Lawyers

Ludmila Arruda Braga

Ludmila Arruda Braga

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Ludmila Braga is a partner in the Real Estate Transactions and Investments practice of Tauil & Chequer in association with Mayer Brown.

Career

Real estate clients can benefit from Ludmila Braga’s broad-ranging practice encompassing all aspects of transactional real estate, including formation of real estate joint ventures, funds and real estate financing. Ludmila Braga has a reputation as a reference in advising funds, their managers and key quotaholders in fund structuring and formation in all key real estate industry verticals, as well as in advising in M&A transactions of all types in the real estate sector, as well as in advising in public offers, privatization transactions and distressed real estate, comprising various asset classes, such as residential, multifamily, industrial, office, logistics, mining, agribusiness and infrastructure. Private and public clients, as well as state-owned companies, also seek her counsel on sustainable projects and innovative structures related to impact investing in the real estate market, leaning into sector convergence and applying interdisciplinary considerations (such as regulatory, tax, zoning and corporate impact of the structure considered by the client). In the agribusiness and forest investment, Ludmila Braga is focused in assisting clients in conforming their deals to the current legal restrictions for ownership and rural lease by foreign entities.

Ludmila was responsible for the development of the “Singapore Desk,” proposing legal advice to companies from Singapore interested in investing in Brazil. She has formerly worked as real estate senior and corporate associates at other international firms.

Languages

Portuguese, English, Spanish, French and Mandarin

Memberships

• Member, Latin America Chamber of Commerce (LatamCham), Singapore

Education

Tsinghua University, Financial Leaders of Tomorrow, Summer Course (full scolarship) New York University, Adaptive Leadership and Business Development University of São Paulo (USP), MBA, Real Estate - Sectoral Economy and Market Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP), Extension in Corporate Law Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP), “Dealing with the United States: US Business Law in International Transactions” Paris Dauphine University, Paris XVI, “Droit des Entreprises” – Droit des Enterprises (courses of Master 1 and 2) ESA - Escola Superior de Advocacia, Environmental Law Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR, Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)

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