We structure the implementation of modern best practices in corporate governance and compliance, drafting and reviewing internal rules and regulations for company management bodies to be followed and observed together with current law. Our work mainly focuses on preventing and fighting potential acts of fraud and corruption, unwanted or unlawful conduct, as well as compliance with legal and regulatory requirements of corporate principles. In addition, we assist members of company management to strictly comply with their fiduciary duties and we also advise on minority and majority shareholder relationships, conflict of interest analyses and transactions involving related parties.

We advise domestic and foreign clients on structuring and implementing the most sophisticated corporate transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity, asset divestment, distressed assets and special situations, public and private offerings for stock purchases, call and put options, capital investments and all other types of corporate agreements.

We represent privately and publicly-held companies, investment funds, investment banks, financial institutions and other types of investors, serving all their needs.

We advise domestic and foreign clients on structuring and implementing the most sophisticated corporate transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity, asset divestment, distressed assets and special situations, public and private offerings for stock purchases, call and put options, capital investments and all other types of corporate agreements.

We represent privately and publicly-held companies, investment funds, investment banks, financial institutions and other types of investors, serving all their needs.

We assist clients in the resolution of complex disputes, acting both in the pre-litigation stage and before judicial courts and in administrative proceedings. We are focused on strategic disputes and our team is always aiming for a work of excellence, aligning agility to technical knowledge. We seek the best outcome for our clients not only from a procedural strategic approach but also one that is business oriented. Our litigation team has experience with the most diverse areas of law, with emphasis on commercial law, corporate, banking, capital markets, financial markets, finance litigation and regulatory matters before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), the Brazilian Central Bank and the Council of Appeals of the Brazilian Financial System (CRSFN).

We advise our clients on the development of the most assorted types of infrastructure projects, including projects in the ports, mining, energy and renewable energy sectors, from structuring the transaction to financing the projects. Our Project Development and Project Finance practice area also advises on the negotiation and preparation of the underlying agreements necessary for implementing and operating the project, including engineering, procurement and construction agreements (EPC), operation and maintenance agreements (O&M), offtake agreements and supply agreements. Our professionals have broad experience, representing owners, buyers, EPC/EPCM contractors, draftsmen, operators, lenders, consultants and advisors in general.

Our specialized and dedicated team has actively worked in the most important and complex domestic and cross-border restructurings carried out in Brazil since the enactment of the Brazilian Bankruptcy Act (Law 11,101/05) and accumulates vast experience in litigious insolvency proceedings and in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of creative and efficient out-of-court solutions for its clients, whether they are creditors (individual or ad hoc committees), investors or debtors in transactions related to credit recovery, debt restructuring and asset acquisition or sale. Our team has also acted in the structuring and negotiation of the most important debtor-in-possession financing granted since the enactment of the Brazilian Bankruptcy Act, as well as in the successful enforcement of fiduciary liens and other types of collateral granted as security under Brazilian law.

Padis Mattar’s restructuring and insolvency team is composed of professionals who have a deep understanding of the Brazilian Bankruptcy Act coupled with an extensive experience in highly complex litigation. In addition, the team is experienced in corporate law and M&A and finance, which provides important tools for the defense of the interests of our clients, who may rely on our sophistication to seek the most efficient transactional structures while also being prepared to switch to more litigious strategies to preserve its rights.

Furthermore, our restructuring and insolvency team works in an integrated manner with our corporate, capital market and tax teams, which, together with the direct involvement of the partners, critical analysis and intense dedication, makes our advice always technical and accurate in the search for innovative, viable and efficient solutions in all aspects for our clients.

Our practice in Startups, Digital Businesses and Venture Capital provides our customers, both domestic and foreign, with dynamic and efficient services, allowing them to engage in disruptive innovation. Our expertise is focused on advising investors (including angels, corporate ventures and strategic investors) at all stages of their investments, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneurs, venture capital funds, founders of startups, whether operational or in the process of formation, as well as all companies in the technology market. We also have experience with regulatory consulting, artificial intelligence, blockchain and digital currencies, advice on fundraising in financial investment rounds, liquidity event processes (sale, going public or going private processes, among others), design of corporate and taxation structures for investment, preparation and negotiation of technology agreements, fintechs, healthtechs, agritechs, legaltechs and other companies operating in the most diverse sectors of the economy.

We provide legal advice to companies, financial institutions, investment funds and individuals on tax issues, both domestically and internationally, and also engage in administrative and judicial tax litigation, offering clients complete services ranging from preventive practices to litigation of the most varied demands.

In the advisory context, we prepare opinions related to the interpretation and application of tax law and establish efficient models for the development of projects and investments, corporate restructuring and negotiation of strategic agreements. We assist our clients during tax audits and due diligence and advise on obtaining tax incentives and special tax regimes. In the realm of tax litigation, we engage in judicial and administrative litigation to resolve disputes involving all types of tax matters.