Capital markets Tier 4

Madrona Advogados has a multidisciplinary capital markets team, whose lawyers have strong experience in key disciplines and industries, such as regulatory, real estate and infrastructure. Clients include a mix of issuers, underwriters and investors, and the firm is regularly involved in debentures issuances and the securitisation of receivables. Marcelo Cosac regularly represents banks and investment funds, while Nair Veras Saldanha typically represents issuers, including several state-owned companies, on transactional and regulatory issues. Leonardo Di Cola has a strong following in the investment fund community and is also experienced in securities litigation.

Real estate Tier 4

Real estate developers and investment funds regularly turn to the team at Madrona Advogados for advice on residential, commercial and retail acquisitions and developments. This includes a variety of services, such as advice on sale and leaseback transactions, corporate joint ventures and fundraisings. Lead partner Eduardo Tristão has established a strong reputation, and also has expertise in rural acquisitions and sales.

Corporate and M&A Tier 5

Madrona Advogados maintains a busy and buoyant corporate and M&A practice, which is regularly sought by its clients for representation on the buyer and seller side of relevant domestic and cross-border transactions. Recently, this has included a number of acquisitions in the healthcare, agribusiness and technology sectors, though its broad expertise also extends beyond these sectors. In addition to their corporate and M&A practices, Milena Coimbra Mazzini and Nair Veras Saldanha also chair the firm's diversity committee, which aims to transform the firm's practices to reduce social inequality regarding gender, age, disabilities and race into policies and actions. Pro bono is another relevant component of the firm's work; for example, corporate and M&A partner José Luis Camargo and labour law expert Priscilla Caldeira Carbone have provided assistance to Associação Maria Helen Drexel, a non-profit that helps children and adolescents whose rights have been threatened or violated. Other key contacts in the corporate department include Ricardo Madrona, Luciana Renouard and Danilo Mininel. The department was strengthened further in August 2021 with the arrival of Luciana Felisbino from Martinelli Advogados.

Public law Tier 5

Acting for clients across a variety of sectors, such as sanitation, social infrastructure, transport, healthcare and logistics, Madrona Advogados‘ service offering covers public law, infrastructure and regulatory matters. São Paulo-based partner Rosane Menezes Lohbauer, who has a solid background in M&A transactions, is predominantly engaged in the structuring of infrastructure projects through concessions and PPPs. Also in São Paulo, Rodrigo Machado is retained by companies operating in regulated sectors, namely power and natural gas, while Rodolfo Tamanaha is the name to note in Brasília for administrative proceedings and litigation before the superior courts.