Carlos Motta

Practice Areas

Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets & Securitization, Private Equity & Venture Capital

Career

Carlos Motta serves clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions, capital markets equity, debt and hybrid transactions, corporate and capital markets advice on laws and regulations, compliance and corporate governance.

Carlos represents clients in many sectors including Infrastructure, Technology, Energy, Education, Retail, Logistic, Advertisement, Food and others.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A): Carlos advises to companies, banks, and financial advisors in relation to (M&A), including cases involving corporations, listed companies, joint ventures, private equity, capital increases and corporate reorganizations, takeovers and other acquisitions of equity interests, purchase and sale of shares, among other transactions. He has experience in both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.

Capital markets equity, debt and hybrid transactions: Carlos serves clients with IPOs, Follow-ons, private placements, PIPEs, SPACs, De-SPACs, warranties, convertibles, debt and hybrid issuances including debentures, promissory notes, bonds, real estate and agriculture securitization.

Corporate and Capital Markets laws and regulations: Carlos provides advice and represents controlling shareholders, directors and officers of corporations, listed companies, privately held legal entities, investment banks with respect to complex legal issues, compliance and corporate governance, shareholders and board meetings, corporate disputes, as well as representation before the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) and B3 (Brazilian stock exchange).

Carlos coordinates a multidisciplinary cross boarder team of the practices above mentioned and was global co-head of the Mayer Brown Global Corporate & Securities Practice from 2016 to 2019.

Languages Spoken

- English;

- Portuguese.

Education