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Victoria Villela Boacnin
São Paulo
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Experience
Victoria works with insolvency and corporate restructuring matters, including private debt restructuring, mediation and insolvency proceedings, as well as transactions and agreements involving highly indebted companies.
Advising both Brazilian and foreign clients, she advises and represents creditors, investors and debtors in private and judicial restructurings, including in related litigation.
Since 2020, Victoria has been a member of the Brazilian Council of Justice’s (CNJ) Working Group on Good Practices in Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy, which became the National Forum for Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy (FONAREF) in 2022. She is also a member of the NextGen Program (Class XIV) at the International Insolvency Institute.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP);
Member of the Arcadas Foundation’s (FDUSP) Advanced Study Group on Brazilian Bankruptcy Law Reform (2021).
Recognitions
IFLR1000 – Restructuring Rising Star (2024); Restructuring & Insolvency: Notables Practitioner (2025);
Legal500 – Restructuring and Insolvency: Leading Associate (2024); Next Generation Partner (2025 – 2026).
Law firms staff up as court-supervised reorganizations rise
The growing volume of court-supervised and out-of-court reorganizations has triggered an intense game of musical chairs in Brazil’s legal market. Experienced lawyers are being courted by large firms to lead restructuring teams. Meanwhile, professionals with years of experience at established firms have left traditional practices to bet on specialized boutiques and explore new niches such as agribusiness.
Click here to read the article published at Valor International
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Oba Hortifruti acquires food stores from Americanas
Brazilian supermarket chain Oba Hortifrut has hired Mattos Filho to acquire 10 Natural da Terra stores from Americanas as part of the Brazilian retailer’s restructuring process.
Click here to access the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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