Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, and Commercial Litigation.

Partner.

Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva acts as counsel for clients on restructuring and insolvency proceedings in general, advising on debt renegotiation and on the structuring of security packages as well as on civil and commercial litigation matters in general. Luiz Fernando is seasoned in serving secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, lessors, debtors, investment funds and investors in distressed companies. He was part of the interministerial committee that gave the final wording to the Brazilian Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Act (LRF), and also advised the Government of Cape Verde on its draft legislation to improve the local insolvency system. Luiz Fernando is a member of working groups created: (i) for the drafting of a bill establishing emergency measures to avoid insolvency on account of the COVID-19 crisis; (ii) by the National Council of Justice (CNJ) to improve court response in judicial restructuring and insolvency proceedings; and (iii) by the World Bank to identify and develop internationally recognized best practices in insolvency regimes.

Portuguese, English and German.

Master's Degree in Business Law from the Northwestern University; Master's Degree in Commercial Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP); Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).