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Flávia Stievani

Flávia Stievani

Winston & Strawn LLP, United States

Work Department

Transactions/Corporate M&A

Position

Flávia concentrates her practice on corporate governance, fund formation, securities laws, and compliance.

Flávia is a member of the firm’s corporate department and Winston’s Brazilian Affiliate. Flávia has extensive experience advising public and private companies and private equity firms on corporate governance matters, securities laws, and corporate reorganizations. Flávia has also advised investors in securities class action suits. She is admitted both in New York and in Brazil.

Career

Represented publicly listed companies in corporate reorganizations, reporting obligations relating to M&A transactions, issuance of shares, tender offers, drafting and negotiating shareholders’ agreements, and drafting memorandums. Represented clients in registered and non-registered public offerings of securities in the domestic and foreign capital markets (equity IPO and follow-on, debt, warrants). Represented companies and their managers in compliance investigations. Advised clients in the public offering of securities. Represented a Private Equity firm in the acquisition of 70% stake in health services provider worth US$ 1.3 billion; and advised in sale of stake representing 83% of a Brazilian Sugar and Alcohol company to BP for US$680 million.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

Admissions Brazil New York

Education

In 2015, Flávia received an LLM from The University of Chicago School of Law, and in 2010 a BL (JD Equivalent) from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo in Brazil.

Personal

The Legal 500 International Firms: Recognized for Corporate and M&A (2025) Lawdragon, Named among the “100 Lawyers You Need to Know in South America” for Capital Markets, M&A, Private Equity, and Energy (2025) Latinvex, Latin America’s: Top 100 Female Lawyers for Capital Markets, Corporate, and M&A transactions (2022-2024) Latinvex, Latin America’s Rising Legal Stars (2021) Part of the team that won the “Energy Export Finance Deal of the Year” for Raizen’s green loan structured under the SACE Push Strategy Program, financing general corporate purposes including eligible green projects in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors (TXF, 2023)

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