Levy & Salomão Advogados represents public and private sector clients in both domestic and foreign capital market transactions.
The firm’s domestic capital markets practice assists underwriters, publicly traded companies or companies going public, asset managers and institutional investors. The firm’s domestic practice expertise includes:
- going public and going private transactions;
- investment fund structuring;
- structuring public and private securities offerings, such as share, debenture, investment fund share offerings and certificates of real estate receivables (certificados de recebíveis imobiliários);
- advising on capital markets regulation;
- client representation before the Brazilian Securities Commission – CVM;
- advising on securitization transactions;
- advising financings for publicly owned enterprises, including securitization transactions; and
- advising public sector agents on the establishment of investment funds as instruments to comply with Brazil’s Fiscal Responsibility Law.
In foreign capital market matters, Levy & Salomão Advogados represents local and foreign investment funds, asset managers, administrators and institutional investors in the funds industry. The firm’s foreign capital markets practice includes:
- structuring offshore investment funds, including hedge, private equity, venture capital and real estate funds;
- structuring private equity and venture capital transactions;
- negotiating with key investors;
- negotiating with fund service providers;
- advising on capital market and foreign exchange regulations;
- advising on anti-money laundering practices;
- advising on tax matters; and
- advising on structured transactions.
