Mr Arthur Bardawil Penteado > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Praised for its ‘high knowledge of the market‘ and ‘problem-solving capacity‘, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados boasts an impressive track record in debt and equity capital markets matters, covering the public offering of shares, debentures, commercial papers and other securities in Brazil and abroad. Major corporate issuers, shareholders and underwriters routinely seek the team’s advice on a host of transactions and regulatory matters concerning listed companies operating in an array of sectors, from infrastructure to retail. Belo Horizonte-based Gustavo Rugani is a key figure for both capital markets transactions and corporate governance issues; he heads up the department with Arthur Bardawil Penteado in São Paulo. Gustavo Secaf Rebello focuses on ECM deals and M&A involving listed companies, while Raphael Zono specialises in debt offerings. Alessandra de Souza Pinto, who handles both variable and fixed income capital markets deals, is another name to note in the team.

Offering legal support to an impressive client roster comprising Brazilian and international companies, financial investors, governmental entities, pension and investment funds, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados excels in big-ticket transactions at the domestic and international level. Its varied workload features public M&A, PE deals, joint ventures, asset divestments and privatisations in a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail, education, agribusiness, mining, telecoms and energy. The practice is under the joint leadership of Arthur Bardawil Penteado, who handles a combination of domestic and cross-border M&A, PE and corporate restructuring matters, and Guilherme Bueno Malouf, whose expertise covers share and asset deals, mergers, joint ventures and PE investments. Corporate law, governance and M&A specialist Adriana Pallis is a key point of contact for public listed and private companies, which also regularly turn to Mauro Cesar Leschziner for legal advice. Ivandro Maciel Sanchez Junior heads up the Latin American and Iberian desks, assisting several Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American clients with their investments in Brazil.