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João Sartini

João Sartini

Mail: joaosartini@felsberg.com.br

Phone: +55 (21) 2156-7500

City: Rio de Janeiro

Languages: Portuguese and English

Linkedin: João Sartini

Practice areas:

  • Corporate and M&A

Profile

João has more than 15 years of experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), venture capital, private equity, corporate governance and strategic commercial agreements. He advises companies, investors, executives, family offices and entrepreneurs on domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of equity interests, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, investment rounds, the structuring of long-term incentive plans and shareholder disputes.

 

He has extensive experience advising C-level executives and board members, particularly in connection with strategic transactions, corporate restructurings, business reorganizations and the implementation of corporate governance practices. He also represents executives, officers and directors in administrative proceedings before regulatory authorities, particularly the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and the Central Bank of Brazil (BACEN).

 

Professional Associations

  • Guest lecturer at the Laboratory for the Analysis of Business Law and Private International Law (LADEIP) of the National Faculty of Law (FND) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
  • Teaching assistant and researcher at Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (FGV-Rio), in the areas of Corporate Law and Capital Markets.

Education

  • MBA in Management from the IAG Business School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).
  • Postgraduate degree in Mining and Environmental Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-Minas).
  • LL.M. in Corporate Law and Capital Markets from Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (FGV-Rio).
  • LL.B. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

Publications

  • Co-author of the Brazil chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Private Equity 2019.
  • Co-author of “Reverse Solicitation,” in Atualidades em Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais: Fundos de Investimento (Volume V, 2021).

Experience

  • Advising a private equity fund on the acquisition of control of a Brazilian company operating in the maritime support, port logistics and offshore services sectors.
  • Advising a foreign private equity fund on the acquisition of an equity interest in a Brazilian company operating in the mining and rail logistics sectors.
  • Representing the controlling shareholders of a Brazilian electric power distribution company in the sale of an equity interest to another company operating in the same sector.
  • Advising a foreign private equity vehicle on a liability restructuring, corporate reorganization and acquisition of control of a Brazilian mining company.
  • Advising a private equity fund on the sale of an equity interest in a Brazilian natural products retail and franchise chain.
  • Advising investors, including a foreign investor, on the structuring of a project finance transaction for the development of a hotel project in Rio de Janeiro, including third-party financing, the issuance of a credit instrument and the implementation of the transaction’s security package.
  • Advising the controlling shareholders of a biomethane-fired thermoelectric power plant on the structuring of a debt issuance to finance its operations.
  • Advising an oil and gas company in connection with its financial restructuring and judicial reorganization proceedings, including the renegotiation of vessel charter agreements, service agreements and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, as well as negotiations with bondholders, other creditors and a state-owned oil and gas company.
  • Participating in the establishment of the consortium responsible for implementing and operating an urban light rail transit (LRT) system, as well as in the structuring of its electronic fare collection system.
  • Representing a minority investor in an administrative proceeding before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) concerning a mandatory tender offer triggered by an increase in the shareholding of a Brazilian bank.
  • Advising a minority investor in an administrative proceeding before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) concerning irregularities in an asset valuation report prepared in connection with the corporate reorganization of a publicly traded telecommunications company.
  • Representing a foreign minority investor in a landmark proceeding before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) concerning a conflict of interest involving a government entity in its capacity as the controlling shareholder of a publicly traded state-controlled company.
  • Defending an executive of a publicly traded aerospace company in an administrative enforcement proceeding before the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) concerning alleged irregularities in a cross-border aircraft sale transaction.

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