SÃO PAULO, August 9, 2010 – In its first 100 days of operation, the São Paulo office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy closed eight landmark Brazilian transactions, totaling more than US$7.8 billion. The transactions include one high profile equity sale, a major acquisition and six debt offerings. The office is currently involved in numerous IPOs and various types of financing transactions, particularly in industries crucial for Brazil, including oil & gas and infrastructure. The office is led by founding partners Andrew Jánszky and Tobias Stirnberg, who have worked together in Brazil for years and are known for their extensive experience in capital markets, corporate transactions and mergers and acquisitions.
“Our involvement in so many of the largest financial transactions shows Milbank's immediate impact in this marketplace,” said Andrew Jánszky. “The variety and complexity of the deals are sure signs of the confidence the Milbank name inspires.”
Milbank represented:
- Itaú Unibanco in the US$3 billion sale of Bank of America’s equity stake in Itaú Unibanco
- Marfrig in its acquisition of Keystone Foods for US$1.26 billion
- BM&FBOVESPA in its US$612 million bond offering
- CSN in a US$1 billion bond offering
- Gol in its US$300 million bond offering
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, BB Securities, Banco Itaú Europa and RBS Securities in Banco Votorantim’s US$400 million bond offering
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Santander in Fibria's US$750 million bond offering and simultaneous exchange offer and consent solicitation
- Marfrig in connection with a US$500 million note offering
About Milbank
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is a leading global law firm that for more than 140 years has provided innovative legal solutions to many of the world’s largest, most complex, “first-ever” corporate transactions and litigation. The firm’s transactional expertise includes capital markets, corporate finance and transactions, project finance, acquisition finance, and other major fields of law practice. Milbank litigation teams resolve disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, proxy battles, financings and securities offerings, intellectual property, white-collar crime, and corporate restructurings, among others. The firm’s clients range from prominent multinational financial, industrial and commercial enterprises to governments, institutions and individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York, with offices in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing and São Paulo.