Tauil & Chequer Advogados and Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the South & Central America region for 2022 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest legal advisers league table by GlobalData, which ranks legal advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised.

Based on its Financial Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company reveals that Tauil & Chequer Advogados achieved its leading position in terms of value by advising on $5.5 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados led in volume terms by advising on a total of 57 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados, being the only adviser that managed to advise on more than 50 deals during 2022, was the clear winner in the terms of volume outpacing its peers by a significant margin. However, it did not feature among the top 10 advisers by value.

“Tauil & Chequer Advogados, despite advising on around one-fifth of the number of deals advised by Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados, managed to top the chart by value due to its involvement in two billion-dollar deals*.”

An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Pinheiro Neto Advogados occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $4.7 billion worth of deals; followed by Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice with $3.9 billion; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett with $3.8 billion; and Mayer Brown with $3.1 billion.

Meanwhile, FM/Derraik Advogados occupied the second position in terms of volume with 23 deals; followed by Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian with 17 deals; Pinheiro Neto Advogados with 16 deals; and TozziniFreire Advogados with 16 deals.

*Deals valued more than or equal to $1 billion