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Marina Mendes Correa

Associate

Email

marina.mendescorrea@aoshearman.com

Phone

+55 11 3272 2242

Offices

São Paulo

V-CARD

Marina advises investment banks and corporate issuers on a diverse array of capital market transactions, including both SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings.

She also provides SEC disclosure and corporate governance advice.

Her practice encompasses debt issuances, initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, cross-border securities offerings, and liability management transactions, in a broad range of industries, including aviation, energy, healthcare, agriculture, and financial services.

Marina joined the firm in 2020 after serving for approximately seven years as an associate at the Brazilian law firm Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, working on debt and equity capital markets transactions for a variety of Brazilian and foreign entities.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A multinational telecommunications company in its pending spin-off of Sunrise Communications AG, its Swiss telecommunications business.
  • Engie Chile in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $400 million senior notes.
  • Azul in connection with its comprehensive restructuring plan, including a US$1 billion par-for-par exchange offer to exchange into 11.500% senior secured second out notes due 2029 and 10.875% senior secured second out notes due 2030, a US$800 million new money offering, the restructuring of US$350 million of convertible debentures, as well as the long-term reprofiling of Azul’s aircraft lease and original equipment manufacturer liabilities.
  • Banco Itaú Chile in connection with the delisting of its ADSs from the New York Stock Exchange, its deregistering with the SEC and the establishment of its medium-term notes program.
  • XPAC Acquisition Corp. in connection the negotiation and execution of the business combination agreement and related agreements with SuperBac Biotechnology Solutions S.A.
  • Itaú Unibanco and Itaúsa in connection with the restructuring of its share ownership in XP Inc.
  • Itaú Unibanco in connection with the preparation of its Form 20-F and updates of its medium-term note program.
  • Azul in connection with preparation of its Form 20-F.
  • Petrobras in connection with its US$2.0 billion cash tender offers.
  • CABEI in connection with a Rule 144A/ Regulation S offering of CHF 200 million (approximately US$216 million) social bonds under its existing medium-term note program.
  • Banco do Brasil in connection with its US$1.5 billion inaugural social bond offering.
  • Bookrunners in connection with Pemex’s US$1 billion debt securities offering and concurrent exchange and tender offers.
  • Placement agents in connection with Livetech da Bahia’s R$450 million (approximately US$87 million) Rule 144A/ Regulation S and Brazilian ICVM 476 initial public offering of common shares.
  • Placement agents in Rede D’Or’s R$1,740 million (approximately US$327 million) Rule 144A/Regulation S and Brazilian ICVM 476 follow-on equity offering.
  • Placement agents in Boa Safra’s R$400 million (approximately US$73 million) Rule 144A/ Regulation S and Brazilian ICVM 400 initial public offering of common shares.
  • Placement agents in Blau Farmacêutica’s R$1,096 million (approximately US$195 million) Rule 144A/Regulation S and Brazilian ICVM 400 initial public offering of common shares.
  • Placement agents in connection with HBR’s R$730 million (approximately US$138 million) Rule 144A/Regulation S and Brazilian ICVM 476 initial public offering of common shares.

Qualifications

Admissions

Brazil, 2013
New York, 2021

Academic

LL.M, Columbia University School of Law, 2020

LL.M, Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper), 2016

LL.B, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012

Languages

Portuguese

English

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.