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Jean Marcel Arakawa
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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 20 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);
Chambers Global – Capital Markets (2012-2024), Capital Markets: Equity (2025);
LACCA Approved – Capital Markets (2022 – 2025);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Capital Markets (2012, 2020 – 2022, 2024 – 2025);
The Legal 500 – Capital Markets: Leading Partners (2012 – 2019, 2024 – 2025) 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 – 2023) and Banking, Capital Markets: Leading Lawyer (2014 – 2017);
Lexology Index Brazil – Capital Markets (2014 – 2022, 2024) 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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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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Increase in tender offers fuels wave of company delistings on B3
Since last year, as the Brazilian stock market has faced a downward trend, the number of public tender offers has been rising. This year alone, nine buyout offers have already been registered with Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), with the trend pointing upward. Experts say changes to tender offer rules, which have made these transactions easier to execute, are likely to drive even greater activity.
Click here and read the article on Valor Econômico International.
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Eased takeover rules attract funds to Brazilian listed companies
The recent delisting of insurance broker Alper by U.S. private equity group Warburg Pincus marked a significant milestone for this industry, drawing close attention from market players. This was the first transaction involving the acquisition of control of a publicly-traded company on Brazil’s B3 exchange by a private equity fund in nearly 15 years, leading to its delisting. The last such buyout took place in 2010, when Apax acquired control of IT company Tivit and took it private.
Click here and read the article on Valor Econômico International.
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