The partners of Dentons, the world's largest law firm, and Vella Pugliese Buosi Guidoni (VPBG), one of the most respected law firms in Brazil, today have voted to form a strategic alliance.

The strategic alliance uniquely positions Dentons and VPBG to provide high-quality legal services to clients around the world and within Brazil, the world's ninth largest economy.

This strategic alliance will give VPBG's clients access to the experience and talents of thousands of lawyers working from more than 60 countries on six continents. Similarly, Dentons' existing global clients would have direct access to VPBG's 13 partners and 116 fee earners based in offices in São Paulo and Brasília.

With this strategic alliance and other recent combinations, Dentons is rapidly becoming the leading global law firm in Latin America, growing faster in the region - with truly high-quality firms - than any other firm has ever done before.

The proposed alliance follows the launch last year of Dentons López Velarde in Mexico and Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas in Colombia, as well as earlier this year the launch of Dentons Muñoz in Central America.  Dentons has also announced a proposed combination with a Peruvian firm, Gallo Barrios Pickmann.

The strategic alliance enhances both firms' depth and reach in key business sectors and practice groups, including competition and antitrust, corporate/M&A, dispute resolution and litigation, labor, international trade, commodity finance, tax, public and administrative law, real estate and environmental law.

The strategic alliance with Dentons, a truly polycentric firm, will allow VPBG to maintain autonomy and the attributes of the firm that have enabled it to grow rapidly since its formation in 2009.

The strategic alliance is expected to launch later this year.

About Vella Pugliesi Buosi Guidoni

Vella Pugliesi Buosi e Guidoni - Advogados is a full service law firm, focusing on a results-oriented business law practice. The firm serves leading companies and organizations based in Brazil and international clients doing business in Brazil. Recognized for its market leading practices in competition and antitrust, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, international trade, tax, labor, litigation and arbitration, public law and infrastructure, real estate and environmental law, the firm's mission is to develop and implement efficient legal solutions, contributing to better decisions and outcomes for our clients. www.vpbg.com.br

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