Founded in 1976, TozziniFreire is a prominent full-service Brazilian law firm with offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Porto Alegre, and Campinas, and a presence in the USA and Europe. Renowned for its high-quality service, the firm’s banking team handles diverse regulatory and transactional financing, while the capital markets team manages debt and equity matters. Their investment fund expertise spans private equity, receivables, venture capital, and real estate. The M&A team primarily represents strategic buyers, sellers, and private equity in acquisitions and joint ventures. The project development team focuses on infrastructure and energy sectors.
Highlights
Tozzini
Freire continues to advise on complex cross-border
financings, including its role in the refinancing of Novelis’s term loan credit agreement. The firm represented Citibank as lender and agent in a transaction that supported the full repayment of existing loans and the execution of a new credit agreement with non-bank institutional lenders.
Tozzini
Freire also coordinated the release of prior guarantees through a payoff arrangement with Standard Chartered Bank and restructured
Novelis’s ABL loan guarantees with Wells Fargo—demonstrating its strength in navigating multi-jurisdictional financial structures and institutional lending markets
Key Clients
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Citibank, N.A., Banco Bradesco and Banco Bradesco BBI
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