Ricardo Ferreira Bolan in our news

Brazil’s CVC makes equity follow-on issuance

Brazilian travel operator CVC has relied on Mayer Brown LLP in New York and Tauil & Chequer Advogados in São Paulo to raise 550 million reais (US$113 million) through an equity follow-on offering.

06 July 2023

Banco Votorantim buys fintech from Méliuz

Banco Votorantim has enlisted Lefosse to buy Brazilian fintech Acesso from local technology company Méliuz for 210 million reais (US$43 million).

06 July 2023

Brazil assigns Central Bank to regulate virtual assets

Brazil’s government has designated its Central Bank as the country’s virtual asset supervisor with its financial market regulator overseeing tokenised securities, and with detailed regulatory proposals still to come.

22 June 2023

BTG buys assets with new US$150 million real estate fund

Souto Correa Advogados has helped BTG Pactual set up a real estate investment fund to acquire assets worth US$150 million from LOG, a Brazilian commercial property developer.

21 June 2023

Pérez-Llorca hires Lefosse partner to target Brazilian work

Lefosse partner Gonçalo Capela Godinho will join Pérez-Llorca’s Madrid office next month to help the Iberian firm foster relationships with clients in Portuguese-speaking markets.

20 June 2023

London SPAC buys Brazilian mines from UK PE group

UK private equity fund Appian has hired Norton Rose Fulbright in London and Madrona Fialho Advogados and Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados in São Paulo to sell two Brazilian mines to a London-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for US$1 billion.

16 June 2023

Brazilian firms in US$5.1 billion global car leasing buy

Lefosse and TozziniFreire Advogados in São Paulo has helped French car leasing company ALD buy Dutch counterpart LeasePlan in a global deal worth 4.8 billion euros (US$5.1 billion).

13 June 2023

Lefosse and Moysés & Pires in first airport concession rebid

Lefosse has helped Swiss airport operator Zurich Airport place a 320 million reais (US$64 million) winning bid for a 30-year concession for São Gonçalo do Amarante Airport (ASGA) in northeastern Brazil, the first time that a local airport concession has been rebid.

07 June 2023

Latin Lawyer Awards: in pictures

Last month, Latin Lawyer held its 17th annual charity awards ceremony to announce the winners of its Deal of the Year Awards and celebrate the achievements of some of the region’s leading lawyers.

06 June 2023

BNP Paribas buys stake in Magazine Luiza’s insurance division

Vinson & Elkins LLP in New York and Washington, DC and Machado Meyer Advogados in São Paulo have helped the insurance division of BNP Paribas buy out Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza from the companies’ insurance joint venture, a deal worth 1 billion reais (US$201 million).

01 June 2023

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