Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 3
About
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Cescon Barrieu’s Rio de Janeiro office became the leader in transactional work in Rio de Janeiro state, highly regarded among clients and law professionals alike. We offer our clients solid expertise in complex and sophisticated matters such as corporate reorganization, financial restructuring, M&A (public and private deals), capital markets, project finance and investment funds, including fund formation, exits, and fund restructurings, as well as regulatory advice. The Rio de Janeiro office is fully integrated with the firm’s other five offices, both tapping into the firm’s broader expertise and not being limited to local clients or mandates.
Our office is recognized for exceptional technical capabilities and singular negotiation skills. The team covers all practices within the scope of this submission: M&A/corporate (including securities regulation and public companies), financing in all its forms (with a very strong international structured and project financing practice), capital markets (both equity and debt transactions), banking (with a leading fintech practice) and investment funds (including regulatory and compliance practice). The commercial team in Rio also very frequently advises on equity and debt offerings, and on multidisciplinary project finance, refinancing and divestment deals
Chambers Review
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has an outstanding track record in corporate law mandates, with national coverage and a significant presence in the Rio de Janeiro market. The team handles sophisticated mandates related to capital markets, banking, project finance and IPOs for renowned clients in the finance and energy sectors.
Work Highlights
- Cescon Barrieu advised ASAAS Gestão Financeiraand ASAAS Sociedade de Créditoon obtaining authorisation with the Central Bank as a direct credit company.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"It is a highly qualified team that understands the client very quickly. The team is very attentive to the latest events in the sector and always comes up with innovative ideas."
"It is a good team. They have deep understanding of the market and the document structure. They have good technical abilities and experience. They are very detail-oriented and pro deal."
"It is a highly qualified team that understands the client very quickly. The team is very attentive to the latest events in the sector and always comes up with innovative ideas."
"It is a good team. They have deep understanding of the market and the document structure. They have good technical abilities and experience. They are very detail-oriented and pro deal."
Notable Practitioners
Maurício Teixeira dos Santosis well regarded by market observers as a noteworthy Rio de Janeiro-based partner on corporate mandates relating to banking, finance and projects.
"Mauricio is a very good lawyer and gets the job done."
"He is a great lawyer."
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Members
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Clients
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ASAAS Gestão Financeira S.A.
Alibaba Group
Arteris
Atlas Renewable Energy
Banco BTG Pactual S.A.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobras
EDF Renewables
Enel
Equatorial Energia S.A.
Linde/Praxair/White Martins
Lumina Capital Management
Neoenergia S.A.
OceanPact Serviços Marítimos S.A.
PetroRio S.A.
Prumo Logística
Transmissora Aliança Energia Elétrica S.A. – TAESA
Industries
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financial services
logistics
oil & gas
power
retail
shipping
telecommunications