Personalized and flexible legal counsel, with solid professional and international experience in business law.

Cooperation with firms specializing in Tax Law, Civil Litigation, Labour Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property, and Public Regulatory Law, assuring complete and efficient legal action in accordance with the specific demands of each case.

Practice Areas

Providing complete and strategic legal support to domestic and foreign companies at all stages of their business and investments in Brazil.

Corporate Law

Comprehensive advice on the incorporation, reorganization and governance of corporations and privately-held corporations, including partner/shareholder agreements, consortia, joint ventures, special purpose companies, partnerships (SCP) and business succession planning. Focus on legal reliability and business sustainability.

Foreign Investment

Advising foreign companies and investors on entering and operating in the Brazilian market, with an emphasis on foreign exchange compliance, corporate structuring through incorporation, acquisition or the formation of a joint venture with a local partner. Structuring indirect foreign investments, such as distribution channels, agency and franchises.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Handling all stages of M&A transactions, both on the buy and sell sides, from due diligence to structuring, drafting, negotiating and implementing the applicable contracts. Multidisciplinary approach, combining corporate, contractual and regulatory expertise.

Real Estate Transactions

Strategic performance in deals involving real estate assets, such as developments, land development, partnerships, acquisitions, swaps, leases, built-to-suit and structuring of guarantees. Complete support in the legal analysis of real estate and in conducting highly complex operations.

Commercial Contracts

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex contracts that support client operations. Focus on aligning contractual instruments with business strategies, reducing risks and promoting stable and secure commercial relations.

Startups

Strategic legal support from idea conception to investment rounds. Acting on corporate structures, vesting, contracts with founders and investors, industrial property protection, compliance and governance for growth companies.

Values

Experience and technical quality combined with focused engagement and partnership.

Personalization and flexibility in client service.

Operating ethically with respect for human and social rights.

Renata Antiquera

Renata has more than 30 years' experience working for national and foreign companies, as well as private investors, in structuring their direct and indirect investments in Brazil, whether through setting up subsidiaries, middle-market acquisitions, creating joint ventures or real estate investment, distribution, agency or franchise structures.

Her practice is wide-ranging and includes corporate matters, governance, drafting and negotiating contracts, real estate transactions, civil and commercial legal advice, as well as data protection. She has an extensive network of law firms of different sizes in various countries. In short, she is able to assist her clients in all transactions related to their businesses in various industries.

Academic Background

Graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, with an emphasis on Public and Private International Law - 1993.

Specialization in Civil Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - 1994.

Specialization in Capital Markets from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation - 2014.

National Recognitions

Women's Análise Advocacia in 2021, 2022 and 2025.

Regional Análise Advocacia in 2025.

Análise Advocacia in 2015.

Associations in Brazil

Founding member of the PUC-SP Law Alumni Association, Board member and member of the Scholarship Committee.

Brazilian Institute of Comparative Governance IBCG since 2024.

Member of the Advisory Board of the Belgo-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Belgalux, in São Paulo from 2008 to 2010, and Coordinator of its Legal Committee in 2008.

Languages

Fluency in Portuguese, English, French and Italian.

Listening and reading comprehension in Spanish.

Publications

Author of the Brazilian Articles of the American Bar Association International Law Section International M&A and JV Committee Year-in-Review in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021.

Author of the Brazilian Chapter of the Book International Commercial Agency and Distribution Agreements: Case Law and Contract Clauses, Second Edition, published by Wolters Kluwer, 2017.

International Practice

Extensive experience in assisting foreign clients, partnering directly with their legal departments or outsourced lawyers abroad. Advising Brazilian clients on the internationalization of their businesses, connecting foreign lawyers with the size and experience that each client requires from among their vast network.

International Association of Young Lawyers - AIJA

Membro desde 2004.

Membro Honorário desde 2015.
Membro da Diretoria como Co-Presidente do então Membership Forum (2012-2015).
Representante para o Brasil (2009 - 2012).
VP e Presidente da Comissão de Direito Comercial Internacional - IBLC (2009 - 2012).
Palestrante e/ou moderadora em mais de 15 eventos internacionais.

American Bar Association, International Law Section - ABA-ILS

Membro entre 2015 e 2022.

Co-Chair da Comissão de International M&A and JV's (2020 - 2022).
Vice-Chair da Comissão de International M&A and JV's (2017 - 2019).
Editora da publicação Year in Review para a Comissão de International M&A and JV's (2016 - 2019).
Palestrante em diversos eventos internacionais.