Veirano Advogados

Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Public Law

Partner

Paula Surerus is Veirano's managing partner and the regional head of the Corporate and M&A practice group. She has extensive experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and infrastructure projects.

Mrs. Surerus led numerous projects and relevant transactions in the regulated sectors of energy, aviation and telecommunication, and in non-regulated sectors. She has advised numerous clients in cross-border complex transactions involving the acquisition of companies in Brazil and abroad (buy-side and sell-side; control and minority stakes acquisitions; public and private company M&As; and private equity transaction).

Mrs. Surerus has also coordinated major corporate and asset reorganizations of multinational companies in Brazil, including those arising from Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. She also has vast expertise in EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contracts and in the chain of financing agreements and related collateral.

Her experience also comprises regular counsel to domestic and foreign clients in bids (both electronic and non-electronic), and administrative proceedings in general. Her practice includes their representation in dealings with regulatory agencies and governmental bodies, assistance in the execution and management of administrative agreements and in obtaining the relevant permits.

Mrs. Surerus worked as a foreign associate in a law firm of international renown in New York in 2008, assisting in international projects and agreements of financing and leasing of aircraft and negotiating international franchise agreements.

English and Portuguese

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) Institute for Energy Law” / “The Center for American and International Law Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) - Rio de Janeiro and Brasília

Course on International Law of Oil and Gas, Negotiation and Agreements, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Houston, 2012 Post Graduate Degree, Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET), Rio de Janeiro, 2005 LL.B, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), 2002