Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity
We provide full assistance in the structuring, negotiation, and implementation of mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Our team is formed by highly specialized attorneys who are familiar with all aspects of the transactions, most of whom with post-graduate degrees and international experience acquired while obtaining masters degrees in the most prestigious U.S. and European institutions or working as International Associates at renowned law firms in New York and other major financial centers. Our M&A group works in coordination with attorneys from other areas of the firm such as tax, competition law, environmental law, labor and employment law, administrative law, regulated industries, capital markets and securitization, and banking and structured finance. The firm provides these services to Brazilian and foreign clients, in all types of transactions, including buyouts, transfers of minority interests and the planning and implementation of corporate reorganizations, consolidations, mergers or spin-offs. Our practice ranges from venture capital and private equity to the sale or acquisition of public companies, including tender offers. We have been involved in transactions in all major industries, including financial services, insurance, manufacturing, retail, agribusiness and utilities. Our services include:
- due diligence and the management of data-rooms;
- drafting and negotiation of all agreements and other required documents such as share sale and purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, consortiums and other partnership or joint venture agreements;
- drafting of corporate documents such as minutes of shareholders’ or board meetings;
- compliance with regulations and legal or regulatory requirements, such as filing of corporate documents and keeping of corporate records;
- compliance with regulations and legal requirements applicable to registration as publicly-held companies with the Brazilian Securities Commission and later providing advice in complying with rules applicable to such companies;
- structuring, negotiation, and documentation of shareholders’ agreements;
- planning and implementation of corporate reorganizations, consolidations, spin-offs, conversions, and liquidations; and
- advice as to the registration of foreign investments in accordance with exchange controls, as well as with respect to dividend remittances and capital repatriation.