Mariana Marangoni is an Associate at RC Law LLP, working within the Real Estate and Corporate teams. Her practice encompasses real estate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, and commercial and international transactional work.
Ms. Marangoni holds a Brazilian law degree (equivalent to a Juris Doctor) from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. She earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a specialization in U.S. and Transactional Law from the University of Miami School of Law, where she served as a Research Assistant in Legal Communication and Research. She also obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law, earning a Dean’s Certificate of Achievement Award and a Dean’s List Certificate Award.
Recently, Ms. Marangoni graduated with a second Master’s Degree in Real Property Development from the University of Miami School of Law. She was honored with the Director’s Award in the Real Estate Transactions class, recognizing her as the top student in the course.
In her role, Ms. Marangoni advises both domestic and international clients on real estate and corporate matters. Her real estate expertise includes handling complex real estate investment, management, financing, and leasing across various industries. She has developed a specialization in hotel transactions and the negotiation of commercial leases and management agreements for properties located throughout the U.S.
Her corporate expertise includes advising clients on corporate reorganizations, dissolutions, corporate governance, and legal compliance. She has represented both sellers and purchasers in complex M&A transactions across various industries and is regularly engaged in conducting due diligence for risk assessment and analyzing commercial issues.
Before joining RC Law, Ms. Marangoni was an in-house lawyer at Mattos Filho Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil, where she led projects involving investment funds, debt and financing, and banking and financial services.
Ms. Marangoni is a member of The Florida Bar and the Brazilian Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil). She is a native Portuguese speaker.
Representative Transactions
- Lead counsel to one of the largest hotel chains in Spain in connection with the acquisition of a historic hotel located in Miami Beach, Florida.
- Counsel to one of the largest hotelier family offices in Spain in connection with the reorganization of their 19-entities group to a lean 4-entity structure.
- General counsel to a Spanish company in connection with the acquisition of an office property located in Boston’s Back Bay area.
- Counsel to a Spanish company in connection with the sale of a historic beachfront hotel resort located in Laguna Beach, California.
- Counsel to a Spanish company in connection with the sale of a beachfront hotel and spa located in Miami Beach, Florida.
- Counsel to a Spanish company dedicated to the manufacture of paper and cardboard packaging for the food industry, in its acquisition of an industrial plant in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
Education
- Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
- University of Miami School of Law
Languages
- English
- Portuguese
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Brazil