Fabiano Milani > Stocche Forbes Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

With dedicated industry specialists drawn from across corporate, public, administrative, and regulatory law, Stocche Forbes Advogados’ power offering is particularly prominent in transactions and project financing. In coordination with the firm’s tax, environmental, real estate, compliance, and labour departments, the team supports all sector segments, including new structures of self-generation, distributed generation, and offshore generation. In São Paulo, Guilherme Forbes advises on financial and corporate transactions involving power assets, while Mariana Saragoça, commended for her ‘technical excellence, negotiation skills and efficiency’, is a prime choice for privatisation processes, public auctions and bids. Fabiano Milani excels in corporate and M&A matters, and Emilio Gallucci focuses on M&A, formation of joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. Project finance and capital markets expert Frederico Moura, and Bruno Gandolfo, who ‘has great business vision to structure financing effectively’, are based in Rio de Janeiro. Associate Frederico Accon ‘demonstrates a deep command of the laws and regulations of the energy sector’.

At Stocche Forbes Advogados, the corporate and M&A team is well positioned to handle big-ticket transactions – both investments and divestments – in a wide range of sectors, including but not limited to private equity, telecoms, real estate, education, agribusiness and energy. The latter is a particular area of strength for the group, which has a notable track record in M&A involving publicly held companies. André Mestriner Stocche is the trusted adviser to several clients engaged in high-value corporate deals, public offerings and restructurings. He jointly oversees the practice with Flavio Meyer, who handles buy and sell-side mandates on behalf of listed companies and PE funds, and Fabiano Milani. Cross-border transactions involving Brazilian assets are a key area of activity for Bruno Bercito, while Luciana Stracieri shines in M&A in the PE and real estate segments. Teo Silva Galvão is noted for his experience in distressed deals and foreign investments in regulated sectors.