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Jean Marcel Arakawa

Jean Marcel Arakawa
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Experience

Jean advises Brazilian and international corporations, financial institutions and institutional investors in a wide array of capital markets and financial and corporate transactions.

 

With more than 25 years’ experience, Jean advises companies in a diverse range of industries on accessing capital markets – from entry through to obtaining initial registration with the Brazilian Securities & Exchange Commission (CVM) or listing securities with B3 and other organized markets. His services also include structuring and carrying out public offerings and private placements of shares, debt and hybrid securities, listing securities on organized markets, and assisting with market withdrawals through public acquisition offers or reorganizations involving publicly-held and private companies.

 

Jean applies his experience to advise publicly-held companies, financial institutions and institutional investors in meeting their legal, regulatory and self-regulatory obligations to participate in securities markets. He also advises on structuring and conducting fundraising, investments, divestments, reorganizations and other corporate transactions involving publicly-held companies or companies seeking to go public. Jean works with private equity and venture capital investments and divestments, especially structures linked to regulated markets or for withdrawing from the market through public offerings and stock market listings. He also defends capital market participants in administrative disciplinary proceedings filed by the CVM, and has recently focused on advising both investors and clubs with their investments in football, given the enactment of legislation creating a new corporate type for Brazilian football clubs (the Sociedade Anônima do Futebol). Jean is also a member of the Regulatory Committee of the Brazilian Association of Venture Capital and Private Equity (ABVCAP).

Education

Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);

Master of Laws (LL.M.) – New York University.

Recognitions

Chambers Brazil – Capital Markets (2012-2023), Capital Markets: Equity (2024 – 2025);

Chambers Global – Capital Markets (2012-2024), Capital Markets: Equity (2025 – 2026);

LACCA Approved – Capital Markets (2022 – 2026);

Latin Lawyer 250 – Capital Markets (2012, 2020 – 2022, 2024 – 2026);

Legal 500 – Capital Markets: Leading Partners (2012 – 2019, 2024 – 2026) and Corporate/M&A (2016);

Análise Advocacia – Financial Transactions (2011, 2013, 2016 – 2024), Corporate (2015, 2019, 2021 – 2024), Health (2020 – 2024), Finance (2019, 2021) and São Paulo (2015 – 2024);

IFLR 1000 – Capital Markets, Banking: Highly regarded (2018 – 2025) and Banking, Capital Markets: Leading Lawyer (2014 – 2017);

Lexology Index Brazil – Capital Markets (2014 – 2022, 2024 – 2025) and Thought Leaders – Capital Markets Brazil (2020 – 2024);

Lexology Index Global – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2019 – 2022), Capital Markets: Structured Finance (2019 – 2020) and Global Elite Thought Leader Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2021 – 2024).

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Authored publications

Mattos Filho in the media

With Jean Marcel Arakawa
Latin Lawyer

DEAL: Brazil’s Vitru completes follow-on share offering

Two Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP offices and Brazil’s Mattos Filho have helped Brazilian education company Vitru Educação complete a 177 million reais (US$36 million) follow-on equity offering.

Three White & Case LLP offices and Brazilian firm Machado Meyer Advogados acted for the banks.

The deal closed on 22 April.

Click here to access the deal published at Latin Lawyer.

Areas of expertise

Valor Econômico Internacional

Delistings gain traction as Brazil eases takeover bids restrictions

A new wave of company delistings is expected in the second half of this year as new rules for takeover bids (known in Brazil as OPAs) come into effect, making the process more flexible.
Private equity funds, which specialize in acquiring stakes in companies, are expected to lead this movement, capitalizing on the depressed valuations of many publicly listed firms.

Click here and read the article on Valor International.

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