Arap, Nishi & Uyeda Advogados (“AN&U”) is based in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. The firm was established by highly qualified and experienced professionals who have studied abroad, either in the USA or in Europe and have worked in both major law firms and/or in multinational companies, out of and/or in Brazil. All partners have a great deal of experience in dealing with international clients.

AN&U advises its clients in diverse sectors of business, either in Brazil or abroad, in among other matters,
M&A transactions, public law and infrastructure projects, including mining, port terminals and/or power generation projects, cross border M&A transactions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, banking transactions, real estate projects including financing, acquisition and construction, project finance and public or private bidding processes in Brazil. As a consequence, AN&U has developed high level domestic and international practice in all fields that it renders legal services, namely, infrastructure and public law; corporate; cross border and local M&A transactions, financing; complex agreements; real estate; litigation and arbitration and also has established long-lasting and strong working relationships with Brazilian and foreign clients, investors, private equity funds, law firms and financial advisors, which are, to this date, within AN&U client’s portfolio.

AN&U’s mission is to be a market reference in strategic business vision, knowledge, experience and creativity, bringing solutions and delivering results with excellency. The firm’s main concern is to understand the business goals and real needs of each client in connection with the specific case or project. AN&U offers the most efficient legal strategy and structure and, therefore, protects its clients’ assets and image, adding value to shareholders.

AN&U relies on the reputation, experience and maturity of its professionals to contribute in clients ‘decision
making process’. The firm’s way of action can be translated by direct and transparent dialogues with its clients. The partners believe and practice the following core values: availability, synthesis, boldness and add value. AN&U constantly seeks to build long-lasting and solid partnerships with its clients, inclusively by combining its legal solutions to the business strategies targeted by clients. AN&U has the necessary structure and tools for structuring, development and operation of projects with a high level of complexity.

AN&U has clients based in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France,Germany, the Netherlands, Lebanon, Mexico, Monaco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States of America for whom the firm renders legal services in Brazil.