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Madrona Advogados Offices

AVENIDA BRIGADEIRO
FARIA LIMA, 3064 (11TH FLOOR)
SAO PAULO, CEP 01451 000
Brazil
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Madrona Advogados > The Legal 500 Rankings
Brazil > 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.
Practice head(s):
Marcelo Cosac; Nair Veras Saldanha; Leonardo Di Cola
Key clients
Valora Gestão de Investimentos
Jive Investments Consultoria
Banco de Investimento Credit Suisse (Brasil)
Helbor Empreendimentos
Optipar Participações
Banco Itaú BBA
M8 Partners
Casa de Pedra Securitizadora de Crédito
Habitasec Securitizadora
Aguassanta Participações
Nova Milano Investimentos
Nex Group Participações
Orbi Química
Agro Pratinha Indústria, Comércio, Importação e Exportação
Construtora São José Desenvolvimento Imobiliário
Mauá Capial
Hapvida Participações e Investimentos
Embraer
Banco Bradesco BBI
BR Partners Banco de Investimento
Tecsoil Automação e Sistemas
JSL group
Spectra Investimentos
Anga Asset Management
Work highlights
- Advised Ribeira Empreendimentos Imobiliários on the R$205m public offering of certificates of real estate receivables (CRI) issued by RB Capital Companhia de Securitização.
- Acted as deal counsel in the R$47.5m public offering of CRIs issued by ISEC Securitizadora backed by bank notes issued by Capa Incorporadora Imobiliária Porto Alegre III SPE.
- Advised Valora Gestão de Investimentos in the R$74.6m public offering of shares by Valora CRI Índice de Preço Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário – FII.
Brazil > 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.
Practice head(s):
Eduardo Tristão
Testimonials
‘Eduardo Tristão is a unique figure. A loyal, clear, and objective person who takes care of matters with a business-oriented look. He is well prepared and has a lot of tact in the treatment of different people.’
‘I strongly recommend the services provided by Giovana Malta, Felipe Lobo and Eduardo Tristão. Always very attentive and committed, they provide excellent service, seeking to meet the deadlines presented by us.’
‘Madrona has great expertise in Real Estate Law due to the excellent leadership of partner Eduardo Tristão, who conducts the works with extreme technique without neglecting simplicity when discussing the most diverse subjects. I would highlight Eduardo Tristão, Felipe Lobo and Laura Saadia.’
Key clients
RBR Asset Management
GLP Properties
RB Capital
Rio Bravo Investimentos
Cury Incorporadora
BENX Incorporadora
BTG Pactual
AGTI Empreendimentos
UV Gestora de Ativos Financeiros
Mercado Livre
Uber
Work highlights
- Advised GLP Properties in acquiring a 100% stake from Grupo BIG in a company that owns two distribution centres.
- Advised RBR Asset Management in an acquisition, as part of a consortium, of a 50% stake in a logistics asset to be built in Minas Gerais.
- Advised Rio Bravo Investimentos – Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários on a sale and leaseback transaction of four urban real estate properties located in São Paulo.
Brazil > 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.Practice head(s):
Ricardo Madrona; José Luis Camargo; Milena Coimbra Mazzini; Danilo Mininel; Nair Saldanha; Luciana Renouard
Testimonials
‘Office with specialized services. Not yet large, but with comparable quality.’
‘Ricardo Madrona is excellent.’
Key clients
Merck Sharp & Dohme Farmacêutica
Americanet
Hapvida
CI&T Software
Vale
Estácio
UOL
Votorantim
Nazca Needish
SouthRock
Work highlights
- Assisted Hapvida Participações e Investimentos in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Grupo São Jose, one of the main players in the supplementary health industry in the Vale do Paraíba region.
- Advised Corpflex on the sale of controlling shares issued by Corpflex to Clarane.
- Advised Embraer on the acquisition and subscription of shares issued by Tempest Serviços de Informática, specialised in cybersecurity.
Brazil > 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.Practice head(s):
Rosane Menezes Lohbauer; Rodrigo Machado; Rodolfo Tamanaha
Testimonials
‘I think Madrona Advogados is one of the main Public Law firms in Brazil, with great specialisation in the area of infrastructure projects, especially in the modalities related to privatisation, Public-Private Partnerships and concessions. Armed with a very senior and qualified team, any serious player in the sector that wants to participate in infrastructure projects in Brazil should get to know and talk to Madrona Advogados.’
‘Rosane Menezes Lohbauer is certainly one of the main references in the country and abroad in the legal modeling of PPPs and concessions. Extremely committed, qualified and focused, she is an example to be followed internally in her office and externally by lawyers who want to work in the field of Public Law, especially in infrastructure projects.’
Key clients
IDB – Inter-American Development Bank
Vinci Partners
EB CAPITAL
IFC – International Finance Corporation
RB Capital Asset Management
Lemam Construções e Comércio
Monte Partners
Conasa Infraestrutura
BTG
Parquetur Participações
Work highlights
- Advised IFC and Caixa Econômica Federal (FEP) on the structuring, modeling and drafting of bidding documents and agreement of four street lighting PPPs.
- Advised Parquetur Participações on the structuring of a fund to participate in the auction and incorporate a SPV as new concessionaire.
- Provided legal advice to FIPE to provide assistance to the government of the state of São Paulo aiming at structuring and modeling a PPP agreement regarding three prison complexes.
