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Henrique Ferreira Antunes

Mattos Filho, Brazil

Work Department

Capital Markets, ESG

Career

Henrique advises domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, and investors on a wide range of capital market and corporate matters. He applies his expertise to structuring and executing IPOs and follow-ons both in Brazil and abroad, as well as in share acquisition offerings, SPAC transactions, and bond issuances. As a result, Henrique has vast experience registering publicly traded companies with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and listing shares on the B3 S.A. – Bolsa, Brasil, Balcão (B3).

Henrique assists publicly-held companies with regulatory and self-regulatory issues, especially those related to CVM, B3, and Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association (ANBIMA) regulations. He also defends capital market participants in administrative proceedings filed by these institutions.

He also focuses on ESG matters – particularly in relation to corporate governance – including issues related to market disclosures on the subject and specialized ratings/rankings (such as Institutional Shareholder Services – ISS, among others).

Henrique previously worked as an international lawyer at Milbank LLP in New York.

Position

Partner

Education

Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL); Specialization – Fundação Getulio Vargas Business School (FGV); Master of Laws (LL.M.) – University College London (UCL).