BRAZIL FIRM BRIEFINGS
2012, Machado Meyer advised FI-FGTS fund in the issuance of deben- tures by Light SESA, Rio de Janeiro’s city energy distribution utility, worth R$500 million. In a deal valued at R$1 billion, Machado Meyer also advised CPFL Energias Renováveis on the acquisition, through a special purpose vehicle, of four wind power farms in Brazil with a total installed capacity of 157.5MW, previously owned by Bons Ventos Ger- adora de Energia.
Madrona Hong Mazzuco Brandão
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate, Public, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, Investment funds, Equipment/asset finance, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Construction, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Education, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners
Rodrigo Machado, Ricardo Madrona, Rosane Menezes Lohbauer, Byung Soo Hong
Founded in 2004, Madrona Hong Mazzuco Brandão has provided legal advice to clients in contractual relations with government authorities, as well as in issues related to business activity in regulated environments. The firm advised EDP Energias do Brasil in the sale to Companhia
de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista of 100% of Evrecy Partic- ipações (Evrecy), an EDP group-held company, overseeing three power lines and one substation covering 154km, between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. Starting on May 28 2012, the agreement closed on December 21 2012, following the approval of the Brazilian Competition Agency and the Brazilian Energy Agency. MHM is ad- vising a financial institution on an equity investment in an infrastruc- ture project for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga Advogados
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate, Public, White-collar crime, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, Investment funds, Equipment/asset finance, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Competition, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
LNG, Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Defence, Education, Healthcare, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners
Lauro Celidonio Gomes dos Reis, Giovani Loss, Pablo Sorj, Bruno Werneck
Mattos Filho, which started over two decades ago, has evolved into one of the biggest and most capable Latin American firms with bases of op- eration in Brazil and New York. Mattos Filho advised Logum Logística and its sponsors in the nego-
tiation of a bridge loan agreement in the amount of R$1,8 billion ($906 million), together with a package of guarantees to be provided on behalf of Banco Santander and Banco Bradesco, which are the guar- antors to Brazilian development bank BNDES. The transaction in- cluded a R$4.5 billion expected long term loan. Mattos Filho is currently advising Logum regarding the project doc-
uments and the long-term financing with BNDES and commercial banks. This transaction is one of the largest project financings in Brazil. Mattos Filho is also advising Camargo Correa in negotiations of an al- liance agreement between Logum and Camargo for the construction of the ethanol pipeline. The ethanol pipeline is 1330 kilometers long and will be capable of transporting 21 billion litres of ethanol per year from the country’s central-west region to consumption centres in the southeast.
Perlman Vidigal Advogados
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Financial and corporate: Banking, Investment funds, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, M&A Private equity, Project finance
Key partners Marcelo Giovanni Perlman, Rubens de Camargo Vidigal Neto
Perlman Vidigal Advogados is a transactional law firm that commenced operations in June 2010. The firm’s energy and infrastructure practice is made up of partners who possess broad experience with the financial sector and in-house in the steelmaking, cement, mining, energy, and logistics sectors. In September 2012, the firm acted as deal counsel for the public of-
fering of non-convertible debentures issued by one of the largest inte- grated steel companies in Latin America. The debentures were valued at R$1,56 billion ($785 million). In May 2012, Perlman Vidigal won a contract to assist in the drafting and registration of the by-laws of a non- profit association for the construction and operation of steel material re- cycling centers and in the negotiation of its terms and conditions. The transaction involved 15 manufacturers of steel packaging in Brazil.
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