Madrona Advogados > Firm Profile
Promoting an ethical environment in business and investing in training people are two of the great challenges of our time. With ever more advanced technologies, an increasingly integrated world requires that any organization stand for transparency, tolerance for diversity, and respect for differences, companies, and people. Madrona Advogados was launched with this spirit.
With a focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial law, and infrastructure, in addition to a strong performance in tax, real estate, civil litigation, and labor law, our motivation is to understand our time, invest in people, and work so that our clients reach their goals, always with ethics and responsibility.
With a team of more than 90 legal professionals with vast experience and also recommended by several national and international publications, the members of Madrona Advogados are aligned with the principles and objectives that we set out to achieve. We want to be among the most admired firms and seek to be a reference to our peers, associates, and employees. Our greatest challenge is to grow sustainably, focusing on our team’s high technical quality and ethical standards – providing our clients with excellent service is the outcome.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Contracts, Mediation & Arbitration, Succession & Estate Planning | Ricardo Madrona | madrona@madronalaw.com.br | |
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Contracts, Real Estate, Agribusiness, Corporate Governance, Succession & Estate Planning | José Luis Camargo Jr | jcamargo@madronalaw.com.br | |
Tax Consulting (Direct & Indirect Taxes), Tax Planning, International Taxation, Judicial & Administrative Tax Litigation | Juliano Rotoli Okawa | juliano.okawa@madronalaw.com.br | |
Tax Consulting (Direct & Indirect Taxes), Tax Planning, International Taxation, Judicial & Administrative Tax Litigation, Succession and Estate Planning | Igor Nascimento de Souza | igor.souza@madronalaw.com.br | |
Infrastructure, Regulatory & Public Law, Energy, Project Finance, Environmental Law | Rosane Menezes Lohbauer | rosane.menezes@madronalaw.com.br | |
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Securitization | Marcelo Cosac Said | marcelo.cosac@madronalaw.com.br | |
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Contracts, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Succession & Estate Planning | Milena Coimbra Mazzini | milena.mazzini@madronalaw.com.br | |
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Contracts, Competition & Antitrust, Corporate Governance, Succession & Estate Planning | Danilo Mininel | mininel@madronalaw.com.br | |
Civil Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Succession & Estate Planning | João Carlos Toledo | joao.toledo@madronalaw.com.br | |
Banking and Financial Law. Capital Market, Investment Funds, Asset Management, Fintechs | Leonardo Di Cola Nunes | leonardo.dicola@madronalaw.com.br | |
Real Estate | Eduardo Tristão | eduardo.tristao@madronalaw.com.br | |
Capital Market, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance | Nair Veras Saldanha | nair.saldanha@madronalaw.com.br | |
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Succession & Estate Planning | Luciana Renouard | luciana.renouard@madronalaw.com.br | |
Labour | Priscilla Carbone | priscilla.carbone@madronalaw.com.br | |
Infrastructure, Regulatory & Public Law, Energy, Project Finance | Rodrigo Machado | rodrigo.machado@madronalaw.com.br | |
Civil Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Credit Recovery, Bankruptcy & Reorganization | Luciano Velasque Rocha | luciano.rocha@madronalaw.com.br | |
Judicial and Administrative Tax Litigation, Direct Tax Consulting • International Taxation • Intellectual Rights, Technology and Internet • Infrastructure, Regulatory and Public Law, Governmental and Institutional Relations | Rodolfo Tamanaha | rodolfo.tamanaha@madronalaw.com.br | |
Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate Law, Contracts, Corporate Governance | Luciana Felisbino | luciana.felisbino@madronalaw.com.br | |
Competition & Antitrust | Luis Nagalli | luis.nagalli@madronalaw.com.br | |
Arbitration, Mediation & Dispute Boards, Litigation, Construction and Infrastructure, Construction and Infrastructure, Reorganization, Bankruptcy & Credit Recovery (Asset Tracing) | Fábio Alem | fabio.alem@madronalaw.com.br | |
Tax Consulting (Direct & Indirect Taxes), Tax Planning, International Taxation, Judicial & Administrative Tax Litigation, Succession and Estate Planning | Marcelo Vicentini | marcelo.vicentini@madronalaw.com.br | |
Judicial and Administrative Tax Litigation, Consulting on Indirect Taxes, Foreign Trade and Customs Taxation, Arbitration | José Eduardo Tellini Toledo | eduardo.toledo@madronalaw.com.br |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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![]() | Fábio Alem | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | José Luis Camargo Jr. | Founding partner | View Profile |
![]() | Priscilla Caldeira Carbone | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Milena Coimbra | Founding partner | View Profile |
![]() | Marcelo Cosac Said | View Profile | |
![]() | Leonardo Di Cola Nunes | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Luciana Felisbino | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Marcelo Fonseca Vicentini | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Rosane Menezes Lohbauer | Founding partner | View Profile |
![]() | Rodrigo Machado | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Ricardo Madrona | Founding partner | View Profile |
![]() | Danilo Mininel | Founding partner | View Profile |
![]() | Luís Nagalli | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Igor Nascimento de Souza | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Luciana Renouard | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Juliano Rotoli Okawa | Founding partner | View Profile |
![]() | Nair Veras Saldanha | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Rodolfo Tamanaha | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | José Eduardo Tellini Toledo | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | João Carlos Toledo | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Eduardo Tristão | Partner | View Profile |
![]() | Luciano Velasque Rocha | Partner | View Profile |
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