Ricardo Machado Pasianotto
Biography
Overview
Ricardo is counsel in the Firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency practice in New York.
He represents debtors and creditors in a variety of corporate restructuring matters, including chapter 11 cases and cross-border reorganizations.
Ricardo first began his career as a restructuring attorney in Brazil, where he was admitted to practice in 2011, and obtained significant experience advising debtors, creditors and investors in both judicial and out-of-court restructurings. Before joining White & Case, Ricardo actively participated in several complex restructuring matters in Brazil, having represented the OAS Group, a construction services conglomerate, the Schahin Group, a Brazilian based oil & gas drilling company, the Baldin Group, a sugar and ethanol producer, among others.
Ricardo joined White & Case in 2016, and his recent representations include advising InterCement Brasil S.A. in its cross-border restructuring, spawning proceedings across several jurisdictions, Oi S.A. (the Brazilian telecom giant) in its first and second comprehensive restructurings involving different jurisdictions, WOM S.A. (a Chilean telecom company) in its chapter 11 cases, as well as Light S.A., Americanas S.A., and Constellation Oil Services Holding S.A. in their cross-border restructurings. Ricardo also advised the Ad Hoc Group of noteholders of LATAM S.A. in its chapter 11 cases, and the Ad Hoc Group of noteholders of OEC S.A. in its in-court restructuring. and many others.
Experience
InterCement Brasil S.A. (2023-24)
Represented the company and its affiliates in connection with their cross-border restructuring of approsimately US$ 2,1 billion spawning in-court proceedings in Brazil, United States, Netherlands and Spain.
Oi S.A. (2016-2024)
Represented the Brazilian telecommunications company in connection with its cross-border in-court insolvency proceedings, related litigation, and the restructuring of approximately US$19 billion of prepetition obligations.
Light S.A. (2022-2024)
Represented the company in its approximately US$ 2 billion restructuring centered in Brazil, which included recognition proceedings in the United States and an ancillary scheme of arrangement in England to implement the restructuring plan approved by its creditors.
Americanas S.A. (2022-2024)
Advised the Brazilian-based retail giant in its cross-border restructuring of approximately US$ 8.2 billion and related litigation.
Constellation Oil Services Holding S.A. (2018-2022)
Represented the company in its US$1.5 billion restructuring, which involved restructuring proceedings in Brazil, U.S. and B.V.I.
Agent (2018-2020)
Represented the agent under a US$1.8 billion secured credit facility to a Brazilian ultra-deep water drillship operator in connection with out-of-court consensual restructuring and recapitalization transactions.
OAS S.A. (2016)
Advised company in obtaining recognition of its Plan of Reorganization approved by Brazilian
courts in a Recuperacao Judicial proceeding.
