Brazil

Firm overview

Demarest is one of the most renowned law firms in Brazil and ranks among the largest firms in Latin America. Throughout its history, providing services in the most diverse practice areas of law, Demarest has always maintained a commitment to providing legal services of the highest standards of quality and excellence.

Firm overview

Over our 27 years in the legal market, BMA Advogados has taken part in the most significant and complex transactions in Brazil’s recent history. We act for businesses of all types in Brazil and other countries, and our focus is always on finding the most effective solutions for our clients’ issues, even when we have to break new legal ground to do it.

Our analytical, questioning approach has allowed us to create customized, innovative and even unprecedented solutions that have shaped the way business is done in Brazil since the end of the 20th century. Some of our recent work highlights include:

• Advised Fleury S.A. in the combination of Fleury's and Instituto Hermes Pardini S.A.'s businesses and shareholders’ bases.Advised Bait Inc and its shareholders in the sale of the company to Gafisa S.A.;
• Advised Aliansce Sonae in merger with BRMalls;
• Advised Guararapes S.A. in its migration to the Novo Mercado special listing segment of B3;
• Advised in the most important operations (Botafogo, Cruzeiro and Vasco) related to SAFs, new legal framework for Brazilian football clubs;
• Advised BRF raise 5.4 billion reais in a follow-on equity offering;Advised Grupo Fleury in its first issue of sustainability-linked bonds;
• Advised Oi S.A. in its restructuring, which has been considered the largest one in Latin America;
• Advised Lux Oil & Gas International, as controlling shareholder, in the financial restructuring of Constellation;
• Advised Quinto Andar in the acquisition of Grupo Navent's real estate business in six different countries;
• Advised Sul América S.A. in the business combination transaction with Rede D'Or São Luiz S.A.;
• Advised Ultrapar in the sale of Oxiteno.

Firm overview

Founded in 2002, Dias Carneiro is a full-service law firm with international mind. Its work covers a wide range of practices in a coordinated and integrated manner that enables it to identify trends and opportunities on Brazil's fast growing market. Over the years, the firm has developed a solid track record of high-value cross-border transactions advising domestic and foreign companies across key industry sectors. 

The team is well-known for its sophisticated approach and its award-winning ability to offer effective and tailor-made solutions to a broad scale of legal needs.

Firm overview