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Overview
Diana Balassiano is an associate in the Securities and Capital Markets department based in the London office of Paul Hastings. Ms. Balassiano focuses her practice on capital markets and corporate transactions, including representing issuers and underwriters in significant equity and debt offerings.
Education
- University of Columbia Law School, L.L.M 2017
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, B.A./LL.B. 2012
Representations
Capital Markets
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the R$1.35 billion IPO and São Paulo listing of the common shares of Três Tentos Agroindustrial S.A., a Brazilian agribusiness leader in the grains and biofuel businesses
- Represented the underwriters in connection with two offerings of sustainability-linked notes by Suzano Austria GmbH and its parent guarantor, Suzano S.A., one of the world's largest pulp and paper producers, with an aggregate value of US$1.5 billion
- Represented the dealer managers in connection with a US$500 million high-yield senior unsecured notes offering and tender offer by BRF S.A., a Brazilian foods manufacturer, a subsequent debt retap of such notes in the amount of US$300 million, and a tender offer by BRF for a class of its outstanding senior notes up to US$180 million
- Represented the underwriters in connection with a R$1.97 billion follow-on equity offering by EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logística S.A., the largest highway concession operator in Brazil
- Represented the dealer managers in connection with a tender offer by CEMIG Geração e Transmissão S.A. for a class of its outstanding senior notes up to US$500 million
- Represented Orizon Valorização de Resíduos S.A., a Brazil-based waste treatment and biogas producer, in its R$487 million IPO and São Paulo listing
- Represented the underwriters in connection with a R$2.8 billion follow-on equity offering by Locaweb Serviços de Internet S.A., a Brazil-based internet technology company
- Represented the underwriters and dealer managers in connection with a US$500 million bond offering and a concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation by a finance subsidiary of Hidrovias do Brasil S.A., a Brazilian waterway logistics company
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the R$1.03 billion IPO and São Paulo listing of the common stock of Lavvi Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A., a Brazilian real estate company
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the R$1.94 billion IPO and São Paulo listing of the common shares of Lojas Quero-Quero S.A., a Brazilian home improvement retailing company
- Represented Boa Safra Sementes S.A., a Brazilian soybean seed producer, in connection with its R$400 million IPO and São Paulo listing of common shares
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the R$1.2 billion IPO and São Paulo listing of the shares of Locaweb Serviços de Internet S.A., a Brazil-based internet technology company
- Represented Log-In Logística Intermodal S.A., a Brazil-based logistics and transportation company, in connection with its R$532 million follow-on equity offering
- Represented Brazilian fintech company PagSeguro Digital Ltd. in its SEC-registered follow-on equity offering, which raised more than US$653 million
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advised Gavea Investimentos, a large Brazilian private equity fund, in its investment, together with Softbank and other leading investors, in VTEX.
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Morgan Stanley and BTG Pactual on OHI’s Debut High Yield Bond Offering - July 25th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Altisource Portfolio Solutions on Follow-On Public Equity Offering - September 28th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Syndicate of Banks in MRV Engenharia e Participações’ R$1 Billion Primary Follow-On Offering - July 25th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Raymond James in U.K.-Based Zura Bio Limited’s Cross-Border Business Combination with JATT Acquisition Corp - March 23rd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Altisource Portfolio Solutions in Public Equity Offering - March 9th, 2023
- Três Tentos Agroindustrial Completes $255 Million IPO - July 15th, 2021
- Suzano S.A. Completes Issuance of $1 Billion Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes - July 1st, 2021
- Boa Safra Sementes Completes $79 Million Brazilian IPO - June 4th, 2021
- Hidrovias do Brasil Completes $500 Million Bond and Concurrent Liability Management - February 19th, 2021
- Orizon Completes $103 Million Brazilian IPO - February 18th, 2021
- Locaweb Closes $511 Million Follow-On Offering - February 16th, 2021
- Suzano S.A. Completes $500 Million Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes Reopening - November 19th, 2020
- Méliuz Completes $103 Million Brazilian IPO - November 6th, 2020
- Locaweb Completes US$308 million Brazilian IPO - February 21st, 2020
- PagSeguro Closes $653 Million Follow-On Offering - October 25th, 2019
- Paul Hastings’ Leading Latin America Practice Welcomes Preeminent M&A/Capital Markets Team in São Paulo - August 8th, 2019