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Investment Funds | Brazil: Transactional

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Band 1

  1. Mattos Filho
    1
    Mattos Filho
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Mattos Filho maintains a pioneering and market-leading investment funds department. It provides top-notch advice about funding structuring, including hedge and liquid funds, investment programme and fund-raising mandates. Its outstanding team is sought after by many of the most important private equity funds operating in Brazil. It is also active handling real estate funds. Investment banks also rely on the team to create new investment structures.
  2. Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    1
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados has a lengthy track record of acting on investment vehicles, including private equity, exchange-traded and real estate funds. The team is particularly noted for its regulatory strength and has experience acting on innovative fund structures. International private equity players rely on the firm for investment in Brazil. The team also benefits from Pinheiro Neto's formidable relationship with investment banks.
2

Band 2

  1. Stocche Forbes Advogados
    2
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Stocche Forbes's investment funds practice benefits from the firm's highly regarded finance expertise. It frequently handles structured funds matters and regulatory issues before the CVM. It is often sought after by asset managers to structure real estate investment funds and receivables vehicles. It is additionally skilled in representing private equity firms in structuring funds, public offerings and issuance of quotas. Clients also benefit from the firm's experience handling administrative proceedings.
  2. Vidigal Neto Advogados
    2
    Vidigal Neto Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked
    Vidigal Neto Advogados is active handling a range of investment fund matters. Its client portfolio includes players from the financial sector such as fund managers and regulated entities. It is well equipped to assist with regulatory mandates involving CVM, BACEN and ANBIMA. It has an additional track record of advising on portfolio management and quota issuances including private and public offerings.
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Band 3

  1. Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    3
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    Cescon Barrieu maintains an established transactional department equipped to assist clients with an array of investment fund mandates. The firm is particularly sought after by players in the real estate, banking and fintech realms. It frequently acts on sophisticated fund structuring mandates. The team boasts additional capability advising on receivables funds and quota issuances.
  2. Lefosse Advogados
    3
    Lefosse Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    Lefosse Advogados is noted for advising on a wide range of investment fund matters and regulatory mandates. The team handles fund formation, structuring and public offerings, particularly in the real estate industry. Its skilled team is additionally experienced in acting on the public and private issuance of quotas, also assisting with credit rights investment funds.
  3. Machado Meyer
    3
    Machado Meyer
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    Machado Meyer has a respected multidisciplinary team skilled in advising on a wide range of investment fund mandates. It is well equipped to handle real estate, private equity and infrastructure funds. Its client portfolio comprises significant investors and banks, and it also regularly represents players from the technology sector. Additional capabilities involving fund structuring and the issuance of quotas.
  4. Pinheiro Guimarães
    3
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    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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Band 4

  1. FreitasLeite
    4
    FreitasLeite
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 4 | 6 Years Ranked
    FreitasLeite is an established firm with a solid investment fund track record. It is particularly noted for its real estate funds practice. Its wider offer includes assistance with fund quotas of offshore funds and regulatory mandates before the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM). Investment advisers, brokerage firms and banks rely on the firm's services. FreitasLeite also acts on administrative disputes, and public and private vehicles.
  2. i2a Advogados
    4
    i2a Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 4 | 4 Years Ranked
    i2a has a dynamic practice group which offers investment funds advice with particular expertise in the real estate arena. The firm is well equipped to assist companies with the issuance of real estate quotas and fund structuring. Its portfolio comprises domestic and international players from the banking and finance sector.
  3. Cepeda Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 4
5

Band 5

  1. BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
    5
    BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 5 | 2 Years Ranked
    BMA - Barbosa, Mussnich, Aragão is commended for providing full-service legal support to clients on the structuring and issuance of investment funds, documentation and legal advice underlying investments and public offerings of funds’ shares. The firm particularly excels in FIDC and structured securitisation transactions.
  2. Demarest Advogados
    5
    Demarest Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 5 | 2 Years Ranked
    Demarest Advogados houses a robust group that is regularly engaged by clients looking for advice on structured financing, including FIDC, FII, FIP and FIAGRO. The firm also provides guidance on exchange traded funds and investment funds with tax incentives.
  3. Madrona Fialho Advogados
    5
    Madrona Fialho Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Madrona Fialho's investment funds department has developed a reputation in the evolving landscape of investment funds and asset management. The department has gained expertise in fund formation, and navigating the complex regulatory environment surrounding investment funds and asset management.
  4. TozziniFreire Advogados
    5
    TozziniFreire Advogados
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 5 | 2 Years Ranked
    TozziniFreire Advogados has a multidisciplinary team recognised for its experience in issuance of quotas, structuring funds and cross-border investments. The team is renowned for advising high-profile clients on PE/VC ESG funds as well as FIAGRO.
  5. Trench Rossi Watanabe
    5
    Trench Rossi Watanabe
    Investment Funds
    2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Trench Rossi Watanabe has a specialised team dedicated to investment funds. The department boasts deep expertise in structured funds such as FIP, FII, FIAGRO and FIDC, offering strategic support in complex operations and regulatory matters. The firm is also well-versed in providing compliance and litigation support before regulatory bodies.