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Chambers Latin America – Latin America’s Leading, Lawyer for Business
2013
Ranking
Banking & Finance: Brazil
Velloza & Girotto Advogados Associados
THE FIRM This firm prides itself on providing a tailored service to financial institutions. The team handles a considerable amount of funds work and sources say the firm comes into its own when combining tax and finance work. The firm has recently been advising Rabobank as lead arranger of a syndicate providing finance facilities to sugar, ethanol and energy clients.
THE FIRM “Quick feedback, high levels of client attention, personalised advice and practical solutions.”
KEY INDIVIDUALS
Partner Cesar Amendolara is described as a “business-oriented lawyer with a strong working relationship with the financial authorities.”
Tax: Brazil
Velloza & Girotto Advogados Associados
THE FIRM This corporate firm focuses on finance and tax and is at its best when combining the two. Clients praise the team’s expertise in direct tax and litigation, and especially in structuring transactions. The firm advises numerous financials in regards to structured products and investment funds, including Deutsche Bank, Citibank and Santander.
Sources say: “Up-to-date, quick and efficient lawyers, very knowledgeable about the matters in hand.”
KEY INDIVIDUALS
Rubens José Novakoski Fernandes Velloza comes highly recommended for sophisticated tax work in the finance sector: “He’s one of few in the market who truly understand financial products, derivatives and structures.”
Andrea Nogueira Neves is singled out for her knowledge of direct taxation and private pension law.
Fernanda Junqueira Calazans is a direct tax expert who is “attentive, available and really knows what she’s doing.”
Profile
Banking & Finance/Capital Markets: With reliance on nearly two decades of experience defending the interests of companies that operate in the financial sector, Velloza & Girotto assists national and international bank and other financial institutions in structuring and implementing their operations in Brazil, in addition to the creation and regulation of investment funds of all categories. The firm’s banking practice is highly acknowledged for dealing with bonds, financial products, syndicated loans, national and foreign securities issues, derivative transactions, structured finance, equity, fixed-income financial transactions, among others. The firm is also particularly active in advisory to the investment fund industry.
Corporate Law/Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): The firm has a strong experience in M&A transactions, representing Brazilian and foreign buyers and sellers from a variety of sectors of the economy in domestic and overseas M&A transactions. The firm also advises its clients on the structuring of corporate acquisitions, transformations, mergers, amalgamations, spin-offs and reorganisations of companies in general, and the creation of joint ventures and other arrangements.
Succession / Wealth Planning: Velloza & Girotto has a dedicated team for family wealth succession planning, working in the pursuit of the optimal solution in Brazil or abroad for the protection and continuity of wealth in the client’s family. In this area, the firm advises the clients in connection with pacts, wills, family agreements and governance policies and also assists the incorporation of family holding companies.
INTERNATIONAL WORK: The firm advises the major US, Latin American, European and Asian financial institutions, insurance companies and credit card companies that operate in Brazil, as well as prominent multinational conglomerates in a variety of sectors such as wholesale, automotive, construction, energy, hotel operation and real estate.
LANGUAGES: English, Portuguese and Spanish.
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