Ludmila Arruda Braga
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 5 : Real Estate
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+55 11 2504 4635Share profile
Band 5
About
Provided by Ludmila Arruda Braga
Practice Areas
Real Estate Transactions and Investments, China Desk, Agribusiness
Career
Real estate clients can benefit from Ludmila Braga’s broad-ranging practice encompassing all aspects of transactional real estate, including formation of real estate joint ventures, funds and real estate financing. Ludmila Braga has a reputation as a reference in advising funds, their managers and key quotaholders in fund structuring and formation in all key real estate industry verticals, as well as in advising in M&A transactions of all types in the real estate sector, as well as in advising in public offers, privatization transactions and distressed real estate, comprising various asset classes, such as residential, multifamily, industrial, office, logistics, mining, agribusiness and infrastructure.
Private and public clients, as well as state-owned companies, also seek her counsel on sustainable projects and innovative structures related to impact investing in the real estate market, leaning into sector convergence and applying interdisciplinary considerations (such as regulatory, tax, zoning and corporate impact of the structure considered by the client). In the agribusiness and forest investment, Ludmila Braga is focused in assisting clients in conforming their deals to the current legal restrictions for ownership and rural lease by foreign entities.
Ludmila was responsible for the development of the “Singapore Desk,” proposing legal advice to companies from Singapore interested in investing in Brazil. She has formerly worked as real estate senior and corporate associates at other international firms.
Ludmila has served clients such as public companies, major real estate investment funds and top-notch developers and investors.
Professional Memberships
- Member, Latin America Chamber of Commerce (LatamCham), Singapore.
Languages Spoken
- Portuguese;
- English;
- French;
- Spanish;
- Mandarin;
Education
Tsinghua University
Financial Leaders of Tomorrow, Summer Course (full scolarship)
New York University
Adaptive Leadership and Business Development
University of São Paulo (USP)
MBA, Real Estate - Sectoral Economy and Market
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP)
Extension in Corporate Law
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP)
“Dealing with the United States: US Business Law in International Transactions”
Paris Dauphine University
“Droit des Entreprises” – Droit des Enterprises (courses of Master 1 and 2)
ESA - Escola Superior de Advocacia
Environmental Law
Universidade Federal do Paraná
UFPR, Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)
Chambers Review
Brazil: Transactional
Ludmila Arruda Braga is an active real estate practitioner who's frequently sought after by important clients to assist them with structuring and implementing divestment plans and other real estate investment deals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ludmila leads our investment transactions with remarkable experience and confidence. Her performance is essential to leading the deal to a conclusion that's favourable to us."
"She has plenty of legal knowledge and she has a good demeanour in negotiations. She is an excellent lawyer."
"Ludmila leads our investment transactions with remarkable experience and confidence. Her performance is essential to leading the deal to a conclusion that's favourable to us."
"She has plenty of legal knowledge and she has a good demeanour in negotiations. She is an excellent lawyer."