The Capital Market & Compliance team at Velloza Advogados has professionals with sound experience throughout the capital markets spectrum, drawn from their careers in-house and at traditional firms.
With strong expertise and dedication to the investment funds industry, our lawyers navigate the environment of national and international investment funds with consistency, deep technical knowledge and a high level of understanding of the business, advising investors, asset managers, investment advisers, administrators, custodians, distributors, financial advisors, research companies, securities brokers, among others.
Our team handles all legal aspects of the incorporation of regulated players, steering the regulatory process, including the making of all market disclosures and filings with the CVM, BACEN, ANBIMA, ANCORD and APIMEC, as well as assists clients in the planning, creation and implementation of solid compliance policies, aligned to both regulatory requirements and best practices in the domestic and international markets. With strong expertise in compliance of regulated institutions in the national capital markets, our team also advises clients in the review and efficiency testing of internal control policies, assisting in pursuing and evidencing compliance.
We also play an active role in the development, structuring, registration and operation, filings, offering and liquidation of investment funds of all types and strategies regulated by the CVM, whether liquid funds regulated by ICVM No. 555, structured funds such as Private Equity Funds, Real Estate Investment Funds, Receivables Investment Funds, FUNCINEs, etc.
Whether in the modeling and operation of funds or in the structuring of the assets they acquire, the high degree of specialization of our Capital Markets & Compliance practice enables us to apply a deep industry-based approach in the legal review of the objectives pursued by players, providing precise and effective advice in, among other activities, launching funds, documenting and completing transactions, structuring debt instruments and in the relationship with domestic and foreign investors, issuers and regulators.
In yet another capacity, we represent clients in CVM and ANBIMA administrative sanctioning and non-sanctioning proceedings, pairing in-depth technical knowledge with the insightful ability to propose approaches that remedy or mitigate risk situations faced by market participants.