Bernardo Freitas

Practice Areas

Corporate and M&A

Capital Markets

Corporate and Asset Restructuring

Foreign Investments

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Project Finance

Reorganization and Bankruptcy

Startup and Fintech

Technology and Innovation

Career

Founding partner of Freitas Ferraz, Bernardo co-heads the Corporate and M&A practice. He is experienced in negotiating, structuring, and implementing M&A transactions, corporate restructuring, mutual investment funds, private equity, and venture capital deals. Bernardo also provides advice on cross-border investments and capital markets regulation.

He often represents domestic and foreign clients from sectors such as infrastructure and transportation, banking, healthcare, metals & mining, utilities & alternative energy, real estate, technology, construction and engineering, retail, and education.

Bernardo taught “Business Law” at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG (2012-2013), and “Capital Markets” (2013-2016) and "M&A and transactions" (2021) at IBMEC/MG.

Publications

Coordinator and co-author of the books: “Sociedades Anônimas e Mercado de Capitais: Estudos em Homenagem ao Prof. Osmar Brina Corrêa-Lima,” “Fundos de Investimentos – Aspectos Jurídicos, Regulamentares e Tributários;” co-author of the book: “Finanças Corporativas – Aspectos Jurídicos e Estratégicos.”

Professional Memberships

Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresarial (IBRADEMP)

Work Highlights

- Assistance to Horizonte Minerals (a British company listed on AIM and TSX) in the negotiation of a funding package of USD 633 million;

- Assistance to the shareholders of Avenue Code (a leading software consultancy group) in a cross-border transaction involving Compass.UOL;

- Assistance to Noverde Tecnologia e Pagamentos (a technology start-up providing financial services to thousands of Brazilians through a 100% digital credit platform) in the sale of 100% of its shares to Dotz.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Brazil

Languages Spoken

English

Education