Latin America - Brazil

Castro Barros Advogados

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The ‘always focused and available’ team at Castro Barros Advogados is well versed in contentious and non-contentious bankruptcy and restructuring matters, where it predominantly acts for creditors, including major banks, financial services companies and trade creditors. Distressed M&A is another area of expertise for the group, which has been involved in several high-profile debt recovery cases in the energy, agribusiness, retail and transport sectors. Rio de Janeiro-based partners Alexandre Catramby and Olympio Carvalho jointly lead the team, which also draws on the expertise of litigation head Jose Augusto Leal. Also noted, Rodrigo Gonçalves Lima de Mattos possesses significant experience in complex credit recovery cases against debtors in financial distress, and Carlos Ximenes has a strong background in the fields of bankruptcy and court reorganisation.

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  • ‘A team always focused and available with precise explanations that go straight to the point.’

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Key clients

  • Haitong Banco de Investimentos do Brasil
  • HP Financial Services

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Work highlights

  • Assisting Petros in a credit collection litigation against Sifco, which is undergoing judicial restructuring.
  • Representing Brasil Plural Fundo in a lawsuit against Laima Participações and Petrosul Distribuidora Transportadora e Comércio de Combustíveis to recover unpaid loans, as well as in the court-supervised judicial restructuring proceeding.

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