Demarest Advogados, Capital Markets | Chambers Brazil Profile

About

Provided by Demarest Advogados

Our capital markets team provides comprehensive equity, debt and hybrid instruments, as well as securitization and investment funds advice. We operate a full-service capital markets practice used to handling transactions regardless of size and complexity. We represent issuers, investment banks, advisors, asset managers, investors and market participants on corporate, governance and securities regulatory issues, as well as act on transactional structuring in a variety of investment vehicles or instruments, corporate goals and reply to market or regulatory demands.

We advise on public and private securities offerings, including initial and follow-on offerings of any investment instrument, tender offers, corporate reorganizations, liability management, acquisition finance, leveraged buyouts and securitizations. We also advise controlling shareholders, investors, board members and executive directors on a variety of matters involving securities, fiduciary and disclosure obligations.

Chambers Review

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Capital Markets: Equity - Brazil

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Demarest Advogados has a well-established capital markets practice enjoying a strong reputation among companies from a diverse range of sectors, especially the energy industry, as well as leading banks and financial institutions, owing to its expertise in handling securitisations. It is extremely active handling issuances of agribusiness receivables certificates. Its experienced team additionally assists clients with debt capital markets mandates involving offerings of debentures and promissory notes. It also handles equity mandates, including IPOs and follow-on offerings.

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Work Highlights

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Demarest assisted Suzano with the structuring and preparation of legal documents related to its ninth issuance of unsecured, non-convertible debentures, totalling BRL1 billion.

Strengths

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Demarest provides consistent deliveries and rich analyses. The team demonstrates technical skills handling complex matters and the ability to work well under pressure.

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Brazil

Demarest's partners are highly engaged. They are equipped to handle highly complex issues given its versatility and experience, in addition to being up to date and delivering high-quality services.

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Brazil

Demarest provides consistent deliveries and rich analyses. The team demonstrates technical skills handling complex matters and the ability to work well under pressure.

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Brazil

Demarest's partners are highly engaged. They are equipped to handle highly complex issues given its versatility and experience, in addition to being up to date and delivering high-quality services.

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Brazil

Notable Practitioners

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Thiago Giantomassi

Band 2

Thiago Giantomassi is particularly recognised for his strong focus on the agribusiness sector. His work encompasses primary and secondary offerings of shares and issuance of debentures. He is especially active in the issuance of agribusiness certificates.

Thiago Giantomassi is an expert in securitisation and agribusiness deals, with a strong track record in capital markets.

Thiago is tremendously skilled. In addition to the technical acumen, which I consider one of the highest, he has a great relationship with the client.

Thiago Giantomassi has deep knowledge and all the skills to help the client conducting difficult negotiations.

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Cristina Tomiyama

Band 3

Partner Cristina Tomiyama is seasoned in complex capital markets transactions, having advised on prominent IPOs and follow-on equity deals.

Cristina has handled emblematic equity transactions.

Cristina is an excellent lawyer with in-depth knowledge of capital markets. She became a great partner, due to her technical quality, knowledge and impeccable service.

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Julia Lobo Dutra

Band 5

Partner Júlia Lobo is praised for her experience assisting clients with capital markets matters. She handles both equity and debt transactions, such as unsecured debenture and follow-ons.

She instils confidence in her technical opinions and her level of business understanding, in addition to having great communication and efficiency.

Julia is a very talented professional who has a strong strategic vision, acts as a leader and transmits confidence.

She is very detail-oriented and has outstanding knowledge in the regulatory field.

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Paula Magalhães

Band 5

Paula Magalhães joins the rankings after an active performance in the equity arena handling follow-on offerings.

I have been following Paula Magalhães' work for years and she is an admirable lawyer.

Paula Magalhães is an extremely qualified, committed and outstanding professional in corporate law and capital markets.

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Letícia Galdino Wanderley

Up and Coming

Up-and-coming partner Letícia Galdino Wanderley is a practitioner with skills to handle public offerings, including issuance of debentures, CRIs and CRAs.

Leticia has a lot of market knowledge. She deals with the most complex aspects of the case. We trust her a lot. She proposes good alternatives to address issues in the contracts.

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