Pinheiro Neto Advogados advises a high-profile roster of investment banks and leading Brazilian and international companies across the full spectrum of capital markets transactions. The team handles domestic and cross-border equity offerings – including dual listings – M&A involving publicly held companies, liability management, and debt issuances, and has deep experience in infrastructure debentures, commercial paper, structured finance, green bonds, and agribusiness and real estate receivables certificates (CRAs and CRIs). A standout in ECM, Henrique Lang has advised on multiple noteworthy IPOs over the past two decades. Luiz Felipe Fleury Vaz Guimarães focuses on debt securities offerings and M&A for publicly listed companies. Other key figures include Tiago Themudo Lessa, noted for his expertise in bond offerings and agribusiness securitisations; Fernando Zorzo, a trusted adviser on equity offerings, tender offers, and exchange offers; Guilherme Sampaio Monteiro, who excels in ECM and M&A of listed companies; and Rafael Gaspar, a specialist in transactions with derivative components and securitisation structures. Ricardo Russo retired in January 2025.
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‘The firm’s excellence stems from its extremely advanced practical and theoretical knowledge of the fund sector.'
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Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Henrique Lang; Luiz Felipe Fleury Vaz Guimarães
Other key lawyers
Tiago Themudo Lessa; Fernando Zorzo; Guilherme Sampaio Monteiro; Rafael Gaspar; Camila Misciasci Derisio