Ana Carolina de Salles Freire was involved on two of the firm's largest banking deals last year providing advise to the Brazilian branch of Crédit Agricole on a R$100 million ($56 million) revolving credit facility to Hertz Brazil. De Saales Freire also provided advice to Bank of America on the Brazilian law aspects of a $2....
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Ana Carolina de Salles Freire was involved on two of the firm's largest banking deals last year providing advise to the Brazilian branch of Crédit Agricole on a R$100 million ($56 million) revolving credit facility to Hertz Brazil. De Saales Freire also provided advice to Bank of America on the Brazilian law aspects of a $2.3 billion loan to Novelis.
In capital markets Antonio Felix de Araujo Cintra acted for Anhanguera Educacional on a R$844.1 million offering of shares. On the debt side de Araujo Cintra was again involved acting for Iracema Transmissora de Energia on an R$109 million issue of debentures.
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The firm recently represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in a $679 million financing to Brasil Terminal Portuário as part of the total $908 million financing for a new container terminal in the Port of Santos. As well as expanding capacity at the overcrowded port, the project will also aim to reduce pollution through greater efficiency....
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The firm recently represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in a $679 million financing to Brasil Terminal Portuário as part of the total $908 million financing for a new container terminal in the Port of Santos. As well as expanding capacity at the overcrowded port, the project will also aim to reduce pollution through greater efficiency. The project represents the IFC's biggest ever syndicated loan for a port investment.
In a similar deal, the team also advised investment fund Fundo de Investimento do Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço (FI-FGTS) on it's financing to Terminal Santa Catarina for the terminal expansion at São Francisco de Sul in the State of Santa Catarina in the south of the country.
The team also worked across from FI-FGTS acting for a special purpose vehicle (SPV) Iracema Transmissora de Energia (owned by Dragados Industrial), as borrower on the R$109 million ($67 million) financing for a 400km electricity transmission grid in northeast Brazil.
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TozziniFreire is a full-service firm with a vibrant M&A practice. The firm has been involved in some of the largest and most complex acquisitions in recent years....
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TozziniFreire is a full-service firm with a vibrant M&A practice. The firm has been involved in some of the largest and most complex acquisitions in recent years.
The firm recently represented beverage company Femsa in the $7,7 billion sale of its Brazilian beer operations to Heineken. During the transaction, FEMSA also sold its Mexican beer operations.
The firm also advised retailers Casas Bahia and Pão de Açúcar Group in the largest-ever deal in the Brazilian retail market. The transaction involved the R$20 billion ($12.3 billion) merger of the companies into a single entity, Globex, controlled by Pão de Açúcar. TozziniFreire acted as deal counsel for both parties.
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