Silvia Fittipaldi’s practice focuses on cross-border corporate and financial transactions, including securities offerings, liability management transactions, debt financing and cross-border M&A, with an emphasis on Latin America.

Silvia has represented issuers, underwriters, and other market participants in a broad range of securities offerings, including debt and equity offerings, and liability management transactions. She has also advised clients on debt financing and cross-border M&A transactions.  She also regularly advises clients on compliance with the U.S. securities laws, including periodic reporting obligations.

Silvia joined the firm in 2017.

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Notable Experience

Capital Markets

  • The Federative Republic of Brazil in multiple SEC-registered offerings of global bonds totaling over $14 billion of debt and in a liability management transaction.

  • Vale in multiple SEC-registered offerings of global bonds totaling over $4 billion of debt and in numerous liability management transactions.

  • Petrobras in multiple liability management transactions involving over $19 billion of outstanding debt securities.

  • The underwriters in numerous SEC-registered and Rule 144A/Reg S bond offerings in Brazil and Latin America, including Bancolombia’s SEC-registered offering and liability management transaction, CSN’s debt offering, cash tender offers and notes reopening, TGS’s global bond offering and concurrent tender offer and JSL’s notes reopening.

  • The issuers and the international placement agents in various IPOs and follow-on equity offerings, including Energisa’s follow-on, Infracommerce’s follow on, Eneva’s follow on, Petz’s follow on and Focus Energia’s IPO.

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M&A and Joint Ventures

  • CNP Assurances in the acquisition from Caixa Seguridade of the control of five insurance, savings, and consórcio companies, and in the negotiation of an amendment to a framework agreement, providing for a R$7 billion long-term exclusive distribution agreement in the network of Caixa Econômica Federal.

  • Suzano in its acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen’s paper mill in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and extrusion facility in Waynesville, North Carolina, and long-term supply agreement.

  • Suzano in its acquisition of Kimberly-Clark’s tissue products business in Brazil.

  • Vale in its $26 billion strategic partnership with Manara Minerals, a joint venture between Ma’aden and PIF, pursuant to which Manara Minerals will invest in Vale’s energy transition metals business.

  • Votorantim in connection with the formation of a co-investment vehicle with Temasek and its affiliates to invest up to $700 million in growth equity in Brazil.

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Debt Finance

  • The lenders to CEMEX in various matters, including in CEMEX’s €500 million sustainability-linked senior unsecured term loan, and in the refinancing of CEMEX’s existing €750 million euro-denominated facility.

  • Banco Pichincha in a credit facility of $100 million with Overseas Private Investment Corporation and a $8.5 million secured loan from Wells Fargo Bank.

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