Machado Meyer Advogados

Machado Meyer Advogados is a Brazilian full-service law firm founded in 1972 and headquartered in São Paulo, with additional offices in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Over more than five decades it has built a practice serving domestic and international clients on business matters in the Brazilian market, spanning more than 30 practice areas.

The firm's work covers mergers and acquisitions and private equity, including joint ventures, private investments, asset divestments, acquisitions and privatizations, alongside corporate finance and structured financings, capital markets, and advisory on privatizations. Its broader practice includes arbitration and dispute resolution, banking and insurance, competition and antitrust, compliance and investigations, corporate governance, digital law and data protection, infrastructure and energy, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, tax law, and white-collar investigations. Industry coverage extends to capital markets, infrastructure, energy, real estate, private equity, and digital and data protection.

Internally, the firm describes a culture of commitment and collaboration, with an emphasis on long-term client relationships, the continuous development of its teams, and ongoing updating of legal and business knowledge. It also encourages challenging conventional thinking to develop innovative answers for clients' businesses, and conducts social investment through sponsorship of education initiatives in Brazil.