Transactions conducted by someone who has sat on both sides of the table: as outside counsel in first-tier firms and as legal director inside multinationals that were buying, selling and setting up in Brazil.
Murray Legal advises clients at every stage of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and strategic alliances. We act in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of these transactions, covering corporate governance, shareholders’ agreements, financings and tax matters.
The same practice serves the foreign investor arriving in Brazil: incorporation of the company, foreign direct investment, Central Bank registrations, tax structure and the legal support of the first years of operation.
Many transactions stall not for lack of advice, but because of advice the company cannot execute. The experience of running legal departments in multinationals — on the other side of the table, with deadlines and committees to answer to — is what guides our design of each transaction.
Comparative Corporate Governance — University College London. Postgraduate degree in International Economic Relations Law — FGV.
The transaction is conducted by the partner from start to closing. Tax counsel, valuation experts and foreign lawyers are brought in when the deal requires, with coordination and responsibility remaining with the firm.
First conversation with the partner to understand objective, timeline, counterparties and where the risks that could stop the deal lie.
Due diligence focused on what matters for the decision, and a corporate and tax design defined with the client before negotiation.
Contracts, warranties and conditions precedent negotiated at the table by the partner who studied the transaction — not handed off to a separate team.
Corporate integration, registrations, governance and the legal follow-through of the new structure’s first years.
The first conversation is with the responsible partner, no intermediaries, and serves to define whether and how we can help.