{"id":12671,"date":"2023-06-28T00:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T03:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/campos-mello-scoops-prominent-partner-from-tauil-chequer\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T00:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T03:03:52","slug":"campos-mello-scoops-prominent-partner-from-tauil-chequer","status":"publish","type":"contents","link":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/contents\/campos-mello-scoops-prominent-partner-from-tauil-chequer\/","title":{"rendered":"CAMPOS MELLO SCOOPS PROMINENT PARTNER FROM TAUIL & CHEQUER"},"content":{"rendered":"
Source: Latin Lawyer
\n<\/strong>By Luis Bulcao Pinheiro<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The hire was announced on 5 March and takes Campos Mello\u2019s partner count to 29. Lopes, 58, who has worked at prominent companies including Ra\u00edzen, Vale and Shell, will strengthen Campos Mello\u2019s energy and corporate practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaulo is an accomplished lawyer who brings a great deal of leadership experience and broad knowledge, particularly of the oil and gas sector, to the firm,\u201d says Fabio Campos Mello, Campos Mello\u2019s managing partner. \u201cHis practice will enhance our ability to serve clients in Brazil and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campos Mello adds that Lopes\u2019 arrival comes on the back of a hiring spree that has seen the firm boost its core practice areas since 2016. \u201cIn 2017, almost everyone else shrank, but we kept on growing,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Campos Mello, which has one of the most recognised real estate practices in the market, recently\u00a0promoted<\/a>\u00a0two lawyers in the private equity and M&A realms.<\/p>\n

Campos Mello, which maintains an association with\u00a0DLA Piper LLP<\/a>, is betting on a stronger recovery of Brazil\u2019s economy. He expects a spike in deals, especially in the infrastructure and oil sectors. \u201cBrazil\u2019s economy is somehow disconnected from its politics and the markets are on the way up, with stock exchange rates hitting record levels,\u201d he says. Mello admits that due to frequent political scandals and the proximity of general elections, foreign investors have found it difficult to read the market. But the managing partner also points out that investors are confident Brazil\u2019s economy will not return to a state of recession. \u201cThe president (Michel Temer), despite all obstacles, was able to put the economy back on track and we have already reaped some benefits in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent deals in which Campos Mello was involved include the latest oil and gas auctions in Brazil when the firm\u00a0represented<\/a>\u00a0Murphy Oil. The firm also teamed up with Hogan Lovells LLP to\u00a0advise<\/a>\u00a0on Votorantim\u2019s US$300 million debt tap.<\/p>\n

Lopes\u2019 former firm, Tauil & Chequer, is not falling behind either. Just as his departure came into effect, the firm\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0the hire of energy partner Alexandre Calmon, who joined from Rio-based corporate firm Vieira Rezende Advogados.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Lopes\u2019 departure, managing partner Alexandre Chequer said: \u201cPaulo Lopes is a great guy and we wish him the best in his new firm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campos Mello and Tauil & Chequer frequently compete for talent. In 2016, Campos Mello\u00a0took<\/a>\u00a0three lawyers from its rival, strengthening its oil and gas, labour and insolvency practices. In 2015, Tauil & Chequer\u00a0snapped<\/a>\u00a0up Campos Mello\u2019s tax team.<\/p>\n

An uptick in activity in the Brazilian legal market, which is seeing a number of\u00a0promotions<\/a>and\u00a0hires<\/a>, continues.<\/p>\n

On 1 March, S\u00e3o Paulo based firm Amatuzzi Advogados announced the arrival of M&A partner Guilherme Caputo, 37, who was hired from Vieira Rezende where he was an associate. Caputo joins Bruno Amatuzzi and Marcos Ferreira as partners of the firm, which focuses on real estate, infrastructure, construction and timberland investment advice.<\/p>\n

Bruno Amatuzzi says the hire represents a rise in confidence in Brazil\u2019s business activity. \u201cWe believe that the Brazilian economy will recover in the short term and we want to be ready to offer our clients a dynamic and top-notch legal service,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Vieira Rezende\u2019s partner Camila Lef\u00e8vre says the firm considers it natural that its associates look for different challenges from time to time. \u201cWe wish Guilherme all the very best in his new partnership,\u201d, she says, adding that Vieira Rezende\u2019s corporate and M&A team remains strong, with six partners and 13 associates with\u00a0full time\u00a0dedication to the area.<\/p>\n

So far, 13 Brazilian firms have announced the hire of 15 lawyers to\u00a0Latin Lawyer\u00a0in 2018.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12668,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12671","contents","type-contents","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contents\/12671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contents"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmalaw.com\/homolog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}