Lollato Lopes Rangel Ribeiro

Managing Partners: Felipe Lollato, Tiago Lopes, Francisco Rangel and Aguinaldo Ribeiro Jr.

Firm Overview:
A boutique firm with a sole focus on restructuring and insolvency areas, Lollato Lopes Rangel Ribeiro provides a high level of attention in delivering strategical and innovative solutions for its clients.

Well-established for 30 years, the firm has offices in different regions of Brazil and has gathered experience on cross-border matters and litigation insolvency-related matters, in both middle-market and high-profile cases.

The firm has a strong story representing companies in the bankruptcy process, with more than 200 restructuring cases on behalf of debtors. It is proud that the majority of its clients negotiated their debts and began to be profitable institutions again. Recent ongoing cases involve “Grupo Thá”, established in 1895 and one of the oldest and most important construction groups in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian branch of a multinational pharmaceutical group.

The firm has worked with clients of several economic sectors, such as banking institutions, telecom, real estate, agribusiness, among others. It also advises local and international investors, shareholders and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and distressed transactions.

The team is highly specialised in insolvency, judicial/extrajudicial reorganisation, as well as strategic litigation and arbitration. The firm has a solid reputation in being always ready to seek the best strategy for the client based on efficiency and personalised service. It is the firm's view that all cases should be personally handled by the partners so that their experience is applied to all aspects of the cases. This allows Lollato Lopes Rangel Ribeiro to treat clients with a strategic approach that goes beyond just the normal legal handing of a typical restructuring case, meaning being involved in transactions that run parallel, not just to the legal work but to the business itself, such as securing new money, assets sales, and corporate restructuring.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Judicial/Extrajudicial reorganization and Insolvency

• Full assistance of companies in a situation of financial or economic crisis, that includes, through judicial/extrajudicial reorganisation procedure:
• Diagnosis and definition of the best strategy to be adopted, considering the indebtedness profile of each client;
• Judicial or extrajudicial representation of the company in negotiations with creditors or in cases of judicial/extrajudicial reorganisation, as well as drawing up restructuring plans and conducting creditors assembly;
• Advice in all phases of the reorganisation procedure, with the preparation of the necessary instruments for its implementation;
• Conduct of legal proceedings involving creditors of all kinds

Judicial and Arbitral Litigation

• Experience in conducting the phase that precedes the lawsuit of disputes, either in advising negotiations or in defining the judicial strategy to be adopted.
• Litigation related to credits and debts with the debtor or the creditor acting in all aspects of banking law. The firm also represents companies, cooperatives and individuals from the most diverse segments in litigation related to credit recovery.
• Judicial disputes and strategic arbitrations related to commercial contracts, corporate and capital market discussions, in particular: dissolution of companies, accountability of directors, breach of agreements and corporate contracts, defense of the interests of investment funders and accountability, defense of capital market agents (managers and custodians).

Special credit situations

• Consultative action in the analysis of opportunities in the credit segment, such as: precatory, non-performing credits and judicial / arbitrators credit rights. Elaboration of audit reports, consultancy, legal opinions on lawsuits and legal issues discussed to demonstrate the feasibility and risks of operations. Elaboration of instruments to formalise the purchase and sale of this type of asset.
• Representation of funds and investment banks after the acquisition of the assets, in order to obtain a settlement of the credits acquired in the judicial, arbitral or administrative scope.

Offices 

Curitiba / PR - Brazil 

+55 41 3092-5550

Av. do Batel, 1647
Ed. Landmark Batel, Sala 804
Batel CEP 80420-090

Email: [email protected]

Florianópolis / SC - Brazil 

+55 48 3036.0476

Rod. Jose Carlos Daux, 5500
Torre Jurere A, Sala 413
Saco Grande CEP 88032-005

Email: [email protected]

São Paulo / SP - Brazil 

+55 11 2574.2644

Rua do Rocio 350 Cj. 51
Vila Olímpia CEP 04552-000

Email: [email protected]

Managing Partners: Felipe Lollato, Tiago Lopes, Francisco Rangel and Aguinaldo Ribeiro Jr.

