23/10/2024
O Legal 500, considerado um dos principais diretórios legais internacionais, acaba de divulgar os resultados de sua pesquisa 2025. L.O. Baptista é uma das leading firms em seis áreas: Concorrência e Antitruste, Societário e M&A, Solução de Disputas: Arbitragem, Solução de Disputas: Contencioso, Trabalhista e Tributário. Pelo segundo ano consecutivo, nossa atuação em Energia Elétrica foi reconhecida na categoria Firm to Watch ⚡.
A edição recém-lançada do guia destaca, ainda, Silvia Rodrigues Pachikoski como Leading Partner na área de Arbitragem e Maria Beatriz Grella Vieira como Next Generation Partner em Societário e M&A.
Além disso, o escritório teve 11 sócios mencionados em diferente áreas. Confira a seguir quem são eles e os comentários editoriais da publicação.
COMPETITION AND ANTITRUST | Tier 5
Corporate clients and individuals, including company executives, regularly seek L.O. Baptista Advogados‘ assistance with investigations into anti-competitive conduct, settlement negotiations and compliance matters. The practice is also routinely engaged in merger filings and lawsuits before the national courts challenging CADE’s decisions. Patricia Agra Araujo is the main point of contact in the team; her notable areas of activity include merger reviews, antitrust investigations and leniency agreements.
Testimonials
‘Differentiated service and very technically strong partners.’
CORPORATE AND M&A (Mid-Market)| Tier 4
L.O. Baptista Advogados is adept at handling a combination of M&A transactions, contractual matters and day-to-day corporate issues, with special emphasis on the energy, natural resources, infrastructure, real estate and technology sectors. Daniela Zaitz concentrates on M&A deals, corporate restructuring and governance mandates, while Cássia Monteiro, in addition to transactional work, is noted for her experience in the drafting of corporate acts and shareholder agreements. M&A, private equity and venture capital deals are key specialisms for Maria Beatriz Grella Vieira, who is skilled at advising shareholders, directors and officers from closed and publicly held companies on corporate law matters.
Next Generation Partner: Maria Beatriz Grella Vieira
DISPUTE RESOLUTION – ARBITRATION | Tier 5
Combining ‘tradition with innovative and purposeful approaches’, the dispute resolution department at L.O. Baptista Advogados has a longstanding reputation in the Brazilian market for its strong performance in arbitration matters, including proceedings concerning shareholder, corporate, contractual and public law disputes. André Camerlingo Alves, counsel of choice for both Brazilian and international clients, co-leads the department with civil and consumer law specialist André Mendes Espírito Santo Modenesi and Silvia Rodrigues Pachikoski, whose experience spans arbitrations concerning corporate law issues, transactions, and the energy sector.
Testimonials
‘The firm offers excellent service and is involved in the biggest arbitration cases in the country. ’
‘Partner Silvia Rodrigues Pachikoski has extensive experience in the subject and always contributes to a quick and effective solution.’
DISPUTE RESOLUTION – LITIGATION | Tier 6
L.O. Baptista Advogados is experienced in commercial and civil litigation across the financial, retail, telecoms and pharmaceutical industries, among others. The team frequently acts in disputes involving compensation and debt recovery claims, repossessions and administrative proceedings. André Camerlingo Alves is a seasoned litigator who focuses on commercial, corporate and public law disputes. André Mendes Espírito Santo Modenesi regularly advises on contentious matters pertaining to the retail, fashion, technology and automotive industries, while Ulisses Simões da Silva is a key port of call for civil and corporate disputes.
Testimonials
‘They are efficient and helpful, in addition to delivering technically complete work.’
‘I highlight the quality of L.O. Baptista’s work. They are attentive to any requirements and are very close to the client, which generates added value for us. They take their work very seriously and execute it in the best possible way, with attention to detail, professionalism and dedication.’
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT | Tier 5
Praised by clients for its ‘excellent technical quality’, L.O. Baptista Advogados’ labour and employment practice regularly acts in public civil actions and investigations before the Labour Prosecution Office. A key port of call for several companies from the energy and technology sectors, the team is also active in non-contentious labour matters. Practice head Fabio Chong De Lima is particularly well versed in hiring and dismissal procedures involving C-level executives, and also advises on compensation plans and compliance.
Testimonials
‘The relationship with the firm is longstanding and they know the company and its difficulties very well and that is what makes it a special relationship. This, of course, is combined with excellent technical quality.’
‘The firm always provides an excellent quality service in its documents sent, clearly and always well written.’
TAX ADVISORY | Tier 6
L.O. Baptista Advogados has a ‘very collaborative’ practice that ’demonstrates a lot of technical knowledge’ of Brazilian tax rules and international tax planning schemes. The ‘always available’ lawyers ’never fail to point out risks, opportunities and chances’, whether in contentious or non-contentious tax matters. Marcos Ribeiro Barbosa advises on direct and indirect tax consulting issues, while José Roberto Martinez De Lima handles judicial and administrative disputes at the municipal, state and federal levels. With experience in non-contentious tax and litigation, the versatile João Victor Guedes Santos is ‘very attentive and receptive to clarify doubts’.
Testimonials
‘The team is always very collaborative, answering our questions quickly.’
‘João Victor Guedes Santos is very attentive and receptive to clarify doubts in the processes.’
ELECTRICITY (AND RENEWABLE ENERGY)
Combining a robust regulatory offering with transactions proficiency, São Paulo-based L.O. Baptista Advogados is engaged by power institutions and national and foreign corporations in the electricity sector, under the leadership of regulatory and administrative law expert Henrique Reis and M&A, self-production, and distributed generation specialist Maria Beatriz Grella Vieira.
O guia Brasil na íntegra, assim como o editorial, está disponível aqui, onde podem ser conferidos os comentários a respeito das áreas e dos profissionais destacados pela publicação. O texto traz, ainda, depoimentos interessantes de clientes nas áreas ranqueadas.
Parabenizamos a todos pelos resultados e agradecemos o apoio no levantamento das informações para a pesquisa!
