Brazil: Capital Markets
Lawyers we spoke with noted a particularly active debt market and predicted continued investment opportunities in Brazil’s equity markets. Thirty-one highly praised practitioners feature over the following pages, recommended for their domestic and international skill.
Souza Cescon Barrieu & Flesch Advogados has an impressive five listings in this chapter. The “first-rate” Maria Cristina Cescon is praised for her expertise. André Mestriner Stocche is “a very talented lawyer” and Marcos Rafael Flesch is “top flight”. Ronald Herscovici is singled out as “an exceptional practitioner” and completing the list is the “terrific” Joaquim José Aceturi de Oliveira.
Four names are included from Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados. José Roberto Opice has received a great deal of praise and is referred to “as a leader in the field”. Also listed is the “outstanding” Carlos Jose Rolim de Mello, “excellent” Daniel de Miranda Facó and “superb” Eliana Helena de Gregorio Ambrosio Chimenti.
A trio features from Pinheiro Neto Advogados including the “highly experienced and knowledgeable” Henrique Silva Gordo Lang. He is joined by the “top tier” Alexandre Bertoldi and “fantastic” Ricardo Simões Russo.
Three names are also included from Pinheiro Guimarães – Advogados. The “exceptional” Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães N “is definitely an asset to any team he is part of when it comes to capital markets work”. Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães is lauded for the “level of quality he brings to the deal”. Completing the list is the “highly recommended” Ivie Moura Alves.
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão has three listings in this chapter, including Luiz Antonio de Sampaio Campos who is praised as “a real talent”. Paulo Cezar Aragão is noted for the “depth of his overall corporate expertise” as is the “very impressive” Francisco Antunes Maciel Müssnich.
At Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, Sergio Spinelli Silva Jr is “a respected practitioner” and José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz is “an expert in the financial markets space”.
At White & Case LLP, the “phenomenal” Donald Baker is a recognised and respected name and Anthony Oldfield at Clifford Chance LPP focuses on international capital markets transactions. The “outstanding” Robert Ellison at Shearman & Sterling LLP is the managing partner of the São Paulo office and specialises in debt and equity offerings for non-US issuers.
Carlos Motta at Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown LLP is very impressive” as is the “exceptional” Carlos Barbosa Mello from Lefosse Advogados, in cooperation with Linklaters. From Trench Rossi e Watanabe Advogados - Associated with Baker & McKenzie International, Swiss Verein, Joaquim T Muniz is praised for his “dedication and commitment to finding workable solutions”.
Aloysio Meirelles de Miranda from Ulhôa Canto Rezende e Guerra Advogados is a much respected name. At TozziniFreire Advogados both Antonio Felix de Araujo Cintra and Ana Carolina de Salles Freire are recommended for the “strength of their practice and commercial approach”. At Vieira Rezende Barbosa e Guerreiro, one client notes that Jose Luis Camargo Jr’s “work is a key tool to help take on adequate business decisions”.
Richard Aldrich from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is “absolutely first class”, and represented Aracruz Celulose in the first SEC-registered, NYSE-listed IPO of a Brazilian company.