possess a solid track record in creditor-side work, regularly acting for banks and bondholders in restructurings and DIP financings. A prime destination for distressed investors, the team is also recognised for its debtor-side experience, as its recent advice to Samarco Mineração on its judicial reorganisation demonstrates. Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio, who handles transactional and contentious matters, and disputes partner Renata Martins de Oliveira Amado, noted for providing ‘extensive experience in the restructuring area’, are at the helm of the practice. Camilo Torres Gerosa Gomes, who brings ‘deep technical knowledge’ and ‘a lot of sophistication and experience in cross-border insolvency matters’, and corporate finance partner Adriano Schnur are other key individuals.