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Daniella Raigorodsky Monteiro

Corporate & Securities

“Daniella Raigorodsky Monteiro’s broad practice sees her advising on M&A, corporate governance and contracts.”
The Legal 500, 2021

Overview

Daniella Raigorodsky Monteiro advises on matters concerning corporate/M&A, corporate governance and contractual law.

Corporate law: Corporations use Daniella as counsel in a wide range of transactions involving private and public mergers and acquisitions, divestures and sale of businesses, corporate restructuring and corporate governance. She is also well-versed on project finance, where she advises in the planning, negotiation and closure of various structured operations.

Experience

Assisted: 

  •  Tractebel Energia S.A. (currently Engie) at the privatization auction of Centrais Geradoras do Sul do Brasil S.A. (Gerasul), which, totaling 3,700 MW of installed capacity, was the first large power generation state-owned company privatized in the country (1998-1999).
  • Tele Norte Leste S.A. in corporate restructuring implemented for the purposes of incorporating all of the telcos of Telemar group after privatization (2000-2001).
  • Globo Comunicação e Participações – Globopar in restructuring their debt (2002-2004).
  • PETROBRAS in various project finance deals during 2006 and 2007, such as (i); a REVAP modernization project, which was awarded Latin America Deal of the Year 2006 – Project Finance International; (ii); Project financing (and refinancing) for pipeline construction for URUCU-MANAUS, MALHAS e GASENE.
  • Terna Participações (Taesa) in the acquisition of the electricity transmission assets and in the debt restructuring process (2008-2010).
  • The Mexican pharmaceutical company “Casa Saba” in the acquisition of the Drogasmil and Farmalife drugstore chains (2008-2009).
  • Norsk Hydro in the negotiation of a joint venture with Vale for the construction of an alumina refinery in Pará (2008-2009).

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Recognition

  • Recognized as one of the most admired women lawyers in Brazil for Expertise: Financial Transactions and Economic Sector: Power, Automotive and Auto Parts and Rio de Janeiro jurisdiction – Análise Advocacia Mulher 2023
  • Recognized for Corporate & M&A – Best Lawyers, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Recognized as one of the most admired women lawyers in Brazil for Expertise: Financial Transactions and Economic Sector: Power and Rio de Janeiro jurisdiction – Análise Advocacia Mulher 2021, 2022
  • “Daniella Raigorodsky Monteiro’s broad practice sees her advising on M&A, corporate governance and contracts.” The Legal 500, 2021

Education

  • Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público (IDP), IBGC (Brazilian Governance Institute) - ESG: How to Rethink and Innovate Business, 2021
  • Saint Paul Business School, Advanced Boardroom Program for Women (ABPW) Post-MBA Program, the first female-specific counselor training course taught by Saint Paul School of Business
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Post-Graduate Degree in Corporate Law
  • University of Cambridge, Specialization in Trust, Corporate and Project Finance
  • Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo

Admissions

  • Brazil

Languages

  • English
  • Portuguese

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa – IBGC)
  • Member of the Brazilian Institute of Business Law (Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresaria – IBRADEMP)
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