Machado Associados is recognized by the directory The Legal 500 Latin America 2013 as one of the main law firms in Latin America in the areas: Corporate and M&A, Labor and Employment, and Tax. As in the previous year, 11 of its lawyers were distinguished as recommended lawyers in their respective areas: Corporate and M&A (Fabio Lanzana Pereira, Gustavo de Freitas Leite, Lisiane Menossi Pace, Luciana Felisbino, Maria Cristina Longo Braga e Silva, and Renata Almeida Pisaneschi), Labor and Employment (Fabio Medeiros) and Tax (Daniel Lacasa Maya, Isabel Bertoletti, Júlio de Oliveira, and Luís Rogério G Farinelli).