Pinheiro Guimarães is one of the leaders in the market in advising both private-equity funds as well as the companies that receive investments from those funds in Brazil.  From the beginning of the industry in Brazil, Pinheiro Guimarães has developed solid experience in all phases of private-equity investment, including the constitution of funds, raising funding, investments, questions related to corporate governance, divestitures, portfolio management, corporate reorganizations and regulatory issues.

The extensive experience of Pinheiro Guimarães allows its lawyers active in this area to be constantly up-to-date and fully capable of offering solutions, structures and investment strategies that are both sophisticated and efficient, that offer security and greater return for investors, and that make it possible for the target companies to take full advantage of the investment.

Pinheiro Guimarães also draws upon extensive experience in advising venture-capital funds and other national and foreign investors, as well as start-ups, in the investment in and financing of their operations.  Pinheiro Guimarães is fully equipped to provide advice on every phase of venture-capital investments, from general advice to venture-capital funds, round tables on financing and investment in capital, constitution of start-ups, due diligence and assistance in the implementation of the contractual structure of business.

In the area of private equity and venture capital, in each of the phases in the process of investment and divestiture, the work of Pinheiro Guimarães is developed as a coordinated effort with specialists from other practice areas of the office, such as tax, capital markets and banking, thereby permitting the firm to offer specialized and multidisciplinary services to its clients.