AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Corporate

Chediak Advogados advises clients with a wide range of profiles, from family-owned limited liability companies and start-ups to listed corporations. Its corporate law area is recognized for its vast experience in the incorporation of companies, corporate governance matters, negotiations between partners, and corporate reorganizations, among other topics, favoring an integrated approach with our other practices in a full service model.

  • Counsel to domestic and foreign clients in the incorporation of companies and joint-ventures
  • Extensive experience with operations involving publicly-traded companies and/or regulated sectors, including health care, infrastructure, and energy
  • Support in negotiations between partners, including execution of shareholders' or quotaholders' agreements
  • Counsel in the preparation and participation in meetings of partners of the different types of companies
  • Counsel in complex and strategic corporate matters
  • Consulting in the preparation of share-based long-term incentive plans, such as stock option plans
  • Counsel in operations regarding equity disposal, acquisition, spin-off, merger and corporate restructurings in general, including call and put options and convertible instruments
  • Consulting in the identification of liabilities and structuring of termination plans for business activities, culminating in the dissolution and extinction of companies
  • Counsel in corporate disputes, either within the companies or in legal litigation or arbitration

Acknowledgements

  • 2024
  • 14th Edition – The Best Lawyer - Julian Chediak, Luiz Cláudio Salles Cristofaro, Caio Machado Filho, Julio Maia Vidal e Paulo Fischer recognized in Corporate/M&A
  • Leaders Legue – Transactions and Deals - Corporate: Regulatory and Opinion - Julian Chediak, Luiz Cláudio Salles Cristofaro and Pedro Paulo Salles Cristofaro
  • Leaders Legue – Transactions and Deals - Corporate/ M&A- Mid Cap Transactions– Julian Chediak, Luiz Claudio Salles Cristofaro and Caio Machado Filho
  • 2023
  • Chambers Global: Julian Chediak Highly Regarded in Band 3 in Corporate/M&A
  • Chambers Global: Firm Ranked as Highly Regarded in Band 3 in Corporate/M&A
  • Chambers Brazil: Regions – Julian Chediak Recognized in Corporate/Commercial
  • Chambers Brazil: Regions – Firm Ranked in Corporate/Commercial
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Firm Recommended in M&A | Small & Mid-Cap Transactions
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Julian Fonseca Peña Chediak , Luiz Claudio Salles Cristofaro e Paulo Fischer Carneiro - Recommended in M&A | Small & Mid-Cap Transactions
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Firm Ranked as Excellent in M&A / Corporate: Regulatory and Opinion
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Julian Fonseca Peña Chediak, Luiz Claudio Salles Cristofaro, Paulo Fischer Carneiro, Julio Maia Vidal, Daniel de Avila Vio - Excellent in M&A / Corporate: Regulatory and Opinion
  • 2022
  • Chambers – Global – Julian Chediak Highly Regarded in Band 3 in Corporate / M&A
  • Chambers – Global – Firm Ranked as Highly Regarded in Band 3 in Corporate / M&A
  • Chambers – Brazil: Regions – Julian Chediak Recognized in Corporate / Commercial
  • Chambers – Brazil: Regions – Firm Ranked in Corporate / Commercial
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Recommended in M&A | Small & Mid-Cap Transactions
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Excellent in M&A / Corporate: Regulatory and Opinions
  • Leaders League – Transactions & Deals – Paulo Fischer Carneiro Recommended in M&A / Small & Mid-Cap Transactions
  • 2021
  • Chambers – Transactional Brazil – Julian Chediak Highly Regarded in Band 2 in Corporate / M&A
  • Chambers – Transactional Brazil – Highly Regarded in Band 3 in Corporate / M&A
  • Chambers – Latin America & Global – Julian Chediak Highly Regarded in Band 2 in Corporate / M&A
  • Chambers – Latin America & Global – Highly Regarded in Band 3 in Corporate / M&A
  • Análise Advocacia – Most Admired Comprehensive Firm in Corporate
  • Análise Advocacia Mulher – Claudia Gottsfritz Most Admired Lawyer in Corporate; in the Steel and Mining sector; in the State of São Paulo
  • Leaders League – Most voted by peers – Daniel Vio Recognized as Rising Star in Corporate / M&A
  • Leaders League – Excellent in Corporate: Regulatory & Legal Opinions
  • Leaders League – Valuable Practices in Corporate / M&A
  • 2020
  • Chambers – Latin America & Global – Julian Chediak Recognized in Band 3 in Corporate / M&A
  • Chambers – Latin America & Global – Band 5
  • Análise Advocacia – Most Admired Comprehensive Firm in Corporate
  • Análise Advocacia – Julian Chediak Most Admired Lawyer in Corporate
  • Best Lawyers – 11th Edition – The Best Lawyer – Julian Chediak, Luiz Claudio Salles Cristofaro and Caio Machado Filho Recognized in Corporate / M&A
  • Best Lawyers – Global Business Edition – Julian Chediak Recognized in Corporate / M&A
  • Leaders League – Valuable Practice in Corporate / M&A
  • Leaders League – Excellent in Corporate: Relatory & Legal Opnions
  • 2019
  • Chambers – Latin America & Global – Ranked in Band 5 in Corporate / M&A
  • Best Lawyers – Global Business Edition – Julian Chediak Recognized in Corporate / M&A
  • Leaders League – Most voted by peers – Daniel Vio Recognized as Rising Star in Corporate / M&A
  • Análise Advocacia – Julian Chediak Most Admired Lawyer in Corporate
  • 2018
  • Chambers – Latin America & Global – Ranked in Corporate / M&A
  • Análise Advocacia – Julian Chediak Most Admired Lawyer in Corporate; in the State of Rio de Janeiro