Jean Marcel Arakawa > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mattos Filho
Al. Joaquim Eugênio de Lima, 447
São Paulo, SP, CEP 01403-001
Brazil

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Work Department

Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Venture Capital

Position

Partner

Career

Jean advises Brazilian and international corporations, financial institutions and institutional investors in a wide array of capital markets and financial and corporate transactions.

With more than 20 years’ experience, Jean advises companies in a diverse range of industries on accessing capital markets – from entry through to obtaining initial registration with the Brazilian Securities & Exchange Commission (CVM) or listing securities with B3 and other organized markets. His services also include structuring and carrying out public offerings and private placements of shares, debt and hybrid securities, listing securities on organized markets, and assisting with market withdrawals through public acquisition offers or reorganizations involving publicly-held and private companies.

Jean applies his experience to advise publicly-held companies, financial institutions and institutional investors in meeting their legal, regulatory and self-regulatory obligations to participate in securities markets. He also advises on structuring and conducting fundraising, investments, divestments, reorganizations and other corporate transactions involving publicly-held companies or companies seeking to go public. Jean works with private equity and venture capital investments and divestments, especially structures linked to regulated markets or for withdrawing from the market through public offerings and stock market listings. He also defends capital market participants in administrative disciplinary proceedings filed by the CVM, and has recently focused on advising both investors and clubs with their investments in football, given the enactment of legislation creating a new corporate type for Brazilian football clubs (the Sociedade Anônima do Futebol).

Languages

Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian

Memberships

Member of the Regulatory Committee of the Brazilian Association of Venture Capital and Private Equity (ABVCAP).

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Universidade de São Paulo
Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Capital markets

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Jean Marcel Arakawa – Mattos Filho

Highlighted for its ‘profound understanding of both local and international financial markets‘, Mattos Filho has the ‘ability to provide strategic and innovative legal counsel across a range of capital markets transactions, including public offerings, bond issuances, and financial restructuring deals‘. On the equity front, the team has an unparalleled position in the market for its historical involvement in large public equity offerings made by Brazilian companies; despite the recent IPO drought, the firm has remained busy advising issuers, underwriters, selling shareholders and anchor offerings in follow-ons. The group also fields a deep DCM bench, which gained particular prominence as the market collectively turned its attention to debt and securitisation offerings at the end of 2022. Focused on public offerings and private placements of shares, debt and hybrid securities, Jean Marcel Arakawa is a reference for domestic and international corporations, financial institutions and investors. ECM specialist Vanessa Fiusa assists public listed companies with regulatory and corporate governance issues, while Bruno Tuca is noted for his issuer and underwriter-side work in the DCM space. Caio Cossermelli and Henrique Ferreira Antunes have advised on numerous IPOs and follow-ons; Raphael Saraiva is the name to note for securitisation transactions involving agribusiness receivables.

Jean Marcel Arakawa > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

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