Ludmila Arruda Braga > Tauil & Chequer Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Tauil & Chequer Advogados
AV JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK 1455
5TH, 6TH AND 7TH FLOORS
04543-011 SÃO PAULO, SP
Brazil
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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)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Real estate

(Next Generation Partners)

Ludmila BragaTauil & Chequer Advogados

With notable strength in the structuring of real estate transactions, Tauil & Chequer Advogados is regularly turned to by domestic and foreign clients seeking assistance with the purchase and sale of real estate assets, the formation of joint ventures for project development, and the securitisation of real estate receivables. In addition to its solid credentials in real estate investments, the team is also adept in sale-leaseback agreements, contractual issues, regularisation procedures and the development of industrial, residential and commercial projects. Practice head José Paulo Marzagão ‘stands out for his proficiency in real estate issues associated with complex projects‘. Ludmila Arruda Braga is a reference for real estate transactions, while Jessica Queiroz marries a wealth of experience in the real estate sector with in-depth knowledge of the financial and capital markets in Brazil.