The Legal 500 Brazil Awards 2023 | Legal 500 | Grand Hyatt São Paulo, Av. das Nações Unidas, 13301 - Itaim Bibi, São Paulo - SP, 04578-000, Brazil

Latin America’s largest legal market has gone through a raft of changes over the past few years, with government sale of public assets and state-owned enterprises, a global focus on renewables, climate change and environmental issues that affect Brazil directly, and a 10-year M&A peak are just a few socio-economic headlines. Brazil’s law firms have thrived, including growing interest from international players, and the rise of quality boutique offerings. The Legal 500 is delighted to recognise the leading legal players from private practice and in-house who have contributed to the Brazilian and global market.

These awards are determined based on The Legal 500’s market-leading independent research for the annual directory. Winners are selected by a judging team spearheaded by The Legal 500 Latin America editor Tim Girven, Brazil deputy editor Daniela Costa, head of in-house research Joe Boswell, The Legal 500 Publishing Director David Burgess, and over 20 in-house and freelance researchers with in-depth knowledge of their practice areas, the same who are responsible for the annual production of the authoritative The Legal 500 guide, using the same evidence base. Some practice areas have stand-alone awards and others are thematic groupings of directory practice areas.

Categories

Main Stage Awards
• International firm of the year
• In-house M&A team of the year
• Marketing team of the year
• In-house best use of technology
• Innovative law firm of the year
• In-house DE&I Champion
• Deal of the year
• Rising Star Associate of the Year
• Next Gen partner of the year
• Boutique firm of the year
• In-house lawyer of the year
• Lawyer of the year
• Managing partner of the year
• In-house team of the year
• Brazil law firm of the year

Practice Area Awards: Firm of the year, Lawyer of the year, and Rising Star of the year
• Banking
• Corporate and M&A (Mid-market)
• Corporate and M&A (High-end)
• Capital markets
• Competition and antitrust
• Compliance
• Energy Regulatory
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Labour
• Litigation
• Project finance
• Public law
• Real Estate
• Restructuring
• TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
• TMT: Telecoms and media
• Tax