Carolina Testoni Alonso Camargo > Pinheiro Guimarães > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Pinheiro Guimarães
AV RIO BRANCO 181
27TH FLOOR
20040-918 RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
Brazil

Work Department

Banking&Finance; Structured Finance Securitization; Capital Markets; Debt Restructuring

Position

Partner

Career

Key Partner. Over the past 10 years Carolina Testoni Alonso has developed a unique expertise in asset backed capital markets transactions, participating in more than 80 transactions involving amounts of over BRL12 billion. Carolina has been involved in the structuring and execution of some of the most complex securitization transactions involving multiple sectors – real estate, agribusiness, financial assets – and a wide variety of clients, both domestic and international. Carolina’s proactivity and sharpness is praised by clients and she is often referred to as an asset to have on your side to drive complex transactions to a closure. Her deep knowledge of capital market regulations and also of the specific asset class is invaluable to complex and highly structured transactions involving multiple areas of expertise. Given Pinheiro Guimarães’ known expertise in complex and novel transactions, Carolina has been involved in several “cutting edge” structures for these types of transactions, often finding solutions that end up becoming the market standard on how to deal with issues that arise in these transactions. Over the years, Carolina has advised local issuers, sponsors and underwriters in private and public capital markets securitizations of debt securities and other debt obligations. Due to her corporate background, Carolina is also very familiar and has advised multiple clients in connection with private and public offerings of quasi-equity, convertible and redeemable securities, also as part of structured transactions that combine both debt and equity components

Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association

Education

Education: Colégio PH, Rio de Janeiro (BA); University of the State of Rio de Janeiro Law School, Rio de Janeiro (LLB, 2005); Getúlio Vargas Foundation (postgraduate studies in business law with specialisation in corporate and capital markets law, 2008). Member: Brazilian Bar Association.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Capital markets

Pinheiro Guimarães provides top-notch expertise in high-profile debt and equity capital markets deals. Major listed companies, financial institutions, and investment funds routinely turn to the practice for support in their most significant listings. With extensive experience in acting for both issuers and underwriters, the group’s ‘deep knowledge’ and broad service offering covers cross-border IPOs, secondary offerings, private placements, as well as real estate and agribusiness certificates. The team is led by highly esteemed banking, M&A and capital markets specialists Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães and Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães, who are based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo respectively. Senior partner Cristina Tomiyama combines comprehensive knowledge of capital markets regulations with a strong track record in ECM transactions, including IPOs, follow-ons and dual listings. The ‘extremely diligent and assertiveIvie Moura Alves is particularly skilled in debt offerings, while Bruno Lardosa maintains a broad practice acting for financial institutions, investors, multilaterals, asset managers and large corporations in ECM and DCM deals. The ‘excellentMariana Silveira Martins Jost and the ‘very technicalCarolina Testoni Alonso Camargo, who excels in asset-backed capital markets transactions, are also part of the core team.