Firm Overview

A boutique firm with a sole focus on restructuring and insolvency areas, Lollato Lopes Rangel Ribeiro provides a high level of attention in delivering strategical and innovative solutions for its clients.

Well-established for 30 years, the firm has offices in different regions of Brazil and has gathered experience on cross-border matters and litigation insolvency-related matters, in both middle-market and high-profile cases.

The firm has a strong story representing companies in the bankruptcy process, with more than 200 restructuring cases on behalf of debtors. It is proud that the majority of its clients negotiated their debts and began to be profitable institutions again. Recent ongoing cases involve “Grupo Thá”, established in 1895 and one of the oldest and most important construction groups in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian branch of a multinational pharmaceutical group.

The firm has worked with clients of several economic sectors, such as banking institutions, telecom, real estate, agribusiness, among others. It also advises local and international investors, shareholders and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and distressed transactions.

The team is highly specialised in insolvency, judicial/extrajudicial reorganisation, as well as strategic litigation and arbitration. The firm has a solid reputation in being always ready to seek the best strategy for the client based on efficiency and personalised service. It is the firm's view that all cases should be personally handled by the partners so that their experience is applied to all aspects of the cases. This allows Lollato Lopes Rangel Ribeiro to treat clients with a strategic approach that goes beyond just the normal legal handing of a typical restructuring case, meaning being involved in transactions that run parallel, not just to the legal work but to the business itself, such as securing new money, assets sales, and corporate restructuring.

Main Areas of Practice

Judicial/Extrajudicial reorganization and Insolvency

• Full assistance of companies in a situation of financial or economic crisis, that includes, through judicial/extrajudicial reorganisation procedure:
• Diagnosis and definition of the best strategy to be adopted, considering the indebtedness profile of each client;
• Judicial or extrajudicial representation of the company in negotiations with creditors or in cases of judicial/extrajudicial reorganisation, as well as drawing up restructuring plans and conducting creditors assembly;
• Advice in all phases of the reorganisation procedure, with the preparation of the necessary instruments for its implementation;
• Conduct of legal proceedings involving creditors of all kinds

Judicial and Arbitral Litigation

• Experience in conducting the phase that precedes the lawsuit of disputes, either in advising negotiations or in defining the judicial strategy to be adopted.
• Litigation related to credits and debts with the debtor or the creditor acting in all aspects of banking law. The firm also represents companies, cooperatives and individuals from the most diverse segments in litigation related to credit recovery.
• Judicial disputes and strategic arbitrations related to commercial contracts,corporate and capital market discussions, in particular: dissolution of companies, accountability of directors, breach of agreements and corporate contracts, defense of the interests of investment funders and accountability, defense of capital market agents (managers and custodians).

Special credit situations

• Consultative action in the analysis of opportunities in the credit segment, such as: precatory, non-performing credits and judicial / arbitrators credit rights. Elaboration of audit reports, consultancy, legal opinions on lawsuits and legal issues discussed to demonstrate the feasibility and risks of operations. Elaboration of instruments to formalise the purchase and sale of this type of asset.
• Representation of funds and investment banks after the acquisition of the assets, in order to obtain a settlement of the credits acquired in the judicial, arbitral or administrative scope.

Offices

Curitiba / PR - Brazil

+55 41 3092-5550

Av. do Batel, 1647

Ed. Landmark Batel, Sala 804

Batel CEP 80420-090

email: [email protected]

Florianópolis / SC - Brazil

+55 48 3036.0476

Rod. Jose Carlos Daux, 5500

Torre Jurere A, Sala 413

Saco Grande CEP 88032-005

email: [email protected]

São Paulo / SP - Brazil

+55 11 2574.2644

Rua do Rocio 350 Cj. 51

Vila Olímpia CEP 04552-000

email: [email protected]