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Financial Markets

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Ulhôa Canto has solid expertise in implementing loan and financing transactions, in particular for infrastructure projects.  The firm has contributed in the course of its activities in establishing a business model for transactions that require funding, with outstanding performance in administrative proceedings before the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) and Council of Appeals of the National Financial System (Conselho de Recursos do Sistema Financeiro Nacional). Our practice includes, among others:

  • Negotiation, drafting and execution of loan agreements, credit facilities, and domestic and international loans;
  • Structuring, legal assessment and perfection of tangible and unsecured warranties on loan transactions;
  • Structuring and implementation of debt restructuring transactions;
  • Counseling and implementation of derivatives transactions, including swap, options, and futures agreements, repurchase transactions and others in the stock, commodities, and futures markets, and over-the-counter transactions;
  • Legal planning in connection with the application of funds in the fixed income and stock markets, in Brazil and overseas, for local and foreign investors;
  • Legal assistance in foreign exchange transactions and international transfers of local currency;
  • Structuring, implementation and analysis of transactions involving securitization of receivables;
  • Floating of debt securities in public and private placements;
  • Analysis, structuring and implementation of (operating and financial) leasing transactions and factoring; and
  • Representation in administrative proceedings and before Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) and the Council of Appeals of the National Financial System (Conselho de Recursos do Sistema Financeiro Nacional).