INTRODUCTION
Contributed by: Domicio dos Santos Neto and Frederico Favacho, Santos Neto Advogados
Santos Neto Advogados is a Brazilian law firm with more than 30 years of experience and a team of 78 professionals, with offices in São Paulo and Ribeirão Preto. The firm has a strong focus on agribusiness, advising clients across the agricultural value chain, including rural producers, co-operatives, trading companies, financial institutions, investors and agri- business businesses. Its practice covers rural credit and agribusiness finance, structured finance, capital markets, commercial and corporate matters, interna- tional trade, tax, environmental matters, restructuring and disputes. The firm advises on complex transac-
tions involving rural receivables, agribusiness securi- ties, structured financing, guarantees and investment structures, as well as contentious matters involving agricultural businesses and their creditors. Recent work includes advising on rural credit and struc- tured finance transactions, capital markets offerings backed by agribusiness receivables, and judicial restructuring proceedings involving major Brazilian agribusiness companies. The firm combines sector- specific knowledge with multidisciplinary expertise to address the transactional, regulatory and contentious aspects of agribusiness.
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Domicio dos Santos Neto is a founding partner of Santos Neto Advogados, with 26 years’ experience in advising investors on financial transactions and security packages in Brazil. He leads the firm’s agribusi-
Frederico Favacho is a partner at Santos Neto Advogados, focusing on agribusiness, corporate matters and international trade. He advises clients on complex corporate and agribusi- ness matters, with particular experi-
ness, project finance, trade finance, capital markets, derivatives and banking and finance practices, and has particular experience in agribusiness financing structures. He was formerly a professor of Commer- cial Law at the University of São Paulo and Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP), and is a lecturer and author on trade finance and corporate law. He is recognised by Chambers and Partners as a Star Individual for Agribusiness in Brazil.
ence in transactions involving the agricultural sector. He previously served as Senior Legal Counsel at Bunge, acting as a senior legal business partner and advising on M&A transactions. Frederico is a profes- sor and arbitrator, and serves as a consultant to the National Association of Grain Exporters (ANEC), the National Association of Cotton Exporters (ANEA) and the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG). He is a member of CBAR, CIArb and FOSFA.
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