Latin America - Brazil

Lefosse Advogados

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Lefosse Advogados has a specialised real estate team that assists major corporates, investment funds and banks with ‘great competence’. Clients instruct the team on deals involving a range of asset classes, including commercial, residential, industrial, energy and agribusiness properties. Practice head Andrea Caliento is an ’excellent lawyer’ who has over two decades’ experience in transactions involving direct and indirect rural and urban property acquisitions. She receives key support from a strong team of associates: Henrique Miguel and Mariana Rodrigues, who handle a variety of real estate transactional matters, and Beatriz Martins, who focuses on the development and implementation of real estate projects.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The real estate team at Lefosse Advogados always assists us with great competence. We feel that the firm has a genuine interest in establishing a long-term partnership.'
  • 'Partner Andréa Caliento combines all the multidisciplinary characteristics we look for in a business partner. Always present in the day-to-day of our cases, she is an excellent lawyer.'
  • 'Very technically qualified. Accessible language and availability; personalised advice. Andrea Caliento is recommended.'

Key clients

  • Alianza Investimentos Imobiliários
  • Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Brasil Varejo – FII
  • Braskem
  • Riza Capital Asset Management
  • Bracell
  • Marfrig
  • XP Asset Management
  • BlueMacaw
  • Bunge
  • Trelleborg

Work highlights

  • Acted as counsel to Emergent Cold LLC, through its Brazilian subsidiary Martini Meat – Armazéns Gerais, in the acquisition of properties located at a logistics condominium in the city of Recife.
  • Advised Cerberus Global Investments on the acquisition of two portfolios with a total of 103 residential and non-residential units in the City of São Paulo from SEQ08 Empreendimento Imobiliário SPE and Idea Empreendimentos 29.
  • Advised Trelleborg in connection with the sale of an industrial plant located in the City of Guarulhos, São Paulo state, to a mall administrator.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrea Caliento