Department profile
Lefosse Advogados

Investment Funds

Brazil Guide 2025 : Brazil


Lefosse Advogados

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About

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With deep regulatory knowledge and market insight, we advise managers, administrators, and other industry players on sophisticated transactions, ensuring legal certainty and efficiency. Our practice covers liquid funds, alternative funds, and innovative strategies, with emphasis on real estate investment funds (FII), agribusiness production chain funds (FIAGRO), private equity funds (FIP), receivables funds (FIDC), infrastructure funds, and funds focused on special situations and capital solutions.

We also support asset management operations, including the formation and accreditation of new asset managers, fiduciary administrators, and other market participants, with special attention to governance and compliance aspects. We have solid experience in sale/acquisition transactions and corporate restructurings of fund market participants, having taken part in some of the industry’s most significant deals.

Legal services we offer to our clients:

  • Advisory Consulting
  • Fundos de PE/VC (FIP)
  • Real Estate Funds (FII)
  • Receivables Funds (FIDC)
  • Financial Investment Funds (FIF)
  • Index Funds (ETF)
  • Infrastructure Funds
  • Funds of Funds
  • Offshore Vehicles
  • Alternative Investments
  • Offerings
  • Secondary Transactions
  • Co-Investments
  • Regulation and Compliance
  • Administration and Asset Management

Chambers Review

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Investment Funds - Brazil

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Lefosse Advogados is noted for advising on a wide range of investment fund matters and regulatory mandates. The team handles fund formation, structuring and public offerings, particularly in the real estate industry. The law firm's skilled team is additionally experienced in acting on the public and private issuance of quotas, also assisting with credit rights investment funds.

Work Highlights

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  • Lefosse Advogados represented Bradesco Asset Management and Banco Bradesco BBI in the negotiations of the first infrastructure investment fund structured by Bradesco Asset Management.

Strengths

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  • Lefosse Advogados showed a strong understanding of our business, coupled with solid commercial awareness.

    Investment Funds respondentBrazil
  • Lefosse Advogados has a strong understanding of our business and of other key players in the market, particularly when it comes to pricing and opportunities.

    Investment Funds respondentBrazil
  • Lefosse's team understands the needs of market players well and acts with agility, proposing solutions that are legally secure, but also viable from a commercial point of view.

    Investment Funds respondentBrazil

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 4Andre Mileski
    Band 4Andre Mileski

    Andre Mileski

    André Mileski is an active practitioner dealing with issuance of quotas, FII, structuring of FIP and FIAGRO.

    • André Mileski consistently delivers high-quality work and stays closely aligned with market and product developments. His regulatory perspective brings a strong sense of confidence to our discussions.

      Investment Funds respondentBrazil
    • André has great knowledge of investment funds. He is always thinking through different structures, anticipating risks, and identifying mitigating factors.

      Investment Funds respondentBrazil
    • Andre Mileski is a super professional, with outstanding knowledge of the fund market.

      Investment Funds respondentBrazil
  • Band 5Roberto Zarour
    Band 5Roberto Zarour

    Roberto Zarour

    Roberto Zarour is constantly involved in complex analysis and solutions, earning recognition for his growing expertise in the investment funds sector.

    • Roberto Zarour has extensive technical knowledge and experience in business involving real estate funds.

      Investment Funds respondentBrazil
    • Excellent service. Roberto is approachable, insightful and thought-provoking, often taking the initiative in our conversations.

      Investment Funds respondentBrazil

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