Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados

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Partners: 15 (Nancy Gombossy de Melo Franco, Gabriel Buscarini Leutewiler, Vitor dos Santos Henriques, Aldo Augusto Martinez Neto, Aline Dias, André Prado Freitas, Gabriela Sella, Guilherme Moura, Isabel Loffredo, Ricardo Medina Salla, Rodolfo Bertin, Thiago Soares Gerbasi, Tiago Espellet Dockhorn and William Rizzi)

Number of other lawyers: 90

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and French

The strong performance of Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados in all areas of Business Law enables the firm to provide its clients with a specialized, multidisciplinary and innovative view in relevant transactions, consultations and strategic litigation. The firm understands that high professional qualification also involves a necessary customization, especially regarding the intense knowledge of its clients’ market and the goals they intend to achieve in their business.

Agribusiness:

Our partners have a tradition and recognition in agribusiness, working in cases ranging from consultancy, negotiation and contractual issues to strategic litigation, typical of the production chain in this sector of the economy.

Banking:

Our banking and finance law practice has long been recognized for its technical precision, experience and knowledge of the market, as well as for the highest level of quality, sophistication and rigor in the search for the best solutions, both in domestic and multi-jurisdictional operations. Since we advise financial institutions, multilateral organizations, credit funds, development banks, credit agencies, hedge funds, trading companies, sponsors and Brazilian and foreign suppliers, our team has a global view of the peculiarities of each project.

Capital Markets:

The firm works on offers with a deep understanding of the Brazilian market and specific issues related to the industry or sector of their business. Clients include securitisation companies, assets, fintechs, DTVMs and CTVMs, credit funds, funds focused on illiquid assets, credit rights investment funds, commercial and investment banks, as well as Brazilian and foreign companies in various segments of the economy.

Corporate:

Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados has a multidisciplinary and proactive team specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity, which acts extensively in national and international transactions and complex corporate and commercial matters, advising on all types of business in the most diverse sectors of the economy.

The area includes sophisticated transaction structuring, including the purchase and sale of equity stakes and assets in Brazil or abroad and various corporate reorganizations.

Dispute Resolution:

The clients of the firm benefit from the performance of a team focused on mapping different strategies aimed at the best outcome of the case, whether for the prevention or resolution of disputes, both in domestic and multi-jurisdictional cases. The firm's lawyers' extensive experience involves a strong presence in the main sectors of the industry, with an emphasis on arbitration, mediation and strategic litigation.

Labour:

The firm advises clients on strategic labour litigation and advisory matters, including multidisciplinary matters related to compliance, data protection and competition.

Mergers and Acquisitions:

The area includes sophisticated transaction structuring, including the purchase and sale of equity interests and assets in Brazil or abroad and various corporate reorganisations, in the most diverse sectors of the economy. The team works in synergy with several other areas of the firm to propose the most efficient and appropriate structures.

Tax:

The firm provides sophisticated solutions to a variety of tax issues – from tax litigation to business transactions –, ensuring full legal assistance to national and multinational companies. The team handles complex tax analysis on direct and indirect taxes, social security contributions and foreign trade, working together with other areas of the firm to design multidisciplinary solutions that boost clients’ businesses. The tax team advises clients on planning, structuring and conducting business for the purpose of mitigating tax risks and increasing tax efficiency.

Real Estate:

We advise on complex real estate-based transactions or those involving real guarantees, from the legal valuation of assets and the structuring of deals such as built to suit, sale & lease back and the constitution of real surface rights, to the constitution of real estate investment funds and the structuring of fundraising projects to finance projects such as the generation of energy from renewable sources.

Infrastructure:

The infrastructure sector, with its complex engineering and construction contracts, requires specialist knowledge and oversight to ensure the successful execution of strategic solutions at each step of project maturation.

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