Our teamKarina Lengler

Practice Areas

• Corporate Law;
• Mergers & Acquisitions;
• Corporate Restructuring;
• Capital Markets; and
• Antitrust.

Experience

Licensed to practice law in NY, USA and in São Paulo, Brazil, Ms. Lengler has worked at the US law firms Shearman & Sterling LLP (in NY) and Bryan Cave LLP (in St. Louis, MO) and, in Brazil, at Itaú Bank, and Goulart Penteado, Iervolino e Lefosse law firm, further to being general counsel at a publicly held mining company.

Education

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY USA (2002);
• MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo (1998); and
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1994).

Member

• Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (1995)
• Licensed to practice in the State of New York – NYSBAR (2009)
• New York State Bar Association – NYSBA (2009)

Nominations and Publications

• Advised the Sellers in the acquisition of Segware by Crescera Capital
• Advised client in an M&A transaction with the BTG Pactual Bank for the construction and operation of the VIP Terminal at the Guarulhos Airport/SP
• Advised client on the acquisition of aircraft for the Brazilian soccer team Palmeiras
• Advised client in an M&A transaction regarding the sale of UPI-Heftos through the structuring of a R$200MM Debtor in Possession financing (DIP)
• Advised client on the sale of Giusti Comunicação to FSB Comunicação
• Advised client on the sale of the São Paulo Subway Line 6 – Concessão da Linha 6 – Laranja do Metrô de São Paulo (biggest infraestructure deal in Latam to date – R$15Bi)
• Nominated lawyer to Credit Suisse in a $1.5 billion loan facility for Navistar International Corporation by the directory Latin Lawyer Deal Digest (February 2006)
• Nominated lawyer to the underwriters for the Republic of Uruguay´s largest sovereign debt issues to date by the directory Latin Lawyer Deal Digest (March and June 2006)
• Nominated lawyer to Deutsche Bank and Citigroup in Banco Hipotecario US$250MM bond offer by the directory Latin Lawyer Deal Digest (August 2006)
• Acknowledged Contributor to “U.S. Registered Offers, Chapter 2, SEC Regulation Outside the United States, Mark Berman, ed., 5th Edition (Risk Books, 2005)”
• Opinions with regard to Antitrust Law and as external counsel for Fortune 500 companies in Brazil published several times in two of the major national newspapers (“Gazeta Mercantil” and “Valor Econômico”)
• Invited to be a guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association

Languages

• Portuguese
• English
• French