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11/28/2012
Key Legal Issues for Private Equity and Venture Capital Deals in Brazil - Webcast
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Online
Key Legal Issues for Private Equity and
Venture Capital Deals in Brazil
hosted by Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados
held on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 - 10:00 (New York) / 13:00 (São Paulo) / 15:00
(London)
Listen to the Playback Presentation Download In 2011 Brazil
broke its FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) record with more than US$ 66 billion
posted in foreign inflows of investment. This was 37% higher than in 2010 and
during the global slowdown when investments were in fact expected to
fall. Despite the ongoing malaise, Brazil is holding firm as a destination of
choice for FDI and will post around US$ 60 billion, approximately 2.5% of the
GDP for 2012, according to Brazil´s Central Bank. Is this due to temporary lack
of options elsewhere or is this a clear indication of the continuing trend
towards the diversification of the global GDP jigsaw puzzle?
On the private
equity side, the importance of the continuing strength in FDI and the long-term
attractiveness of Brazil both point towards the consolidation of the country as
the principal focus for PE investment going forward in LatAm.
Learn from the
players on the ground the key issues in PE-backed M&A deals in Brazil and
why more than ever investors need to go beyond the long distance view to truly
get immersed in the local PEVC opportunity.
Agenda PE M&A Deals in Brazil - An Overview
Alexandre Pierantoni, Corporate Finance Partner, PwC
Top Key Legal Issues in M&A Deals: Environmental issues, transaction documents and contracts, labor and tax laws
Alexandre Simões Pinto, Partner, Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados Case: Flores Online
Vitor Horibe, Partner, BR Opportunities Speakers  Alexandre Pierantoni, Corporate Finance Partner, PwC
Alexandre has more than 20 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, economic valuations and viability studies. Alexandre joined PwC 15 years ago and has advised clients in a wide range of industries, across a range of transaction types and sizes. Alexandre has international secondments with PwC in UK/ London and US/ NY. His experience includes acquisitions in Brazil and Latin America, representing national and multinational companies and financial investors in cross border transactions, representing investors such as Amaggi Group, Apax Partners, Bacardi-Martini, BTG Pactual, Bunge Group, Damovo Group, Diebold Inc., Ericsson, IDB/International Development Bank (in investments analysis for EBX Group), Kikkoman, Mars Inc., NEC, Rakuten and Unilever 
Alexandre Simões Pinto, Partner, Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados Alexandre Simões Pinto is
seasoned in all aspects of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions. A
partner since 2005, he graduated from the Universidade de Sao Paulo Law School
and joined the Firm in 1996. Mr. Pinto is a member of the Sao Paulo chapter of
the Brazilian Bar Association. He also advises multinational companies on a
wide range of corporate law and M&A transactions in the agribusiness,
automobile, food, telecommunications and textile industries. 
Vitor Horibe, Partner, BR Opportunities Vitor Horibe has over ten years
of experience in Private Equity, operations and strategic consulting. In
various Private Equity transactions, he has worked for the co-founder of the
U.S.-based Carlyle Group, Société Générale and Angra Partners in Brazil. Horibe
acquired skills in the main phases of the investment process, including
fundraising, search and assessment of businesses, due diligence, value creation
and divestiture. Vitor obteve CNPI- Certificado Nacional do Profissional de Investimento pela APIMEC, é formado em administração de empresas pela EAESP-FGV e obteve MBA em finanças pela UCLA Anderson School of Management sendo homenageado como Student Investment Fund Fellow e recebendo bolsa por mérito. Registration
The Webcast was broadcasted in English and is a 60-minute long session.
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