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Samir Hauache

Samir Hauache

Coordinator

Main Areas of Practice

SEGMENTS

  • Banks and Financial Services
  • Investment Funds
  • Retail and E-commerce
  • Startups and Fintechs
  • Technology

Know-how

Samir has 10 years of experience in the Capital Markets, Investment Funds, and Private Equity and Venture Capital practices.

Throughout his career, he has advised both local and foreign clients across several business sectors, focusing on domestic and cross-border transactions involving the structuring, fundraising, and investment funds, especially structured funds, private equity, credit, and special situations.He has extensive experience in structuring debt transactions in the capital and financial markets, including debentures, receivables investment funds (FIDCs), and securitizations involving real estate receivables certificates (CRIs) and agribusiness receivables certificates (CRAs).

Samir is also active in structured finance transactions, such as acquisition financing, syndicated loans, debt restructurings, cross-border financings, and hybrid structures.

His practice includes advising a diverse range of asset managers, public and private companies, fiduciary administrators, financial institutions, and institutional investors on regulatory matters governed by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and self-regulated by the Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association (ANBIMA).

In his career, Samir has been involved in some of the most high-profile transactions in the capital markets and private equity sectors, advising major players such as: Mubadala, Castlelake, Brookfield, Vinci Partners, HSI Investimentos, Pátria Investimentos, IG4 Capital, Prisma Capital, Galápagos Capital, JHSF Group, Cosan, Localiza, Hapvida, BTG Pactual, Itaú BBA, Credit Suisse, Banco Safra, Rabobank, UBS BB, Banco ABC Brasil, and XP Investimentos.

  • Postgraduate Degree in Business Administration from INSPER
  • Bachelor´s Degree in Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
  • Advised a Brazilian alternative investment manager on the structuring of an Infrastructure Private Equity Fund (FIP-IE) and the acquisition of 100% of the renewable energy asset portfolio in Brazil held by a UK-listed power generation company. The transaction also involved the issuance of units by the FIP-IE, raising approximately R$ 1.8 billion.
  • Advised a U.S.-based alternative investment manager on the structuring of an Infrastructure Private Equity Fund (FIP-IE) and the acquisition of solar parks and other assets held by an energy company, the energy and construction arm of a Brazilian group undergoing out-of-court restructuring proceedings.
  • Advised one of Brazil’s largest financial services groups on the structuring of a Private Equity Fund (FIP) and the negotiation for the acquisition of a Brazilian bank for approximately R$ 3 billion. The transaction was carried out through a share swap, involving a 50% premium over the seller’s average share price prior to the transaction’s announcement.
  • Advised a Brazilian alternative investment manager on the acquisition of all shares in an independent port terminal operator, a subsidiary of a wholesale commodity trading company and shareholder of one of Brazil’s main grain export terminals, in a transaction valued at approximately R$ 1.47 billion. As part of the transaction, the selling company and its subsidiaries restructured financial debts with nine local and international institutions by converting obligations into equity participation in the port operator through the issuance of new shares. The port terminal was pledged as collateral to the group’s creditors. Involved in both the M&A transaction and the debt restructuring, representing the company’s creditors, including advising the manager on the structuring and formation of the Private Equity Fund (FIP) and the investment model that allowed the Fund to become the owner of the seller’s shares upon completion of the corporate reorganization.
  • Advised a Brazilian asset manager on the structuring of a Real Estate Investment Fund (FII) with a strategy focused on the acquisition of shopping centers and the purchase of minority interests in various shopping mall assets owned by a Brazilian real estate holding company focused on luxury and high-income segments, prioritizing assets such as shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, and an executive airport.
  • Advised an international sovereign wealth fund on the structuring of an Infrastructure Private Equity Fund (FIP-IE) and the acquisition of a minority stake in a Brazilian infrastructure holding operating in the urban mobility segment, owned by a construction company undergoing judicial reorganization.
  • Advised a U.S. investment bank on the acquisition of 40% of the shares of a Brazilian digital bank, in a transaction valued at approximately R$ 10 billion.
  • Advised a group of European investors on the structuring of a Private Equity Fund (FIP) and the negotiation for the acquisition of a Brazilian football club. The deal required the transformation of the club into a Sociedade Anônima do Futebol (SAF).
  • Acted as deal counsel to a Brazilian alternative investment manager and the government of the State of Paraná in the structuring of the first Agribusiness Receivables Investment Fund (FIDC Fiagro) focused on rural credit for irrigation systems, production expansion, storage, equipment, and other lines. The model involved a blended finance structure: the government provided part of the capital, while private investors contributed equity, leveraging public funds. The Fund’s senior shares are held by the State of Paraná; the mezzanine shares are market-based and open to the public; and the subordinated shares are intended for agribusiness companies or cooperatives in Paraná, which use the funds to finance their producers.
  • Advised a payment solutions company on the structuring of a Receivables Investment Fund (FIDC). The FIDC aims to acquire receivables owned by the payment solutions company and owed by a card acquirer, arising from credit card transactions carried out by end users at the company’s client merchants.
  • Advised Brazil’s largest outdoor advertising company on its initial public offering (IPO) on the Brazilian stock exchange, valued at approximately R$ 700 million.
  • Advised the largest private hospital group in Latin America on its initial public offering (IPO) on the Brazilian stock exchange, valued at approximately R$ 11 billion.
  • Advised the underwriters on the R$ 2.3 billion public debenture offering by the largest infrastructure and mobility concessions company in Latin America.
  • Advised the underwriters on the R$ 450 million public debenture offering by one of the largest energy companies in Brazil.
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Spanish

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