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About
Provided by Rossana Fernandes Duarte
Practice Areas
Real Estate; Forestry Investments.
Career
With more than thirty years of experience in real estate, Rossana assists clients in connection with real estate investments in residential, office, mixed-use and industrial properties, logistics, shopping malls and retail, data centers, hospitality and tourism, infrastructure, agribusiness, and the health sector, among others. She advises on real estate deals involving urban and rural property, including purchase and sale, lease, sale and lease-back, buy-to-lease, and built-to-suit transactions, land use and zoning, subdivisions and developments, land exchanges, real estate structured finance, securitizations of real estate receivables (CRIs), real estate funds, real estate M&A, joint ventures, divestments, agricultural contracts, agribusiness securities, interaction with minorities, and regularization of rural properties.
Rossana has pioneered a practice group focused on real estate and capital markets, with strong expertise in real estate financing transactions. Between 2003 and 2012, she taught a course on real estate investments at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/PEC/SP).
Since 2008, Rossana has been an active member of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Real Estate Section, of which she has also been Co-chair, and acts as an advisory board member of the Legal Practice Division and liaison officer of the IBA’s Real Estate Section.
Languages Spoken
English and Portuguese.
Education
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Bachelor of Laws
Academy of American and International Law
Specialization in International and Comparative Law
Practice Areas
Real Estate; Forestry Investments
Career
With more than thirty years of experience in real estate, Rossana assists clients in connection with real estate investments in residential, office, mixed-use and industrial properties, logistics, shopping malls and retail, data centers, hospitality and tourism, infrastructure, agribusiness, and the health sector, among others. She advises on real estate deals involving urban and rural property, including purchase and sale, lease, sale and lease-back, buy-to-lease, and built-to-suit transactions, zoning, subdivisions and developments, land exchanges, real estate structured finance, securitizations of real estate receivables (CRIs), real estate funds, real estate M&A, joint ventures, divestments, agricultural agreements, agribusiness securities, interactions with minorities, and regularization of rural properties.
Rossana has pioneered a practice group focused on real estate and capital markets, with strong expertise in real estate financing transactions. Between 2003 and 2012, she taught a course on real estate investments at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/PEC/SP).
Since 2008, Rossana has been an active member of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Real Estate Section, of which she has also been Co-chair, and acts as an advisory board member of the Legal Practice Division and liaison officer of the IBA’s Real Estate Section.
Education
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRS)
Bachelor of Laws
Academy of American and International Law, Texas (USA)
Specialization in International and Comparative Law
Chambers Review
Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Rossana Fernandes Duarte enjoys a solid reputation regarding her strong expertise in advising clients on sector-related real estate operations.
Brazil: Transactional
Rossana Fernandes Duarte of Mattos Filho has a well-established experience in the real estate arena. She routinely advises clients on restructuring of real estate investment funds, as well as on acquisitions and sales of corporate buildings, swap agreements and negotiation of BTS agreements.
Rossana Fernandes Duarte of Mattos Filho has a well-established experience in the real estate arena. She routinely advises clients on restructuring of real estate investment funds, as well as on acquisitions and sales of corporate buildings, swap agreements and negotiation of BTS agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rossana is a well-known lawyer who is very active in timberland investment. We've had many cases together."
"She is certainly one of the best partners I deal with in my role. I really enjoy working with Rossana and admire her knowledge, interpersonal skills, technical background and leadership."
"Rossana is highly competent; she knows the sector very well and has a lot of experience."
"Rossana has plenty of legal knowledge and market experience. She also knows really well who we are and how we think. The shared history we have with her in deals helps our work a lot."
"Rossana has a unique ability to dominate a deal. She's the only lawyer I can just let handle a deal and not feel fear or the need to micromanage. She takes on complex cases really well."
"She's really experienced, which is reassuring and she also has commercial vision, going beyond the legal knowledge."
"Rossana combines enormous experience and deep knowledge of this area, with commercial vision and knowledge of other areas of law that allow her to contribute decisively to sophisticated deals."
"Rossana is a well-known lawyer who is very active in timberland investment. We've had many cases together."
"She is certainly one of the best partners I deal with in my role. I really enjoy working with Rossana and admire her knowledge, interpersonal skills, technical background and leadership."
"Rossana is highly competent; she knows the sector very well and has a lot of experience."
"Rossana has plenty of legal knowledge and market experience. She also knows really well who we are and how we think. The shared history we have with her in deals helps our work a lot."
"Rossana has a unique ability to dominate a deal. She's the only lawyer I can just let handle a deal and not feel fear or the need to micromanage. She takes on complex cases really well."
"She's really experienced, which is reassuring and she also has commercial vision, going beyond the legal knowledge."
"Rossana combines enormous experience and deep knowledge of this area, with commercial vision and knowledge of other areas of law that allow her to contribute decisively to sophisticated deals."
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