Pinheiro Guimarães, Investment Funds | Chambers Global Profile

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Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães

Pinheiro Guimarães renders legal services to lead underwriters, structurers, investors, asset management companies, top management, companies seeking funding through securitization deals involving investment funds and other participants in the investment funds industry. The services consist of advising as to the structure, regulatory and tax evaluation, constitution and distribution of quotas of investment funds, as well as advice with respect to the investments carried out by the investment funds. Pinheiro Guimarães counsels its clients with respect to all kinds of investment funds, focusing especially on structured transactions, particularly those including credit rights investments funds (FIDCs), funds for investment in equity (FIPs), real estate investments funds (FIIs), infrastructure investment funds (FI-Infra), agribusiness investment fund (FIAGRO), funds for financing the national cinematographic industry (FUNCINES) and non-standard credit rights investments funds (FIDCs – NP), among others.Pinheiro Guimarães has extensive experience in the structuring of investment funds to meet specific demands of clients, with documentation and structure developed especially for each transaction. Advising the clients in this regard includes identifying the best vehicle to meet the specific needs of each transaction, whether a securitization, private equity or structured finance transaction.

Chambers Review

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Investment Funds - Brazil

Band 3

What the team is known for

Pinheiro Guimarães maintains a busy department with a solid track record representing clients in structured funds. It is well equipped to handle mandates ranging over fund-raising matters, receivables and private equity structuring. Clients also benefit from firm's footprint in the capital markets arena to advise on quota issuance.

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Strengths

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"Pinheiro Guimarães boasts a high-quality team."

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"Pinheiro Guimarães boasts a high-quality team."

Investment Funds respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Paula Pessôa

Head of Investment Funds

Band 2

Paula Pessôa has well-established experience in the area of securitisation, FIDC and credit funds. She is experienced and well versed in a range of additional transactional matters.

"She is a reference in the market. I don't do anything without talking to her first. She's very experienced. She can put herself in our shoes, she identifies the risks and she comes up with solutions to mitigate them. She has a strong business and technical perspective."

"I like her. She is good and technical."

"She has shown deep knowledge in terms of litigation and strategy definition. Definitely an outstanding partner."

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