Mrs Ivana Bomfim > Cescon Barrieu > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Cescon Barrieu
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima
949 - Pinheiros
SAO PAULO - SP
05426 - 100
Brazil

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

​Ivana represents several entrepreneurs, developers, construction companies, shopping centers managers, hotel operators, condominium administrators, banks, financial institutions, retail companies, real estate investment funds and general investors in the real estate market.

She has extensive experience in structuring real estate deals, including sale and purchase, donation, exchange, in-kind payment, lease, built to suit, sale and lease back, creation of real estate guarantees, constitution of real estate surface rights, usufruct, easement, expropriation, real estate due diligence, structured transactions, capital market real estate transactions (formation of real estate investment funds; securitization of real estate receivables). She also works in real estate crisis management, structuring and re-structuring of real estate developments, land subdivisions and condominiums (residential, commercial and multi-use), real estate regularizations, focusing on the shopping mall sector and infrastructure projects (ports, wind and solar energy, refineries and gas pipelines).

Languages

English, Spanish and Portuguese

Memberships

  • Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Imobiliário (Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law – IBRADIM)
  • Member of the Associação Brasileira de Shopping Centers (Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers – ABRASCE)
  • Member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Real Estate Brazil
  • Member of the Aliança Jurídica pela Equidade de Gênero do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Legal Alliance for Gender Equity)

Education

  • Degree in Law – Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
  • Master’s degree in Financial and Capital Markets Law (LL.M) – Insper
  • Specialist in Contract Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Real estate

(Next Generation Partners)

Ivana Bomfim – Cescon Barrieu

Cescon Barrieu fields a versatile real estate practice with an impressive track record in complex transactions. This includes advice with a heavy corporate angle, such as deals involving joint ventures and special purpose vehicles, as well as investment funds and capital markets-related matters. Major domestic and international investors and developers turn to the group for assistance in mandates concerning key urban and rural asset classes, including residential, retail, commercial offices, and logistics sites. With extensive experience in real estate transactions and the development of residential and commercial projects, São Paulo-based Marcos Lopes Prado leads the team with Daniel Ribeiro Pettersen in Belo Horizonte. Recently promoted partner Vinicius Martins advises on the purchase and sale of real estate assets, leasing agreements, land use issues and zoning compliance. Ivana Bomfim, who was previously at Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados, joined in October 2023 to co-head the real estate team.