Mr Luís Ambrósio > Trench Rossi Watanabe > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Trench Rossi Watanabe
AV. SOLEDADE, 550, ED CARLOS GOMES CENTER
CONJUNTOS 402, 403 E 404 90470-340
PORTO ALEGRE, RS
Brazil
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Work Department

Commercial Contracts, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Luís Alberto Laboissière Ambrósio has more than 25 years of experience in financial law. He joined the Firm in 2015. He is a partner of the Corporate and Finance practice group. His work and expertise are focused on debt, both local and international. He has a wide breadth of experience in bank financing operations, capital market, project finance and debt restructuring, having participated in high profile cases.

He was the main legal advisor of Bank of America, the largest financial creditor in the Parmalat’s judicial recovery, which established several legal precedents, as well as for the International Finance Corporation – IFC,  in respect of the first offer of debt securities in the Brazilian capital market by a multilateral organization. Luis Ambrósio frequently represents financial institutions and corporate clients in highly complex financial transactions.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Education

He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) with a degree in Law.

Personal

In several occasions, Luis spoke at INSPER, by invitation of Prof. Marcel Reto, Ph.D,  about shareholders’ agreement of companies investing in green field projects, and also abroad, speaking about project financing, sale of assets of companies under judicial reorganization and regulatory aspects of the financial sector and capital markets.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Capital markets

Covering both debt and equity, Trench Rossi Watanabe‘s broad service offering in the capital markets space includes transactions, corporate governance and administrative matters before the CVM. The team, which is regularly instructed by corporate issuers, has been particularly active in debt capital markets work, but is also well versed in IPOs, follow-ons and tender offers. Practice head Daniel De Miranda Facó, a reference for issuers, financial institutions, investors and shareholders, handles debt and equity public offerings, and is also proficient in M&A involving listed companies. Luís Ambrósio is noted for debt deals, while Eduardo Herszkowicz, who joined from Cescon Barrieu in August 2023, possesses in-depth knowledge of investment funds, asset management and securitisations.