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Brazilian renewables company gets equity investment

Brazilian investment fund Augment has enlisted Pinheiro Guimarães in São Paulo to make a 459 million reais (US$85 million) equity investment in local renewable energy company Origo.

12 August 2022

Brazil’s Eneva inks second power plant buy in a week

Lefosse has helped Brazilian electricity group Eneva purchase a gas-fired thermal power plant from the local branch of Italian energy company Enel for 467 million reais (US$96 million).

21 June 2022

Brazil privatises Eletrobras

Brazilian state-owned development bank BNDES has hired Shearman & Sterling LLP in São Paulo and New York and local firms Lefosse and Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown to reduce its stake in Eletrobras through a 33.7 billion reais (US$6.9 billion) offering – the largest Brazilian privatisation in two decades.

20 June 2022

Pinheiro Guimarães bolsters project finance practice with hire

Pinheiro Guimarães has hired a partner from Brazilian Elite firm Lefosse to strengthen its project development and finance practice.

01 June 2022

Sugar group buys processing plant in Brazil

Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Brazilian sugar producer Jalles Machado buy a sugar and ethanol manufacturing facility from a local investment group for 705 million reais (US$142 million).

30 May 2022

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year winners announced

Latin Lawyer announced the winners of its 16th annual Deal of the Year Awards at a charity dinner in São Paulo on 5 May, which was attended by over 250 guests.

06 May 2022

XP fund raises US$170 million with offering

Pinheiro Guimarães has advised a fund administrated by Brazil's XP Investimentos in a public offering worth over 814 million reais (US$170 million).

19 April 2022

Deal of the Year 2021: the full shortlist

Latin Lawyer will announce the winners of the 16th annual Deal of the Year Awards on the night of our charity awards ceremoney at Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 5 May.

17 March 2022

Grupo Pão de Açúcar sells properties for US$316 million

Brazilian real estate group Barzel Properties has enlisted Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown to acquire a portfolio of properties from local retailer Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA) for 1.2 billion reais (US$316 million).

14 March 2022

Deal of the Year: the shortlists for disputes, regulatory and restructuring

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the disputes, regulatory and restructuring categories of our 16th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

04 March 2022