Brazil’s Renno hires new head of M&A practice
Brazil’s Renno, Penteado, Reis & Sampaio has hired José Augusto Martins to lead its transactional practice.
Martin joins the firm, which has offices in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, from Trench Rossi Watanabe and specialises in tax, competition, M&A and intellectual property.
“José Augusto has extensive domestic and international experience in several areas of law,” the firm said in a statement.
“Martins acts mainly in banking, financial regulation, structured finance, infrastructure, merger and acquisitions, as counsel and by representing clients in disputes. We welcome José Augusto and we are certain that his work will be unvaluable to our clients,” the firm added.
He had previously held the position of partner at Wald e Associados Advogados, prior to which he was a legal manager at Banco Credit Commecial de France.
