Pinheiro Neto advises Banco Itaú on Energisa debt issuances
Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto advised Banco Itaú BBA on seven simultaneous debt issuances by local power holding company Energisa totalling 1.1 billion reais ($261.7 million)
Energisa controls 13 power distributors in nine Brazilian states: Paraíba, Sergipe, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Paraná and São Paulo.
Pinheiro Neto acted as counsel of Banco Itaú BBA, the wholesale and investment arm of Itaú Unibanco group, which acted as lead underwriter on the issuance of debentures by Energisa Tocantins, Energisa Minas Gerais, Energisa Paraíba, Energisa Sergipe, Energisa Mato Grosso and Energisa Mato Grosso do Sul.
The firm’s counsels in the issuances were partners Ricardo Simões Russo and Francisco Maranhão, counsel Marcos Saldanha Proença, associate Miguel Ferreira, law graduate Vittoria Cervantes de Simoni, and trainees Gabriela Dias Teixeira Zucoloto and Gustavo Guedes Araújo.
Energisa Sul-Sudeste was counseled by Stocche Forbes Advogados, led by partner Henrique Filizzola, associates Eduardo Alves Pereira and Felipe Montenegro, and trainee Julia Bernardes Cunha.
