Having the benefit of a broad and consistent transactional background built up over the more than 90 years of the firm’s existence, Pinheiro Guimarães has established itself as a reference for restructuring transactions involving domestic and cross-border debt.  In this regard, the firm regularly advises obligors and creditors in the negotiation, structuring and implementation of complex debt restructurings.

One of the most notable moments for Pinheiro Guimarães in terms of restructurings dates back to the decade of the 1980s, when the firm served as counsel to the bank advisory committee in the restructuring of Brazil’s sovereign debt.  The negotiations carried out through the bank advisory committee resulted in Brazil’s issuing debt-rescheduling instruments known as the Brady Bonds.

Recognized as one of the traditional law offices in Brazil for debt restructuring, Pinheiro Guimarães has formed an experienced team of professionals who have participated in transactions involving all the levels of complexity that debt restructuring may lead to.  Those transactions include domestic and cross-border syndicated loans, restructurings with the issuance of securities in the capital markets and debt-to-equity conversions.  The structure of Pinheiro Guimarães permits it to offer assistance of a multidisciplinary nature in respect of debt restructuring projects by engaging diverse practice areas, such as the teams for judicial and extrajudicial reorganizations and bankruptcy, for financings and banks, and for tax, corporate issues, capital markets, litigation and arbitration.

The excellence of Pinheiro Guimarães in this practice area has been consistently attested to by important national and foreign periodicals.