FLH Advogados | Bancário e Financeiro

Banking and Finance

Our banking and finance law practice has long been recognized for its technical precision, experience and knowledge of the market, as well as for the highest level of quality, sophistication and rigor in the search for the best solutions, both in domestic and multi-jurisdictional operations. Since we advise financial institutions, multilateral organizations, credit funds, development banks, credit agencies, hedge funds, trading companies, sponsors and Brazilian and foreign suppliers, our team has a global view of the peculiarities of each project.

We always strive to provide our clients with personalized service and extremely experienced professionals, with a focus on efficiency, agility and availability.

We are also specialists in:

Structuring financing operations;
Structuring trade finance, portfolio finance and service export financing transactions;
Negotiating and drafting documents for financing and other banking instruments, including Bank Credit Notes (Cédulas de Crédito Bancário – CCB), Advances on Foreign Exchange Contracts (Adiantamento sobre Contrato de Câmbio – ACC), Advances on Foreign Exchange Delivered (Adiantamento de Cambiais Entregues – ACE) and loan contracts, with or without guarantees, in bilateral or syndicated operations, documentary credits, leasing contracts and bank guarantees;
Negotiation and drafting of guarantee instruments, including sureties, pledges, mortgages, assignments and fiduciary disposals;
Negotiating and drafting insurance and reinsurance policies, including performance bonds, credit risk insurance and political risk insurance;
Central Bank of Brazil regulations on various matters, including registration of foreign loans and investments;
Securitization of receivables;
Financing from development banks, multilateral development organizations and export credit agencies; and
Project and infrastructure financing, including structuring, negotiating and drafting term sheets, financing agreements, commercial contracts, guarantee packages and insurance contracts; assistance with regulatory authorities, including environmental agencies and bodies.