Bio

J. Mathias Von Bernuth heads Skadden’s São Paulo office. Mr. von Bernuth provides New York law advice to Brazilian, Latin American and U.S. clients in a wide range of corporate transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity and debt offerings (including high-yield debt), restructurings and financings. Mr. von Bernuth has extensive experience across a variety of industries, including energy, oil and gas, steel, telecommunications, financial services, real estate, manufacturing, education, infrastructure, transportation, environmental services and retail. He also has been involved in and conducted cross-border internal investigations for entities and boards of directors in connection with compliance and government enforcement issues, as well as related U.S. securities actions. Mr. von Bernuth has consistently been listed in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Latin America (Capital Markets: Brazil category), Who’s Who Legal — Brazil and Who’s Who Legal — Capital Markets and has been named as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers by Latinvex.