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| Machado Meyer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Machado Meyer |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Offices | Multiple |
| Practice areas | Corporate law; M&A; Litigation; Arbitration; Tax; Finance; Real Estate; Intellectual Property; Energy; Environmental; Labor |
| Key people | Founders; Partners; Managing Partners |
Machado Meyer is a leading Brazilian law firm founded in 1972, known for its work in corporate transactions, dispute resolution, finance, and regulatory matters. The firm has participated in major mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects, and complex litigation involving multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions, and international investors. Machado Meyer serves clients across sectors including energy, mining, telecommunications, banking, transportation, and pharmaceuticals.
Machado Meyer was established in São Paulo in 1972 and grew through landmark engagements with Brazilian conglomerates, multinational corporations, state-owned companies, and foreign investors. The firm advised on privatizations and project financings that followed Brazilian regulatory reforms in the 1990s, including work connected to the Privatization of Telebras, Privatization of Vale, and infrastructure programmes tied to federal and state concessions. Over subsequent decades Machado Meyer expanded during waves of foreign direct investment from United States firms, European Union groups, and consortia from Japan, China, and South Korea. The firm's evolution paralleled legal developments under the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, the Lei das Sociedades por Ações, and tax reforms involving the Receita Federal do Brasil and the Tribunal Superior do Trabalho. Machado Meyer has engaged with international arbitration institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Machado Meyer’s practice includes corporate and commercial law work for multinationals, cross-border mergers and acquisitions tied to Securities and Exchange Commission (United States), and capital markets transactions listed on the B3 (stock exchange). The firm provides project finance advice for energy projects related to the Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica, renewable projects backed by World Bank guarantees, and infrastructure concessions in transport and ports regulated under the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT). Its litigation and arbitration groups represent clients before the Supremo Tribunal Federal, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça, and arbitration panels administered by the Brazilian Arbitration Act frameworks. Machado Meyer handles taxation disputes involving the Conselho Administrativo de Recursos Fiscais and advises on intellectual property filings with the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial. Labor and employment counsel engages with matters under the Ministry of Labor and Employment and cases in the Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho.
The firm has advised on high-profile mergers and acquisitions, including work for international bidders in transactions involving Petrobras, Vale S.A., Itaú Unibanco, and Banco do Brasil. Machado Meyer acted on cross-border financing for projects with syndicates including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and HSBC. The firm represented investors in disputes arising from concession agreements tied to the Transpetro logistics network and port terminals managed under contracts with the Ministry of Infrastructure (Brazil). Machado Meyer counseled clients in energy-sector transactions for onshore and offshore fields involving Pré-sal concessions and supply contracts with Petrobrás Distribuidora. In arbitration, the firm represented corporations before tribunals seated in São Paulo, Paris, and London, invoking rules of the ICC Arbitration and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The firm has also handled major restructuring and insolvency matters involving groups connected to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law proceedings and creditor committees including BNDES-backed syndicates.
Headquartered in São Paulo, Machado Meyer maintains offices and representative arrangements aligned with regional commerce hubs across Brazil and a network of correspondent firms in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, China, Japan, and across Latin America. The firm collaborates with international law firms in matters involving cross-border litigation, foreign investment approvals before the CADE, and regulatory filings with authorities such as the European Commission and the United States Department of Justice. Machado Meyer’s international reach supports clients engaged with export-import financing through institutions like the Export-Import Bank of the United States and multilateral lenders including the Inter-American Development Bank.
Leadership at Machado Meyer has included founding partners and senior partners who have served as counsel in transactions for major corporations and public entities. Senior figures have participated in professional associations including the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), the International Bar Association, the Inter-American Bar Association, and local chambers of commerce linking Brazil with the United States Chamber of Commerce and the European-Brazilian Business Council. Lawyers from the firm have been recognized for practice in corporate, tax, arbitration, and banking matters and have lectured at institutions such as the University of São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas, and international conferences organized by the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
Machado Meyer is routinely ranked in legal directories that assess transactional work, litigation, and regulatory advisory services, receiving acknowledgments from leading publications and rankings that evaluate firms in Latin America and globally. The firm’s practice areas appear in guides for corporate, capital markets, financial, and dispute resolution work, with peer-review accolades from multinational clients, banks, and industry organisations such as the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance.
The firm engages in pro bono matters and corporate social responsibility initiatives partnering with non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, and civil society groups such as local chapters of Amnesty International, community legal clinics affiliated with the University of São Paulo Law School, and programmes supported by the United Nations Development Programme in Brazil. Machado Meyer’s CSR work has included support for access to justice projects, legal training for non-profit boards, and advisory roles in public-private partnerships addressing urban development and social housing policy initiatives under municipal programmes.
Category:Law firms of Brazil