Ricardo Prado > Lefosse Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Lefosse Advogados Offices
RUA TABAPUÃ, 1227
14TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO SP 04533-014
Brazil
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Ricardo Prado
Work Department
Banking and Finance and Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Ricardo is a partner in Capital Markets and Banking and Finance at Lefosse.
He has experience in a wide range of financial transactions including equity and debt capital markets, where he acted as a lawyer for both the issuer and underwriters in public offerings of securities in Brazil and abroad. Ricardo also has extensive experience advising clients on matters of corporate law, capital markets regulation and corporate governance as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Ricardo graduated in Law from Universidade Paulista. He served as an international associate at Davis Polk, in New York, focusing on capital markets.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Banking and finance
Commended by clients for its ‘in-depth knowledge of the regulations affecting financial institutions in Brazil and globally‘, the banking and finance practice at Lefosse Advogados is singled out for its transactional capabilities. The firm is home to highly experienced partners well-versed in debt capital markets, securitisations, and various forms of financing deals such as structured, asset, and project finance. Cross-border financings and restructurings also feature on the team’s impressive workload, which is further populated by regulatory mandates involving the payments and fintech sectors. The firm’s roster of partners includes Roberto Zarour, who specialises in structured finance, Kenneth Ferreira, a key contact to note for regulatory issues, Ricardo Prado, who focuses on financial and capital markets transactions, and Renata Cardoso, who alongside senior associate Fabio Perez, is praised for her ‘quick deliveries and extreme technical quality of work‘. Miriam Signor is proficient in project finance.
Brazil > Capital markets
Considered a ‘national benchmark in capital markets’, Lefosse Advogados offers a ‘great’ regulatory and transactional services. Led by managing partner Rodrigo Junqueira, the practice excels in equity capital markets, acting for a wide range of issuers and underwriters in both domestic and cross-border initial and secondary offerings. The team is also noted for its strong capabilities in debt issuances, where it advises banks and issuers. Key corporate partners, including Carlos Mello, provide crucial support to the team. Ricardo Prado, Roberto Zarour, who focuses on capital markets transactions, debt restructurings and structured finance, and senior associate Lucas Padilha are among the lawyers noted for their ‘organised and proactive manner’ and for ‘always bringing innovative ideas to better serve the client’. Other noteworthy individuals include Jana Araujo, who has led on some of the largest equity public offerings in Brazil, Felipe Gibson, Bruno Massis (a key contact for issuers, underwriters, investors, creditors and debtors), and senior associate Mariana Pollini, who handles both DCM and ECM work, including public offerings and private placement of securities.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Life sciences
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Telecoms
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Labour and employment
- White-collar crime and investigations
- Insurance