Opened in 1976,
TozziniFreire is large full-service Brazilian firm with offices in seven locations: two in São Paulo and branches in Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Porto Alegre,
Campinas and New York.
The firm has been a part of the global law network World Law Group since 1993, and a part of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council for almost 20 years.
The banking team
represents borrowers and lenders in a variety of regulatory and transactional financing types including acquisition finance, credit facilities, refinancing, syndicated loans and cross border financing.
The capital markets team deals with debt and equity matters including debentures, CRA’s, bond issuances and public offerings.
Investment fund work for the firm includes advice in private equity, receivables, venture capital, and real estate.
The M&A team
represents mostly strategic buyers, but also sellers and private equity in acquisitions and joint ventures.
The project development team works mostly in the infrastructure and energy industries, where they
represent concessionaires
Key clients for the firm include Banco Santander, Morgan Stanley, Omni
CréditoFinanciamento e Investimento, Femsa Comercio, China Jinjiang Environment Holding Company and Brazil’s Departamento de Estradas de
Rodagem.
Research period review: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
During the research period, the firm was active in banking, capital markets,
investment funds,
private equity, projects and restructuring and insolvency.
The banking team
advised syndicated banks and other lenders in cross-border corporate and acquisition financing deals across various industries.
In capital markets, the firm was active on the debt side,
advising issuers on unique sustainability linked bond issuances and other agribusiness related securitizations.
The investment fund team advised on
innovative FIAGRO in the agribusiness sector as well as other quota issuances in the real estate &
infrastructure sectors.
The firm’s private equity work involved several international clients and
highly impactful investments in the fintech and financial services industries.
Projects wise the firm
provided regulatory advice on complex matters such as project privatizations primarily in the energy sector.
On the finance side, the firm worked on complex offerings and issuances in the transport and energy sectors.
The restructuring and insolvency team advised creditors and debtors on several judicial reorganizations and debt restructuring proceedings.
In March of 2022, the firm’s project finance department gained Caio Loureiro as a
partner coming from Cascione
Pulino.
In August of 2022, the firm recruited Pedro Eroles
from Mattos Filho to join the banking and finance, capital markets and investment funds team.
Also in 2022, Francisco
Eumene Machado de Oliveira Neto
departed from the firm’s private equity practice.
Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
Coruripe Netherlands $300 million 10% bond issuance
Faro Holding $825 million bond issuance
Itapoá $150 million bond issuance
Kinross Gold
$1 billion financing
Novelis Corporation
$2 billion financing
Client feedback: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
“TozziniFreire stands out at the crossroads of capital markets and impact financial instruments and has
assisted the bank in the creation and implementation of innovative financial arrangements. That said, the TozziniFreire team quickly understands our challenges, and brings solutions with innovation, assertiveness and legal robustness.”
“Responsiveness, business orientation, partnership, deep technical knowledge.”
“Tozzini lawyers are trained as business-orientated, reasonable, attentive and get all technical aspects of a deal but, at the same, are able to abstract and adapt.”
Project development: Energy
“We have worked with several law firms for M&A and have crossed paths with
Tozzini several times. It was in this context that we met partner Silvia Castro Cunha, with whom we developed our relationship. TozziniFreire is one of the largest full-service law firms in Brazil and has great
expertise in M&A transactions. The lawyers working at the firm are highly qualified and the M&A practice is well
consolidated and
organised. They are consistently involved in the main transactions in the Brazilian market.”
“Alexei is always ready to receive the bank's legal demands and has
strong communication, analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with integrity and a strong work ethic.”
“One of the most business-oriented lawyers in the region.”
“Fabiola is a professional outside the curve, always very responsive, kind, practical, always combining business and technical vision.”
“Juliana Maluf is a great lawyer and very responsive.”
Marcus Vinicius Pimentel da Fonseca
“He is available, easy to
comprehend and knowledgeable.”
“Marcus holds strong commercial and technical skills, analytical abilities, work ethic, attention to detail, and creative problem-solving skills. He is an expert on bringing innovative financial solutions to the market, from legal and regulatory perspectives.”
“Beatriz Seixas is a great lawyer and very responsive.”
“Silvia Castro Cunha is our main contact at TozziniFreire. In addition to being an excellent project leader, she has deep technical knowledge in the M&A area; she has already achieved notoriety in the market. She speaks English with
a high level of fluency, she is pragmatic and result-oriented, as well as always being available 24/7 and present in all phases of the transaction, at any time or day, which makes a big difference for us. She is also surrounded by highly qualified professionals. She is a pro-deal lawyer, always focusing on making business feasible, and experienced in
highly complex operations. Finally, she handles people very well (she is a people person) and navigates very well on matters that require operational and commercial knowledge of our business.”
