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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He acted on behalf of 3GRadar andthe shareholders' group formed by SPX Capital, Vinci, XP, Navi and Occam in the structuring and voting of the new Board of Directors of Eletrobrás as a result of its privatization.
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He acted on behalf of SER Educação in organizing a long-term incentive program for its innovation subsidiaries.
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Mr. Avvad assisted Globo Comunicação e Participação in corporate planning involving hybrid equity and debt securities in the amount of R$4 billion.
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He acted on behalf of MATERA SYSTEMS in selling its equity stake to KINEA Private Equity.
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Advised the sale of Piraquê to MDias Branco for R$1.6 billion.