BMA - Barbosa Müssnich Aragão

Over our 27 years in the legal market, BMA Advogados has taken part in the most significant and complex transactions in Brazil’s recent history. We act for businesses of all types in Brazil and other countries, and our focus is always on finding the most effective solutions for our clients’ issues, even when we have to break new legal ground to do it.

Our analytical, questioning approach has allowed us to create customized, innovative and even unprecedented solutions that have shaped the way business is done in Brazil since the end of the 20th century. Some of our recent work highlights include:

• Advised Fleury S.A. in the combination of Fleury's and Instituto Hermes Pardini S.A.'s businesses and shareholders’ bases.Advised Bait Inc and its shareholders in the sale of the company to Gafisa S.A.;
• Advised Aliansce Sonae in merger with BRMalls;
• Advised Guararapes S.A. in its migration to the Novo Mercado special listing segment of B3;
• Advised in the most important operations (Botafogo, Cruzeiro and Vasco) related to SAFs, new legal framework for Brazilian football clubs;
• Advised BRF raise 5.4 billion reais in a follow-on equity offering;Advised Grupo Fleury in its first issue of sustainability-linked bonds;
• Advised Oi S.A. in its restructuring, which has been considered the largest one in Latin America;
• Advised Lux Oil & Gas International, as controlling shareholder, in the financial restructuring of Constellation;
• Advised Quinto Andar in the acquisition of Grupo Navent's real estate business in six different countries;
• Advised Sul América S.A. in the business combination transaction with Rede D'Or São Luiz S.A.;
• Advised Ultrapar in the sale of Oxiteno.

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M&A

“Organized, very knowledgeable in several areas – capital markets, tax, real estate and corporate.”
“The office has a very specialized, diverse and always available team.”

Banking and finance

“The partner and the senior team are very responsive and experienced, combining consistent technical skills with solutions to help the adequate negotiation of the agreements. The documents are carefully drafted, and the key points are raised and addressed in a timely manner, with consistent comments.”

Capital markets: Debt

“Deep knowledge of the subject, agility in the service and presence of the partners in the meetings.”

“BMA provides clear and straightforward opinions; they are also very familiar with commercial aspects that rule the legal transactions, therefore providing great advice.”

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São Paulo
Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1.455
10º andar - Itaim Bibi - São Paulo - SP
CEP 04543-011
T: +55 11 2179 4600
F: +55 11 2179 459

Brasília 
SHS Quadra 6 - Conjunto A - Bloco E
19º andar - Complexo Brasil 21 – Asa Sul - Brasília - DF
CEP 70316902
T: +55 21 3818 0300
F: +55 21 3218 0315