Invest in an experienced legal counsel who values your business.
Consistency and respectable reputation are primordial for the investment business.
Our clients are among the most experienced investors and asset managers, and the transactions in which our firm acts as advisor are pointed out as the most sophisticated in the market. This track record demonstrates our vast experience in transactions involving funds and other investment vehicles.
As a full-service law firm, our advisory services provide a multidisciplinary support with the required approach to better serve investment funds structures of multiple natures.
Our firm has long standing relationships with clients acting in several industries and segments of the economy, which has enabled the development of a solid legal team capable of dealing with complex issues by contributing with innovative solutions.
Our services include legal advice not only for the incorporation, reorganization and daily transactions involving funds, invested assets, portfolio managers and investors, but also for the development of efficient allocation structures with targeted risk assessments in terms of portfolio management and potential disputes or regulatory issues.
For such purposes, our team maintains constant interactions with Brazilian authorities, regulators and associations active in the investment fund industry.
Our Main Services:
- FUND FORMATION
- Traditional legal practice in the corporate, capital markets and tax areas, with reliable experience and know-how in the incorporation, funding and structuring of investment funds.
- INVESTMENT FUNDS AND STRUCTURED TRANSACTIONS
- Specialized experience in transactions involving structured funds, with emphasis on credit rights investment funds (FIDC and FIDC-NP), private equity investment funds (FIP), real estate investment funds (FII), agribusiness investment funds (FIAGRO), exchange traded funds (ETF), among others. Our team also participate in groundbreaking transactions that adopt other types of investment funds to implement complex investment structures and portfolio composition, with local and/or foreign exposure of risk.
- LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE
- Robust team, with experience in multiple industries and legal sectors, including heavily regulated segments (i.e., infrastructure, agribusiness, energy, life sciences, telecom, financial services, among others).
- MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND COMPENSATION ISSUES
- Structuring management companies, carried interest and compensation arrangements and navigating related tax issues.
- TRADING AND INVESTMENT
- Distinguished track record and sophisticated M&A capabilities across a wide range of corporate transactions and business combinations.
- ADDED VALUE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
- Structuring compliance and corporate governance programs, as well as specialized policies for asset managers, supporting their provision of services to the market, investors and portfolios.
- FUNDRAISING AND EXIT STRATEGIES
- Structuring public and private offerings of investment fund quotas, as well as sales and secondary trading operations carried out by market participants.
- REGULATION OF ASSET MANAGERS AND INVESTMENT ADVISORS
- Assisting agents of the investment management industry to comply with the Brazilian regulatory regimes, including advising on registration, ongoing compliance and marketing issues, and strategic organizational change related to the regulatory environment.
- INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
- Representing institutional investors in connection with hedge fund, private equity fund, co-investment and other transactions, including funds of one and managed accounts.
