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Machado Meyer

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

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Success in these transactions requires quick, effective, and creative responses to each company's difficulties and to meet the needs of those involved, especially legal certainty. Solutions must involve proactivity, strategic vision, and risk mitigation, as well as the ability to reconcile the different interests at stake.

With one of the most traditional restructuring and insolvency practices in Brazil, Machado Meyer works mainly to defend the interests of creditors and investors, exploring alternatives and maximizing opportunities.

With experience in coordinating complex national and international projects, our professionals have accumulated knowledge in a wide range of areas, such as banking and financial transactions, structured transactions, transactions in regulated sectors, debt restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and recovery and insolvency proceedings in general. This gives us a clearer and more precise view of each client's needs and helps us to anticipate problems that may arise during the process.

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Brazil

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Machado Meyer's prestigious department acts on a wide range of restructuring mandates, representing banks as creditors. The seasoned team regularly acts on debt restructuring, and judicial and out-of-court reorganisation proceedings. Its client roster comprises significant names from the telecommunications, infrastructure and financial institutions. It is also frequently sought after to advise on transactional mandates arising in the context of insolvency.

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Work Highlights

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  • Machado Meyer assisted the investment fund Siena with the debt restructuring of Cervejaria Petrópolis, valued at approximately BRL4.2 million.

Strengths

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  • Machado Meyer's team is very approachable, demonstrating great helpfulness and frequently exceeding expectations. Furthermore, it has a deep understanding of its clients' businesses and the environment in which they operate.

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  • Machado Meyer's lawyers demonstrate great technical knowledge and are entrepreneurial in their solutions.

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  • Machado Meyer has extensive expertise in complex negotiations involving multiple parties, which helps resolve disputes satisfactorily for all involved.

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  • The great differentiator of the Machado Meyer team is its combination of technical depth and business acumen and pragmatism. Another strength is the effective involvement of the partners, with great availability and speed of response.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Renata Martins de Oliveira Amado
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    Renata Martins de Oliveira Amado

    Renata Martins de Oliveira Amado is praised by clients for having a broad knowledge of insolvency matters and is able to provide advice for both creditors and debtors. Frequently retained by big clients to assist with complex debt restructuring proceedings.

    • Renata Martins de Oliveira Amado is a responsive lawyer who is always available and acts in the best interests of her clients, while always seeking to accommodate the commercial interests involved.

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    • Renata Amado always supports us with her vast knowledge in the field, which gives us confidence in handling the cases.

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    • An excellent lawyer, Renata Amado is extremely committed to her cases and clients.

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    • Renata Amado is one of the most dedicated professionals in the market, extremely available and focused on meeting the client's interests.

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  • Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio
    Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio

    Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio

    Renato Gomes Ribeiro Maggio is an established practitioner with a sound track record of important activity in this arena. He offers diverse expertise ranging from debt restructuring and judicial reorganisation to acquisition of distressed assets.

    • Renato Maggio is an excellent lawyer, very technically skilled and astute. Creative and helpful.

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    • In my view, Renato Magio is one of the most complete names in structured finance in the Brazilian market. He combines impressive technical depth with a very clear understanding of risk, return, and investor commercial constraints, making him a truly strategic partner, not just an external lawyer. In all the transactions we have worked on together, Renato has demonstrated an exceptional ability to structure creative solutions to complex problems.

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    • Renato Maggio is a brilliant lawyer with an incredible ability to develop structures, assess risks, and propose effective mitigation measures, always focused on the best interests of his client.

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  • Adriano Schnur
    Adriano Schnur

    Adriano Schnur

    Adriano Schnur is often retained by telecommunications companies and financial institutions to assist with judicial restructuring. Schnur offers additional experience handling debt restructuring matters and the acquisition of assets in the context of restructuring.

    • Adriano Schnur is an excellent lawyer, who always seeks to accommodate the various interests involved in order to reach a consensual solution.

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    • Adriano Schnur is extremely available and has a great deal of knowledge in his field, which gives us confidence in his handling of cases.

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    • Adriano Schnur is a distinguished partner. He has the unique ability to lead and to simplify complex solutions, bringing stakeholders together for appropriate convergence.

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  • Camilo Gerosa Gomes
    Camilo Gerosa Gomes

    Camilo Gerosa Gomes

    Camilo Gerosa Gomes is a dynamic lawyer with solid experience in the judicial reorganisation area. He has worked with clients in the banking and financing sectors.

    • Camilo Gerosa Gomes is highly technical and helpful, as well as a good negotiator with excellent credibility.

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    • Camilo Gerosa Gomes provides technical knowledge, availability and high aptitude for reconciling conflicting positions.

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    • Camilo Gerosa Gomes combines of technical knowledge with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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