Maria Luiza Jobim

Maria Luiza Jobim is an attorney at Maia Yoshiyasu Advogados, a business-focused law firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been named Gambling Lawyer of the Year in Brazil at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, an individual distinction that reflects the prominence of gaming and gambling law within her firm and the growing importance of the sector as Brazil develops its regulated betting market. The firm describes its services as personalised and results-oriented, built around the best possible experience for the client.

Maia Yoshiyasu Advogados, known as MYLaw, operates across a wide range of practice areas, with its gaming and gambling practice standing out as a central element of the firm's identity. Alongside gaming, the firm advises on internet and technology, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, tax, real estate, labour, intellectual property, dispute resolution, public law and regulation, data privacy and wealth planning. This spread allows the gaming practice to draw on complementary expertise, since betting and gaming ventures typically raise corporate, regulatory, tax and technology questions in combination.

Gambling law in Brazil is a fast-evolving field, shaped by the country's move to license and regulate fixed-odds sports betting and online gaming. Work in this area calls for lawyers who can guide operators, suppliers and investors through licensing requirements, regulatory compliance, corporate structuring and commercial contracts, while keeping pace with a framework that continues to develop. Maria Luiza Jobim's recognition points to a practice engaged with exactly these questions, supporting clients seeking to enter or expand within one of the world's most closely watched emerging betting markets.

The firm's credibility in its chosen fields is reinforced by recognition from a range of respected international legal directories and rankings, reflecting the confidence that clients and peers place in its work. For a specialised and heavily regulated area such as gaming, that external validation matters, signalling both technical depth and a track record of handling sophisticated mandates for demanding clients.

Operating from São Paulo, Brazil's principal commercial centre, Maria Luiza Jobim and the MYLaw team are well placed to serve domestic and international participants in the country's gaming and gambling sector. Her recognition as Gambling Lawyer of the Year in Brazil at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 highlights both her individual contribution and the strength of a firm that has made gaming a defining part of its practice, positioning it to advise clients as the regulated market continues to take shape.