The ‘attentive and detailed team’ at Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper offers legal support to Brazilian financial institutions, investment banks and pension funds in relation to securitisations, DCM deals, offerings of convertible securities and derivatives, among other matters. Department leader Jorge Luiz Barbieri Gallo is noted for his experience in both debt offerings and regulatory matters. Former co-head Roberto Barros is no longer at the firm.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘Attentive and detailed team. Client focused. Agility.'

  • ‘Lucas Bernabé is recommended.'

  • ‘All the diligence in the process and support meant that we delivered everything on time, exceeding all expectations. What we had with the Campos Mello team was truly a different kind of work.’

  • ‘We had a lot of contact with Lucas Barnabé. He really made the difference during the entire CRA issuance process.'

Key clients

  • Grupo Rio Alto
  • Oceânica Engenharia e Consultoria S.A.
  • Supermercados DB Ltda.
  • Banco do Brasil S.A.
  • Banco RCI Brasil S.A.
  • Grupo Gaia
  • Höhl Máquinas Agrícolas

Work highlights

  • Advised Banco do Brasil on the issuance of senior sustainable bonds, within the scope of the bank’s Euro Medium Term Note Programme, in the international capital market.
  • Advised Höhl Máquinas Agrícolas Ltda. on a loan to remit acquisitions of machinery made by the company, considering that the credits related to the loans will later be used as backing assets for the issuance of CRAs by True Securitizadora.
  • Advised Banco BTG Pactual S.A on the issuance of CRAs backed by expenses of the group, financed in the form of subordinated financial bills.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jorge Luiz Barbieri Gallo

Other key lawyers

Lucas Bernabé