Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 3
About
Provided by Novotny, Ney, Saldanha, Penna, Ponte, Vianna, Corrêa Advogados
Novotny’s Corporate Law practice group provides legal assistance to domestic and international clients in all corporate matters relating to public and private corporations, limited liability companies, individual companies, partnerships, consortiums, investment funds, joint ventures and associations. Our practice covers:
- Structuring and incorporating corporations, companies and other business entities, including drafting of bylaws and articles of incorporations;
- Drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreements, partners’ agreements, investment agreements, joint venture agreements and other corporate contracts;
- Counselling on corporate governance, including the drafting of internal rules, policies and guidelines;
- Assistance on strategic and routine corporate issues, including the organization of shareholders’ meetings and drafting of corporate documents;
- Spin-offs, mergers and other corporate reorganizations;
- Structuring of stock option plans;
- Structuring compliance policies, including anti-corruption and anti-money laundering policies;
- Registration of international investments before the Brazilian Central Bank;
- Representing of shareholders in judicial and arbitration proceedings involving corporate disputes.
Chambers Review
Novotny, Ney, Saldanha, Penna, Ponte, Vianna & Corrêa Advogados is a Rio de Janeiro firm with a sophisticated range of services in corporate law. The bench works on M&A, capital markets, investments and joint ventures deals for its clients.
Work Highlights
- Novotny Advogados assisted Ancar Ivanhoe Group with the acquisition of two entities that were held by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Agile and skilled lawyers with extensive knowledge regarding this type of corporate transaction. It is an excellent team."
"The team is highly qualified, with a business and strategic vision, and excellent partners that easily adapt to the different realities and needs of the company."
"Agile and skilled lawyers with extensive knowledge regarding this type of corporate transaction. It is an excellent team."
"The team is highly qualified, with a business and strategic vision, and excellent partners that easily adapt to the different realities and needs of the company."
Notable Practitioners
Co-head of department, partner Paulo Penna assists clients from the finance sector with M&A and transactions.
"Paulo is an excellent lawyer with distinct knowledge of Brazilian corporate law and real estate transactions."
"Excellent professional, very attentive and able to master the subjects."
Gabriel Corrêa is an up-and-coming partner of the firm who is able to act on behalf of clients on corporate matters, including those dealing with M&A and corporate governance.
"In addition to availability and impeccable attention, he demonstrated vast knowledge about the issues we were dealing with."
"Gabriel Corrêa is an excellent lawyer, highly qualified, with a strategic and business-oriented vision, transparent, proactive, ethical and who inspires a lot of confidence."
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