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About
Provided by Filipe Areno
Practice Areas
Assists Latin American / U.S. clients in public / private offerings of equity / debt securities and M&A. Has handled 80+ offerings representing issuers and underwriters, including Raízen's US$1.3 billion IPO (the largest IPO in 2021) and BTG Pactual's multiple equity and debt offerings. M&A recent work includes two ongoing De-SPACs involving Semantix and Superbac, Mubadala's US$1.6 billion acquisition of RLAM (the first refinery to be sold by Petrobras) and Adtalem's US$465 million sale of its Brazilian educational business to YDUQS.
Career
LL.M., The University of Chicago Law School; J.D., The University of São Paulo Law School
Personal
English, Portuguese, Spanish.
Chambers Review
Global
São Paulo-based partner Filipe Areno is a respected figure acting as international counsel on a wide range of capital markets transactions, especially deals that involve M&A.
São Paulo-based partner Filipe Areno maintains a broad corporate practice, acting on M&A and capital markets mandates. He handles major acquisitions in Brazil and is noted for his practice involving special purpose acquisition companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Filipe is very focused on capital market deals. I have seen him handling diverse matters but he is pretty present on equity deals."
"He is a very responsible lawyer who has been helping us with many matters, practically everything."
"Filipe is a relaxed lawyer who knows a lot about both the Brazilian and the American jurisdictions so he acts as a bridge for us."
"Filipe is very focused on capital market deals. I have seen him handling diverse matters but he is pretty present on equity deals."
"He is a very responsible lawyer who has been helping us with many matters, practically everything."
"Filipe is a relaxed lawyer who knows a lot about both the Brazilian and the American jurisdictions so he acts as a bridge for us."