Institutional News
- 12 May 2025
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Lefosse expands Investment Funds practice with the arrival of partner Felipe Paiva
Lefosse, one of Brazil’s leading full-service law firms, has just announced the expansion of its Investment Funds practice with the arrival of new partner Felipe Paiva. The firm aims to expand its position as a strategic partner for local and foreign fund managers, fund administrators, investment banks, and institutional investors.
“The strategy is to consolidate our Investment Funds practice, which is already a benchmark in the market, with a focus on legal innovation and anticipating the regulatory needs of our clients. We will strengthen our practice in structured transactions, focusing on recent regulatory changes, such as those of CVM Resolution 175 (Brazil’s new regulatory investment funds framework) and the new tax framework for investments funds, as well as exploring opportunities in connection with innovative financial products, especially alternative and sustainable assets,” says Felipe.
The new partner specializes in advising financial institutions, asset managers, fund administrators, and other types of sponsors in structuring investment funds, including equity funds (FIPs), credit rights funds (FIDCs), real estate funds (FIIs) and agro-industrial funds (FIAGROs). Felipe also handles the negotiation of complex legal instruments with respect to setting up fund structures, as well as provides regulatory advice in the incorporation and accreditation of fund managers with the CVM and ANBIMA.
“Our Investment Funds practice has been one of our highlights this year, at a time of regulatory transformation and modernization driven by the CVM and the increased participation of foreign investors. We are confident that Felipe’s arrival will expand our offer of sophisticated and customized solutions to our clients,” says Rodrigo Junqueira, Lefosse’s managing partner.
About Lefosse
With experience and a track record in emblematic cases and a deep understanding of each client’s context, we have won more than 600 national and international awards in the last year. We act in a multidisciplinary and specialized way for the most diverse sectors of the economy, in more than 20 law practices. Lefosse is a law firm that strengthens businesses, with an entrepreneurial vision, confidence and the courage to go the extra mile.
Practices: Banking and Finance; Capital Markets; Competition and Antitrust; Compliance and Investigations; Corporate and M&A; Dispute Resolution; Energy; Environmental; Infrastructure; Insurance, Reinsurance and Private Pensions; International Trade; Investment Funds; Labor; Life Sciences and Healthcare; Oil and Gas; Project Development and Finance; Public Law and Regulation; Real estate; Restructuring and Insolvency; Tax; Technology, Data Protection and Intellectual Property; Wealth Planning; White-Collar Crime.
