Several firms act on SABESP issue
Lefosse, Pinheiro Guimarães, Mattos Filho, Pinheiro Neto, Cescon Barrieu, Clifford Chance and White & Case acted on the secondary public offering of common shares issued by Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – SABESP, in Brazil and abroad, by the State of São Paulo, in the total amount of BRL 14,8 billion.
Lefosse advised the State of São Paulo, as selling shareholder, and Companhia de Saneamento do Estado de São Paulo – SABESP, as issuer and relied on partners Carlos Mello (pictured left), Jana Araujo, Eduardo Carvalhaes, Diogo Ciuffo, Julio Neves and Paulo Peressin, counsel Beatriz Ghosn, Luciana Moutinho and Mônica Murayama and associates Carolina Garrote, Vicente Gioielli, Hector Correa, Rafael Sorbo, Luiz Ferreira, Pedro Lisboa, July Araujo and Marco Mariutti.
Pinheiro Guimarães advised BTG Pactual, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS BB, Itaú BBA, Bradesco BBI, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Safra, Santander and XP Investimentos, offering underwriters, and relied on partners Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães (pictured center-left), Cristina Tomiyama, associates Fernando John Friedmann Junior, Marina Antunes e Silva Fratantonio, Ana Beatriz Gurgel, Michelle Reibscheid and Murilo Lima Begha.
Mattos Filho advised Equatorial Participações e Investimentos IV and relied on partners Marina Anselmo Schneider (pictured center), André Luiz Freire, Luciana Pietro Lorenzo, Marina Anselmo Schneider, Jean Marcel Arakawa and associates Yasmin Karam Tomaino, Patrícia Mutti e Mattos, Pedro Andreoli Hirata, Laryssa Martins Galvan.
Pinheiro Neto Advogados advised IFC (which was hired by the Governament of the Sate of São Paulo to strucutre the privatization) and relied on partner Guilherme Sampaio Monteiro (pictured center-right) and senior associate Gustavo Ferrari Chauffaille.
Cescon Barrieu acted as legal advisor to SABESP on internal governance matters and included partners Alexandre Barreto, Fernanda Montorfano, Julia Lobo and Amanda Arêas, associates Victor Campinho, Caroline Matos, Isadora Moreira, Carolina Carvalho, Anaclara Reis and Rafael Rigoni.
Clifford Chance, was American counsel to the State of São Paulo, as selling shareholder, and Companhia de Saneamento do Estado de São Paulo – SABESP, as issuer and relied on led partner Jon Zonis (pictured right) and counsel Anja Pfleger Andrade, associates Lola Barros and Natalie Tsang, staff attorney Pedro Henrique Menegat, professional support lawyer Rebecca Hoskins and intern Beatriz Bonamico.
White & Case LLP was American counsel to BTG Pactual, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS BB, Itaú BBA, Bradesco BBI, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Safra, Santander and XP Investimentos, as underwriters.
VBSO advised Equatorial Participações e Investimentos IV and relied on partner Diego Miguita and associates Diogo Olm Ferreira and Caio Malpighi.
