Mr Gustavo Rugani > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Belo Horizonte, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados‘ Belo Horizonte-based team demonstrates notable proficiency in capital markets and real estate matters. The group is skilled in equity and debt transactions, but has seen recent growth in corporate restructuring and shareholder agreement negotiations. The practice is led by Gustavo Rugani, who specialises in capital markets and M&A. Another key member of the team is senior associate Wagner Duarte, who handles capital markets transactions and regulatory compliance issues. Former co-head Bruno Costa is no longer at the firm.

Praised for its ‘high knowledge of the market‘ and ‘problem-solving capacity‘, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados boasts an impressive track record in debt and equity capital markets matters, covering the public offering of shares, debentures, commercial papers and other securities in Brazil and abroad. Major corporate issuers, shareholders and underwriters routinely seek the team’s advice on a host of transactions and regulatory matters concerning listed companies operating in an array of sectors, from infrastructure to retail. Belo Horizonte-based Gustavo Rugani is a key figure for both capital markets transactions and corporate governance issues; he heads up the department with Arthur Bardawil Penteado in São Paulo. Gustavo Secaf Rebello focuses on ECM deals and M&A involving listed companies, while Raphael Zono specialises in debt offerings. Alessandra de Souza Pinto, who handles both variable and fixed income capital markets deals, is another name to note in the team.