- THE AUTHORS – Book contents William T. Allen – NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business “THE IPO MARKET IN BRAZIL” Andrew B. Jánszky – Shearman & Sterling Tobias Stirnberg – Shearman & Sterling João Vicente Camarota - Shearman & Sterling “THE BRAZILIAN LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPANIES WITH DIFFUSE OWNERSHIP” Marcelo S. Barbosa – Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados “MERGER CONTROL IN BRAZIL—THE CURRENT REGIME, THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS ANDTHE PROPOSED REFORM” Ecio Perin Jr. – President of IBRADEMP Guilherme F.C. Ribas – Felsberg e Associados “TAKEOVERS IN BRAZIL” Syllas Tozzini – Tozzini Freire Advogados Renato Berger – Tozzini Freire Advogados “OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FOREIGN PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS IN BRAZIL” S. Wade Angus – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Mariana Pargendler – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP “PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS IN BRAZIL (FUNDOS DE INVESTIMENTO EM PARTICIPAÇÕES-FIPS)” Marcos Rafael Flesch – Souza, Cescon Avedissian, Barrieu e Flesch Advogados. Marina da Silva Prado – Souza, Cescon Avedissian, Barrieu e Flesch Advogados. “BRAZILIAN REGULATORY PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT FUNDS— FIPS: ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS” Ricardo C. Veirano – Veirano Advogados Gustavo Moraes Stolagli – Veirano Advogados “JOINT VENTURES IN BRAZIL” Diane G. Kerr – Davis Polk & Wardwell Manuel Garciadiaz – Davis Polk & Wardwell Adriano Castello Branco – Davis Polk & Wardwell “CONSIDERATIONS FOR INVESTMENTS IN BRAZIL” Pedro Aguiar de Freitas – Companhia Vale do Rio Doce “SOME THOUGHTS FOR BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN 2008” Martin Lipton – Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN BRAZIL AND BOVESPA’S LISTING SEGMENTS” Carlos Motta – Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Adriana Cortese Julião - Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice “THE RISE OF A GLOBAL CHAMPION AMID CONSOLIDATION OF THE WORLD’S EXCHANGES” NYSE Euronext “BRIDGING THE GAP—RECENT SEC INITIATIVES TO EASE BURDENS ON FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUERS” Antonio N. Piccirillo – Proskauer Rose LLP Leonardo Di Cola – Proskauer Rose LLP “THE U.S. HIGH YIELD BOND MARKET” Peter V. Darrow – Mayer Brown LLP Luke S. Richbourg - Mayer Brown LLP “OVERVIEW ON EUROBOND ISSUANCES BY BRAZILIAN ISSUERS” Donald E. Baker – White & Case John W. Anderson, Jr – White & Case LLP “HYBRID SECURITIES—AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND ADAPTATION TO CHANGING MARKETS” Jonathan Walcoff – JP Morgan Chase & Co. Beatriz Franco – IBRADEMP - JP Morgan Chase & Co. “BRAZIL’S NEW RECUPERAÇÃO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS—NEW HOPE FOR BRAZILIAN COMPANIES IN SEARCH OF RELIEF UNDER THE SECTION 3(A)(10) REGISTRATION EXEMPTION?” Richard J. Cooper – Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Dalmau Garcia – Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP “FUNDING IN THE BRAZILIAN MARKET AND RECEIVABLE FUNDS” Luis Peyser – IBRADEMP -– Unibanco – União de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. Flávio Tudisco – