Banking & Finance
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 1
About
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
Pinheiro Guimarães has extensive experience in local and cross-border financing transactions. Its lawyers represent a wide range of clients that include both private and institutional lenders, governments and development agencies, multilateral organisations and corporate borrowers. Pinheiro Guimarães acts as counsel to both lenders and borrowers in connection with syndicated loans, refinancing transactions, import financing, export prepayment and other trade-related debt transactions, local and cross-border financial leases, securitisations, credit-linked debt and acquisition financings. A significant part of the practice involves representing clients undertaking project finance deals, structured finance products and debt restructuring (including bankruptcy proceedings and judicial and extrajudicial reorganisations).
It also assists financial institutions in developing banking and treasury products and in regulatory and compliance matters, including administrative proceedings and the reorganisation of financial groups, before the Central Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM).
Chambers Review
Pinheiro Guimarães enjoys a good recognition among peers and clients alike for its expertise advising on high-value and cutting-edge transactional mandates. It has an experienced team that often assists major domestic and international financial institutions with the negotiation of debts and cross-border trade finance, as well as structured finance deals such as syndicated loans. The firm is additionally sought out to provide counsel on the full range of complex regulatory matters, including issues arising from sector-related mergers and acquisitions.
Work Highlights
- Pinheiro Guimarães served as Brazilian counsel to several major underwriters, including BMO, Citigroup Global Markets, Credit Agricole Securities (USA), J.P. Morgan Securities, MUFG Securities Americas, Scotia Capital (USA) and SMBC Nikko Securities America. They facilitated Vale Overseas Limited's issuance and public offering of notes totaling USD1.5 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers at Pinheiro Guimarães have extensive knowledge of overseas operations."
"We really like working with Pinheiro Guimarães. They are very agile and keep close contact. They are always our first option for financing matters at all levels of complexity."
"They are very commercial and business-oriented, yet also conservative in terms of legal risk, which is beneficial."
"The lawyers at Pinheiro Guimarães have extensive knowledge of overseas operations."
"We really like working with Pinheiro Guimarães. They are very agile and keep close contact. They are always our first option for financing matters at all levels of complexity."
"They are very commercial and business-oriented, yet also conservative in terms of legal risk, which is beneficial."
Notable Practitioners
Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães has a wealth of experience in finance transactions, including structured finance and syndicated loans.
Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães offers experience in finance deals, as well as a comprehensive view of capital markets and M&A transactions.
Fábio Yanitchkis Couto has developed a noted practice often advising on structured finance and the acquisition of non-performing loans.
"Fábio Yanitchkis Couto is a great professional; he is assertive and possesses extensive technical knowledge."
Ivie Moura Alves joins the rankings this year based on her solid track record in the banking and finance sector.
Up-and-coming partner Bernardo Araújo Cunha is well-regarded for taking part in the structuring of financial deals, focusing on achieving efficiency while adhering to legal standards.
Ranked Lawyers at
Pinheiro Guimarães
Brazil
Members
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
Bernardo Cunha
Bruno Lardosa
Camila Ohno
Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães
Head of Department
Ivie Moura Alves
Júlia Benvenuto
Luiza Furtado
Marcela Taquette Vaz
Paula Pessôa
Head of Department
Renato Ruschi
Roberta Pimentel
Rodrigo Marcilio
Sergio Ramos Yoshino
Clients
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
B3
BNP Paribas
BTG Pactual
Banco BBM
Banco Safra
Banco Votorantim
Banco do Brasil
Bradesco
Citibank
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank AG
EDF
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Inter-American Investment Corporation
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Itaú BBA
Itaú Unibanco
JP Morgan
Klabin
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Pátria Investimentos
Quadra Gestão de Recursos
Rede D'Or
Santander
Vale S.A.
XP Investimentos
Industries
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
Energy
Financial
Health
Industrial
Infrastructure
Mining
Real Estate