Corporate & Securities
Fueling Your Enterprise

As Brazil’s economy expands, more companies are turning to capital markets as an alternative source for business financing. Never has it been easier to sell or buy Brazilian stocks and commercial papers. Nor has it been easier for your competitors to gain an advantage.

Trench, Rossi e Watanabe, an associate of international law firm Baker & McKenzie, can help you take your place in Brazil’s dynamic stock market and international exchanges. We take a business-minded approach to the law, giving you advice to attract the best investments and stay competitive.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in local Brazilian laws and access to our global network, which maintains a strong presence in the world’s major financial centers. We have helped many of Brazil’s mid-market leaders expand their operations. We have also been part of the successful entry of many Fortune 500 brands into the country.

How We Can Help

• Securities – Advise in tender offers and the issue of securities, shares and debentures; listing and delisting of corporations in securities exchanges; registration, reporting and other matters before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission and international exchanges
• Corporate planning and restructuring – Assist in acquiring equity interests in Brazilian companies; structure of joint ventures; help draft good standing certificates for the dissolution, liquidation, partition, split, merger and transformation of a company; advise on organizational structures
• Shareholder and partner agreements – Draft and review share/quota pledge agreements; advise in partner and shareholder disputes; represent and attend meetings of shareholders, boards of directors, audit committees and consulting committees
• Corporate documents – Draft and review partner resolutions, amendments to articles of organization and bylaws, minutes of partners’ meetings and corporate authorizations; follow up on the registration of corporate documents with the Commercial Board of individual Brazilian states; help open, register and update corporate books; assist in authorizing or registering with class entities
• Other services – Protect company name with the Commercial Board; counsel on corporate governance, corporate litigation; draft powers of attorney and delegations