What Champs Law does

Champs Law is a São Paulo-headquartered, privately held Brazilian law firm founded in 2018, specializing in transactional and advisory work for the country's financial and corporate markets. The firm operates from a single office in the Brooklin district of São Paulo with a lean team of approximately 11 professionals (3 equity partners, 1 senior advisor, and 7 associates) led by founding partner Guilherme Champs alongside partners Leonardo Cotta Pereira, Bruno Tabera, and more recently Priscila Carmona Maya, with Alessandra Figueiredo serving as Market Relations Advisor.

The firm's core service lines span five practice areas: M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions, including long-term incentive structures such as partnership, stock options, and vesting with cliff provisions), Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Tax (planning, litigation, and ancillary obligations across federal, state, and municipal levels), Financial and Capital Markets (CRIs, CRAs, debentures, commercial notes, investment funds, and special situations), and Patrimonial/Succession Planning for high-net-worth clients. Its practice is integrated rather than modular: the same partner-led teams advise across the full transaction lifecycle from structuring through execution.

Champs Law generates revenue on a professional-services, fee-for-service basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is enterprise and relationship-driven, anchored on thought-leadership content, recognition by legal directories (ITR World Tax, The Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Leaders League, and Análise Advocacia), and a dense referral pipeline — most notably through advisory mandates on partnership agreements with XP Investimentos covering 30+ investment firms since 2018. Customers are concentrated in financial services (asset managers, investment advisors, holding companies) with growing exposure to agribusiness, technology/SaaS, and HNW wealth-planning segments.

Name

Champs Law

Legal name

Champs Law

Website

https://champs.law

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Champs Law is a São Paulo-based Brazilian law firm founded in 2018 that provides M&A, capital markets, tax, dispute resolution, and wealth planning advisory to mid-market and large corporations, financial institutions, and high-net-worth clients across Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

Keywords

• Corporate legal services
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Capital markets law
• Tax advisory services
• Wealth planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Vila Olímpia

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Champs Law generates revenue through providing specialized legal services in corporate law, M&A transactions, capital markets, tax advisory, dispute resolution, and wealth planning. Revenue is earned through professional fees for legal counsel, transaction advisory, and ongoing legal representation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Champs Law is a Brazilian boutique law firm delivering specialized legal advisory across corporate/M&A, dispute resolution and arbitration, tax, financial and capital markets, and wealth and succession planning. The firm advises mid-market and enterprise clients — including investment managers, asset managers, holding companies, and high-net-worth families — on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, partnership agreements, CRIs, CRAs, debentures, commercial notes, investment funds, partnership equity models, and vesting/cliff arrangements. Services are delivered through partner-led engagement out of its São Paulo headquarters, serving clients with interests in the Brazilian market.

Product overview

Champs Law is a Brazilian law firm offering integrated legal services across five core practice areas: M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions), Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Tax, Financial and Capital Markets, and Patrimonial Planning. The firm provides advisory on structured financial products including CRIs, CRAs, debentures, commercial notes, and investment funds. Additionally, they offer specialized advisory on corporate structures such as partnership agreements and vesting plans with cliff provisions. The firm operates as a unified service provider rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fusões e Aquisições (M&A) Transactional legal practice covering mergers and acquisitions, including long-term incentive modeling such as partnership, stock options, and derivative models, for clients in the financial and technology markets.
• Resolução de Disputas e Arbitragem (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration)
• Tributário (Tax Advisory and Litigation) Tax advisory and litigation services covering federal, state and municipal taxes, ancillary obligations, daily operations, tax benefits, defense of interests, and tax planning for companies and projects in Brazil and abroad.
• Mercado Financeiro e de Capitais (Financial and Capital Markets)
• Planejamento Patrimonial (Wealth and Succession Planning)

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Priscila Carmona MayacoreOthers · 1 January 2025Priscila Carmona Maya joined Champs Law as a new partner, bringing specialized expertise in tax, wealth planning, and capital markets practices. This represents a strategic talent acquisition strengthening the firm's capabilities.
• FIP GorilaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Champs Law advised Allure on its Partnership Agreement with FIP Gorila in 2023.
• EnterCapitalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Champs Law advised Avel on its Partnership Agreement with EnterCapital in 2023.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Machado Meyer: Full-service Brazilian firm recognized for capital markets, M&A, and tax; overlaps directly with Champs Law's core practice areas and serves comparable financial services and corporate clients.
• TozziniFreire Advogados: Large Brazilian full-service firm with strong corporate, M&A, and capital markets capabilities; overlaps with Champs Law's practice areas and competes for similar enterprise clients in São Paulo.
• Pinheiro Neto: Major São Paulo-based full-service firm with strong M&A and capital markets practices; competes for the same enterprise and financial institution clients as Champs Law, particularly in transactional and regulatory matters.
• Tauil & Chequer (Mayer Brown): Brazilian arm of global firm Mayer Brown; offers corporate, capital markets, and M&A advisory, competing with Champs Law for clients seeking cross-border capability combined with local Brazilian law expertise.
• Demarest Advogados: Full-service Brazilian firm with recognized M&A, capital markets, and tax practices; competes with Champs Law for mid-market enterprise transactions and financial institution mandates.
• Mattos Filho: One of the largest full-service Brazilian law firms with leading practices in M&A, capital markets, tax, and dispute resolution — competes with Champs Law for mid-market and enterprise mandates in Brazil, but with substantially deeper bench and broader geographic reach.
• Veirano Advogados: Full-service Brazilian firm with deep capital markets and M&A practices; competes for similar enterprise and financial services clients as Champs Law, with broader geographic and practice coverage.

Direct peers

• Barbosa Müssnich Aragão (BMA): Brazilian firm known for capital markets, M&A, and tax advisory; comparable boutique-to-mid positioning to Champs Law, especially in serving financial services clients and fund structuring matters.
• Stocche Forbes: Boutique-leaning Brazilian firm with a strong capital markets and corporate finance practice; the closest comparable in positioning to Champs Law among Brazilian firms serving mid-market financial services clients.
• Lefosse Advogados: Mid-to-large Brazilian firm with strong corporate, M&A, tax, and capital markets practices; competes with Champs Law for mid-market enterprise mandates and financial institution work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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