Brazil’s Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has lured away partners from local rivals Tauil & Chequer Advogados, in association with Mayer Brown, and Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados to strengthen its tax, intellectual property and technology practices.

Thais Rodrigues has left Tauil & Chequer to join Mattos Filho’s tax practice based in Rio de Janeiro, while Luiz Felipe Di Sessa joins both the intellectual property and technology, innovation & digital business practice areas in São Paulo after nearly two decades at Cescon.