Lending & Secured Finance
Brazil
19 August 2025
Felsberg Advogados advises a broad range of clients, including banks, multilateral agencies, and borrowers, on a variety of cross-border and domestic financing transactions. The team is particularly recognised for its strength in restructuring and insolvency matters, but is also adept at handling project, corporate, structured and acquisition finance. Co-head Maria da Graça Pedretti stands out for her strong track record in project finance and asset-based lending in the aviation space. Fellow practice co-head Ricardo Higashitani advises on cross-border syndicated loans and facilities.
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Key clients
- Caixa Econômica Federal
- Renova Energia S.A.
- Paranapanema S.A.
- Grupo Moreno
- Standard Bank Group
- Atrafin
- Vantiva S.A.
- Gramercy PG Holding LLC
- Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC
- ICBC do Brasil Banco Múltiplo S.A.
- Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A.
- Grupo Unigel
Work highlights
Advised Gramercy PG (UK) Holdings II-A Ltd on the financing to Pogust Goodhead and the refinancing of existing finance transactions entered by Pogust Goodhead for the mass environment claims against miners BHP and Vale.
Assisted Cerberus, as agent, in connection with a $150 revolving credit and term loan granted to Zeb Buyer, LLC (as initial borrower) for the acquisition of ZimVie (Spine) division of ZimVie Inc. by H.I.G. Capital, LLC.
Provided legal advisory services to Unigel, a group of companies engaged in the production of chemical and petrochemical products, in connection with the R$4.24bn restructuring of its debts to a pool of Brazilian and foreign banks, as well as bondholders and debentures’ creditors
Practice head
Maria da Graça Pedretti; Ricardo Higashitani