Mattos Muriel Kestener

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Mattos Muriel Kestener Advogados provides full business support to the international business community through its 18 dedicated practice areas headed by its contingent of 15 partners within the firm’s Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro offices and network of domestic and foreign correspondents. Its vision of creating long-term relations and providing sustainable added value through its offer of competitive value, highest quality and personalised legal services atuned to a client’s corporate culture and the efficient fulfillment of its interests, has made it and its members the recipient of multiple awards and ‘best in practice’ nominations. Members have received their training from the most renowned law faculties and reputed international law firms and many are seconded to blue chip companies and have obtained their specialisation diplomas, Master’s and Doctorates in Brazil and prestigious international law schools abroad.

The firm has also constituted a permanent group of consultants with high academic credentials and an outstanding reputation in their respective practices, notably international law and financial services law as well as the engineering and medical domains.

The firm practises a proactive policy of engagement with its clients, advising them of material changes within the legislative and regulatory processes and accompanying the efficient reorganisation of their business affairs and strategic positioning.

Main areas of practice

Languages: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, German and Portuguese.

Clients: Leading corporations in the following sectors: oil and gas, energy (bio & renewable), petro-chemical, construction, cement, IT, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, medical devices, infrastructure, agriculture, trading, tobacco and beverage, real estate development and private/public sector utilities.

Agribusiness: Trading and regulatory, project scoping and structuring.

Antitrust and regulated business practices: Judicial and administrative representation before the competition/regulatory authorities in (cross border) merger filings, antitrust violations and abusive practices.

Business & corporate: Including mergers & acquisitions, project financing and restructurings, corporate governance and regulated sector transactions, structured investment products.

Complex (and general) litigation: Mass tort and class actions, multi-jurisdictional product liability and consumer relations. Real estate, capital project, tax, corporate and financial market litigation as well as administrative and judicial proceedings involving governmental entities.

Constitutional/administrative/regulatory: Town planning and regulated sectors: transport and commercial infrastructure, energy and telecoms. Compliance strategies, public bids and governmental procurement transactions.

Contracts in general

Energy: Including oil and gas, bio-fuels and renewable sources. Project scoping and implementation, regulatory submissions.

Environmental: Compliance and representation before administrative and judicial bodies.

Family and succession planning: Wills and probate.

Government relations: Representation before the legislatures and rule crafting personnel in the executive and regulatory instances for the enhancement of statutory and administrative provisions.

Infrastructure and capital projects: Including transport systems and urban utilities.

International trade and trade representation: International trade litigation (WTO; Mercosur), representation with respect to trade violations and consultation on bilateral, regional and multilateral treaties as well as sector specific regulatory measures, ie, ‘REACH’ in the chemical industry.

Intellectual property: All IP registration and enforcement, including franchising and e-commerce /internet operations.

Labour

Life sciences: Advice and representation to healthcare area organisations on all R&D, regulatory, manufacturing, distribution, registration, labeling and advertising.

Mediation and arbitration: Lead/co-counsel representation in proceedings ranging from capital projects to corporate disputes, from energy to telecommunications. Representation of international and domestic clientele, under rules of procedure of local and international arbitral institutions.

Real estate: Residential and commercial transactions, including planning applications and in-bound foreign investor acquisition, regulated sector operations.

Tax: Tax advisory, including tax planning and tax litigation.

São Paulo

Al Santos, 1.940, 1° andar

01418-200,São Paulo, SP

Brazil

Tel: +55 11 3149 6100

Brasília

SHS Q6 Cj A Bl C, 20° andar

Ed. Brasil XXI, 70322-915

Brasília, DF, Brazil

Tel: +55 61 3701 6999

Rio de Janeiro

Avenida Rio Branco, 138

4º andar, 20040-022

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Tel: +55 21 2277 7899

mmk@mmk.com.br

www.mmk.com.br