Pedro Afonso Gutierrez Avvad
Partner
Áreas de atuação
- Corporate/M&A
- Tax
- Private Client & Wealth Advisory
Bio
Mr. Avvad is a Senior Partner at FreitasLeite, focusing his practice in the Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax and Restructuring areas. He is also the head of the firm's Rio de Janeiro office.
He has worked for over 25 years advising private and public companies in M&A transactions, corporate and tax restructurings, and national and international securities offerings.
Mr. Avvad has been regularly acknowledged by leading international legal rankings such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, Leaders League and Best Lawyers.
Education
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Specialization in Advanced International Tax Law at SITTI
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Master's degree in Tax Law at Faculdade Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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Graduated in Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC/RJ
Recognition
Additional activities
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Professor of Financial Law for the graduate and postgraduate programs at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ (2001 to 2004).
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Professor of Tax Law for the MBA in Economic and Corporate Law programs at Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV (2000 to 2003).
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Professor of the LL.M in Corporate Law and Capital Markets program at IBMEC/RJ (2011).
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Member of the Arbitration and Legislative Affairs Committees of OAB/RJ.
Relevant
cases
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Represented Radar Capital and the shareholder group composed of SPX Capital, Vinci, XP, Navi and Occam in the formation and election of the new Board of Directors of Eletrobrás, arising from its privatization.
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Represented AXIA Energia (the new corporate name of Eletrobrás) in the structuring of its Restricted Stock, Stock Option and Performance Share programs.
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Advised Globo Comunicação e Participação on a corporate structuring involving hybrid equity and debt securities in the amount of R$4 billion.
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Represented Matera Systems in the sale of an relevant equity interest to Warburg Pincus.
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Represented Piraquê and its shareholders in the sale of 100% of its share capital to MDias Branco for R$1.6 billion.
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Represented Órama DTVM and its shareholders in the sale of 100% of its share capital to Banco BTG Pactual.
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Represented B100 in the Public Tender Offer for the acquisition of control of Ciabrasf.
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Represented Cemig in a shareholder dispute against Andrade Gutierrez in connection with the investment in the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Plant (UHE Santo Antônio).