A broad range of clients - including publicly traded and closely held companies, financial institutions, investment funds, and securitisation firms - regularly turn to Pinheiro Guimarães for advice on debt capital markets transactions. The team is particularly strong in public offerings and private placements of debentures and notes, as well as structured assets such as mortgage-backed securities (CRIs), agribusiness receivable-backed securities (CRAs), and investment fund quotas. Drawing on expertise in capital markets, banking, and M&A, Plinio Pinheiro Guimaraes N co-heads the department alongside Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães, who shares similar strengths, Paula Beatriz Carneiro Pessôa, recognised for her work in structured finance, derivatives, and investment funds, and Ivie Moura Alves, a key contact for DCM matters. Bruno Lardosa advises financial institutions, investors, multilateral organisations, asset managers, and corporations on debt and equity transactions in both domestic and international markets.
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Key clients

  • Citibank
  • Itaú BBA
  • Credit Suisse
  • BTG Pactual
  • Santander
  • Bradesco BBI
  • Organizações Globo
  • XP Investimentos
  • HSBC
  • Votorantim
  • Rede D'Or
  • JP Morgan

Work highlights

Advised the underwriters on the secondary public offering of common shares issued by Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP, in Brazil and abroad, by the State of São Paulo, in the total amount of R$14,8bn.
Acted for the underwriters in the issuance and public offering of non-convertible unsecured debentures, by Vale S.A., in the total amount of R$6bn.
Counsel to the issuer and arrangers on the 34th issuance and public offering of non-convertible and unsecured debentures by Rede D'Or São Luiz S.A., in the total amount of R$ 5.9bn.

Lawyers

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Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães N.; Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães; Paula Beatriz Carneiro Pessôa; Ivie Moura Alves

Other key lawyers

Bruno Lardosa; Carolina Alonso; Camila Ohno