Market: Brazil

A former legal manager of Brazilian stock market self-regulator BSM Supervisão de Mercados has joined Bocater, Camargo, Costa e Silva, Rodrigues Advogados Associados as partner and head of its new capital markets infrastructure group.

31 August 2023

Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper has helped Brazilian football club Botafogo negotiate the sale of its TV rights to US investor Serengeti Asset Management and Brazilian fund Life Capital Partners, as the two investors injected capital into breakaway football league Liga Forte Futebol.

31 August 2023

Cascione Advogados has hired a former Stocche Forbes Advogados partner to lead its white-collar crime, compliance and corporate investigations practice.

30 August 2023

Matter, Boettcher, Zanini e Souza Advogados has helped Brazilian hospital operator Americas Health buy a majority stake in local counterpart Austa.

30 August 2023

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused a Brazilian compliance lawyer of profiting from confidential information that he accessed whilst working as a visiting attorney in the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

29 August 2023

Two Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP offices and BMA Advogados in São Paulo have helped Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRecôncavo obtain a US$60 million loan to fund its purchase of local oil assets from Sweden’s Maha Energy, which took place earlier this year.

29 August 2023

Brazilian infrastructure boutique Furcolin Mitidieri Advogados – founded by two former in-house lawyers in 2021 – has hired a lawyer with experience at Highly Recommended Vieira Rezende Advogados as partner, strengthening its regulatory and energy practices.

25 August 2023

Brazilian healthcare brokers Piwi and Pipo Saúde have hired Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados and Souto Correa Advogados, respectively, to launch a joint venture to deliver corporate health benefits.

25 August 2023

Several Kirkland & Ellis LLP offices and Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo have helped US private equity group Bain Capital acquire Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão, valued at US$1.1 billion, from New York-headquartered counterpart Rhône Capital.

23 August 2023

A string of international and Latin American firms has helped Canadian miner Lundin secure a US$800 million loan to refinance existing debt.

23 August 2023