Banking & Finance

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados represents major lenders and borrowers in a range of cross-border financing deals. The firm maintains a proven track record assisting with debt restructuring, syndicated loans and project finance. Its clientele encompasses leading multinational banks as well as growing financial institutions, who benefit from its advice on regulatory mandates involving sector-related M&A and the licensing of payment services. New client wins are Natura Cosméticos, Ambev and Alibaba.

Clients state: "They possess know-how and agility. They are creative helping us with many new ideas, while being quick and enthusiastic, and have much knowledge."

Cescon Barrieu was instructed to act on a finance transaction, in which OakTree Capital Management was the lender and TMF Brasil was a collateral agent. The value of the transaction was USD2.3 billion.

Maurício Teixeira dos Santos is a practitioner that offers his skills to deal with finance matters such as project finance. He is also able to act on regulatory issues. A market expert says: "I hold him in extremely high regard. There is consistency in the representation and responses from him."