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BMA Advogados Offices
LARGO DO IBAM, 1 – 4th FLOOR, HUMAITA
RJ. 22271-070
Brazil
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Guilherme Zoghbi Ayala
Work Department
Real Estate Transactions
Position
Partner
Career
Guilherme Ayala is a partner in the Real Estate practice area. He has extensive experience in contract law and real estate transactions, providing clients with legal support on the civil, corporate and tax aspects of business transactions.
His practice includes real estate contracts and transactions in various sectors of the market, such as residential, commercial, hotels, hospitals, shopping centers, industrial, subdivisions, agribusiness and infrastructure. He represents both national and international clients, including big real estate developers in Brazil, designing the legal structure for real estate development projects and negotiating contracts typical of the real estate sector, such as purchase and sale, exchange, lease, built-to-suit, sale and lease back, joint ventures between real estate developers, construction contracts, and collateral security instruments. He also advises in debt financing transactions and securitization of receivables, and issues legal opinions in the areas of his expertise.
Languages
Portuguese, English
Memberships
OAB/RJ nº 125.250
Education
Specialization Course in Private Property Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica – PUC (2008).
LL.B., Cândido Mendes University – UCAM (2003).
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Real estate
BMA Advogados has a strong bench of partners and associates with good credentials across all areas of real estate. Operating from offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the practice has established a good reputation in key asset classes, including shopping centres, industrial facilities, logistics, and office developments. Practitioners regularly handle complex real estate transactions and development projects that involve various aspects of corporate, M&A, tax, and capital markets law. Clients include major domestic and international developers, corporate leaseholders and investment funds. Cristiana Moreira, a key contact for major real estate developers in Brazil, predominantly advises on the structuring of development projects, transactions and construction contracts. Guilherme Zoghbi Ayala handles contractual and transactional matters in this space, while Gustavo Maia do Nascimento is the go-to lawyer for many domestic and international clients in sophisticated real estate deals, including financings, acquisitions of land and implementation of large-scale projects.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Intellectual property
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Environment
- Labour and employment
- Public law
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- Compliance
- Insurance
- TMT: Media