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BMA Professionals Stand Out in the Lexology Index 2025

14.11.2025 3 min read

With pride, we share that our professionals have once again been recognized as a reference by the Lexology Index 2025. The publication highlights relevant specialists in the national and international corporate legal market.

In this edition, BMA had 53 lawyers recognized, totaling 154 individual mentions in the Global Elite Thought Leader, Thought Leader, Future Leader and Recommended rankings, distributed across 31 guides — a result that reflects the technical excellence and multidisciplinary performance of our team.

Check out our professionals highlighted by the guide:

Global Elite Thought Leader

Barbara Rosenberg – Competition
Cristiana Moreira – Real Estate
Felipe Palhares – Data | Data Privacy & Protection
Francisco Antunes Maciel Müssnich (Chico Müssnich) – M&A
Luiz Antonio de Sampaio Campos – M&A
Paulo Cezar Aragão – Corporate Governance | M&A

Thought Leader

Amir Achcar Bocayuva Cunha – M&A
Ana Cristina Müller, D.Sc. – IP – Patent Agents & Attorneys | IP – Patents
André Abbud – Arbitration | Commercial Litigation
Antonella Carminatti – Franchising | Trademarks
Barbara Rosenberg – Competition
Bernardo Cascão – Competition | Future Leaders – Partners
Cristiana Moreira – Real Estate
Felipe Palhares – Data | Data Privacy & Protection
Francisco Antunes Maciel Müssnich (Chico Müssnich) – Agribusiness | Corporate Governance | M&A
José Inácio Ferraz de Almeida Prado Filho – Competition
Luciana Celidonio – Restructuring & Insolvency
Luiz Antonio de Sampaio Campos – Capital Markets | Corporate Governance | M&A
Monique Mavignier – Corporate Governance | M&A
Paulo Cezar Aragão – Capital Markets | Debt & Equity | Corporate Governance | M&A
Sergio Savi – Restructuring & Insolvency

Future Leader – Partners

Felipe Galea – Commercial Litigation
Guilherme Morgulis – Competition
Igor Silva de Lima – Commercial Litigation

Recommended

Amir Achcar Bocayuva Cunha – M&A | Foreign Investment Control
Ana Cristina Müller, D.Sc. – IP – Patents | Healthcare & Life Sciences – Patent Litigation
Ana Paula Reis – Capital Markets – Debt & Equity
André Abbud – Arbitration | Commercial Litigation
Antonella Carminatti – Franchising
Barbara Rosenberg – Competition
Bernardo Cascão – Competition
Camila Goldberg – Capital Markets – Debt & Equity | Finance
Camilla Paoletti – Competition
Carlo Sivieri de Assis Rocha – M&A
Cibelle Linero – Employment & Labor
Daniella Fragoso – Professional Negligence
Eduardo G. Wanderley – Restructuring & Insolvency
Felipe Paschoalini – M&A
Felipe Prado – Capital Markets – Debt & Equity
Gustavo Santos Kulesza – Arbitration | Commercial Litigation
Henrique Beloch – Corporate Governance
Hermano Notaroberto Barbosa – Private Client & Offshore Services – Trust & Advisory Services | Private Funds – Formation | Tax – Advisory
Ian Bussinger – M&A
Jane Goldman Nusbaum – Capital Markets – Debt & Equity | Structured Finance | Private Funds – Formation
José Inácio Ferraz de Almeida Prado Filho – Competition
José Otavio Haddad Faloppa – Tax – Advisory
Ligia Regini – Tax
Luiz Antonio de Sampaio Campos – Capital Markets – Debt & Equity | Corporate Governance | M&A
Luiz Fernando Fraga – Commercial Litigation
Márcio Pereira – Environment
Marcos Exposto – Competition
Matheus Rodrigues Barcelos – Commercial Mediation
Maurício Pereira Faro – Tax – Advisory | Tax – Controversy
Miguel Ramos – M&A
Monique Mavignier – Corporate Governance | M&A
Natalia Yazbek – Restructuring & Insolvency
Paulo Cezar Aragão – Arbitration | Capital Markets | Corporate Governance | M&A
Pedro Frankovsky Barroso – IP – Trade Secrets
Pedro Oliveira da Costa – Arbitration | Commercial Litigation
Plínio Simões Barbosa – M&A
Rafael Calabria – Corporate Governance
Rafael da Rocha Castilho – Commercial Litigation
Roberto Dias Carneiro – M&A
Rodrigo de Teive e Argollo Mariani – Corporate Governance
Sergio Savi – Restructuring & Insolvency
Tatiana Amorim – M&A
Tatiana Dratovsky Sister – Franchising
Thais de Barros Meira – Tax – Advisory | Tax – Controversy
Vitor Butruce – Sports & Entertainment
Vivian Casanova – Tax

We congratulate our specialists for the excellent work delivered. The breadth of professionals and recognized areas reinforces the strength of the BMA team, built over 30 years of offering high-quality legal solutions and a comprehensive view of the challenges faced by our business partners.

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