BMA and Mattos Filho advised on acquisition of Willis Towers by Arthur J. Gallagher

Barbosa Müssnich Aragão was brazilian legal counsel to Arthur J. Gallagher; Mattos Filho Advogados represented Willis Towers Watson

Arthur J. Gallagher, one of the world’s largest insurance brokers, was advised by Barbosa Müssnich Aragão in the Brazilian legal aspects of the global acquisition of the reinsurance brokerage business of Willis Towers Watson, which was represented by Mattos Filho Advogados.

The transaction value was US$ 3.25 billion.

BMA – Barbosa Müssnich Aragão was the Brazilian lawyer for Arthur J. Gallagher, with partners Luis Henrique Costa (pictured top left) Henrique Beloch (pictured top center) and Felipe Palhares (pictured top right) and associates Filipe Thompson, Vitor Sampaio, Marina Freitas, Ana Luisa Dantas and Adriano Carneiro.

Sidley Austin was international counsel to Arthur J. Gallagher.

Mattos Filho Advogados was a Brazilian advisor to Willis Towers Watson and relied on partners Thomaz Del Castillo Barroso Kastrup (pictured bottom left), Cleber Venditti da Silva (pictured bottom center), Flavio Mifano (pictured bottom right) and associates Mary Fukugakiuchi Hamasaki, Renata Bento de Vasconcelos, José Daniel Gatti Vergna and Tomás Machado de Oliveira.

Skadden Arps was international counsel to the same party.