Corporate and M&A

We assist clients in corporate restructuring and planning; in preparing and negotiating partners’ and shareholders’ agreements, including investment agreements; and in dissolution, liquidation and extinction of partnerships and companies.

We elaborate and structure models to adopt legal structures involving corporate or family governance.

We also provide legal counsel on the acquisition or disposal of equity interests, assets and other investments. We lead due diligence processes, assist in the drafting and negotiation of agreements; and provide the M&A and closing and post-closing tax planning.

We also provide assistance in the incorporation of joint ventures, consortia, unincorporated joint ventures, specific-purpose companies and holding companies and other collaborative models of investments; in the organization and holding of partners’ and shareholders’ meetings and assemblies; and in administrative proceedings before the Commercial Registries and other bodies.

We also provide corporate litigation services (arbitration or legal), in events of exclusion and withdrawal of partners/shareholders and ascertainment of assets; transformation, spin-off, consolidation and merger of companies; obtaining operating licenses for partnerships and companies with principal place of business abroad.

We assist our clients in different compliance-related subjects, such as creation of internal policies and controls, prevention against money laundering; registration procedures, communication with regulatory bodies, suitability and training.