Bio

Filipe Areno assists Latin American and U.S. clients in a wide range of corporate transactions, including public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Areno has worked on more than 80 securities offerings, including of Azul, Banco BTG Pactual, Banco do Brasil, Cosan, MetLife, Oi, Raízen and Ultrapar. In addition, he has been involved in several high-profile M&A transactions, including representation of Mubadala in the ongoing acquisition of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM), the first refinery expected to be divested by Petrobras. Mr. Areno is regularly ranked among the leading professionals in his field and has been repeatedly recognized by Latinvex as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers in Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A, as well as in the top bands of Chambers Global, Chambers Brazil and Chambers Latin America for his work in Capital Markets and Brazil Corporate/M&A. He also has been named a notable practitioner by IFLR1000 and repeatedly selected to Best Lawyers in Brazil. Additionally, he has been recognized as a Global Leader for M&A by Who’s Who Legal, as well as cited in Who’s Who Legal: Brazil for both M&A and Capital Markets and Who’s Who Legal: Corporate for M&A.