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Frederico Kerr Bullamah
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Experience
Has solid experience in structured finance transactions across a wide range of modalities, both domestic and cross-border. This includes the issuance of debt instruments and securities — such as debentures, promissory notes, financial bills, commercial papers, bonds, and notes — as well as syndicated loans, acquisition finance, trade finance, securitizations, and hybrid instruments. Also has significant experience in debt restructuring or renegotiation processes and in financing transactions involving insolvency, financial distress, or special situations, advising issuers, creditors, investors, and trustees across various jurisdictions.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie;
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Banking & Finance (2021 – 2025) and Bankruptcy & Restructuring (2022 – 2026);
Chambers Global – Banking & Finance (2022 – 2026);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Restructuring & Insolvency (2019 – 2022, 2024 – 2027) and Capital Markets (2022, 2024 – 2027);
Legal 500 – Banking & Finance: Leading Partners (2022 – 2026) and Next Generation Partner (2019, 2021);
Legal 500 Awards – Banking Lawyer of the Year (2025);
Análise Advocacia – Financial Transactions (2020, 2022 – 2025), Banks (2022) and São Paulo (2020, 2022);
Global Restructuring Review (GRR) – Names to Know in Brazil (2020);
IFLR 1000 – Capital Markets: Debt: Highly Regarded (2021 – 2025) and Notable Practitioner (2018, 2020);
Lexology Index Brazil – Capital Markets (2018, 2020 – 2025); Banking: Finance (2024); Client Choice: Capital Markets (2024); Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2024); and Thought Leaders Brazil: Capital Markets (2020);
Lexology Index Global – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2019 – 2024) and Capital Markets: Structured Finance (2020, 2022 – 2023).
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DEAL: Emirati-owned Embraport gets loan for Port of Santos expansion
Stocche Forbes Advogados has helped DP World-controlled Brazilian port operator Embraport obtain a US$525 million financing.
Mattos Filho advised the banks in the transaction.
Click here to access the deal published by Latin Lawyer.
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DEAL: Movida makes US$350 million debt tap
Three Milbank offices and Brazil’s Mattos Filho have helped Brazilian car rental company Movida and its subsidiaries carry out a US$350 million debt issuance and concurrent tender offer.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in São Paulo and New York, and Brazil’s Pinheiro Neto Advogados assisted a group of banks.
Click here to access the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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DEAL: Azul confirms Chapter 11 restructuring plan
Brazilian airline Azul has enlisted two Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP officers and Brazil’s Pinheiro Neto Advogados to confirm the details of its Chapter 11 restructuring plan, through which it aims to slash its debt pile by US$3 billion.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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