With an office in São Paulo, Skadden has an active, broad-based practice involving business transactions in Brazil. We represent both Brazilian and non-Brazilian clients in international financings, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations, restructurings, structured financings, international tax planning, fund formations, cross-border disputes and other transactions, as well as in litigation and arbitration.
The Skadden team for Brazilian matters includes lawyers who are fluent in Portuguese. We were ranked as a leading law firm in Brazil for international capital markets and corporate/M&A by Chambers Latin America 2015, ranked in the top tier for international capital markets by Chambers Global 2016 and named a top-tier international firm in Brazil in IFLR 1000 2013. Skadden was ranked first based on value in announced M&A transactions in Latin America in 2012 by Thomson Reuters (January 2013). We also were named Corporate/M&A Law Firm of the Year for International Counsel in Latin America at the Chambers Latin America Awards for Excellence 2011.
Our work in Latin America has been recognized in numerous publications. We ranked in the top tier for Corporate/M&A: International in Brazil by Chambers Global 2018 and Chambers Latin America 2019, which also ranked the firm in the top tier for Banking and Finance in Latin America, and we were the only U.S.-based firm ranked in the top tier for global M&A by Chambers Global. Skadden was named the top corporate/M&A practice in Latinvex’s 2017 Top Law Firms survey and among the top two main international firms overall in the region. We also were recognized by Latin Lawyer, LatinFinance and other publications with "deal of the year" distinctions for numerous representations in the region, including 29 "deals of the year" in recent years, and we ranked first for announced Latin American M&A transactions in 2016 by Thomson Reuters.
We have extensive experience representing Brazilian companies, as both creditors and debtors, in corporate restructuring matters, including cross-border and out-of-court restructurings, as well as prenegotiated plans of reorganization. In addition, the firm routinely handles the securities and banking aspects of restructuring transactions. Skadden also provides advice on insolvency issues in corporate transactions and in connection with litigation-related matters.
The firm has advised international clients participating in the privatization of various sectors of the Brazilian economy, including several international energy companies in connection with power generation and transmission projects and proposed privatizations. We also have represented international telecommunications clients on various projects in Brazil, including proposed privatizations.
In addition, our attorneys regularly provide legal advice on a variety of matters relating to electric power, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, oil, petrochemicals and other energy sources.
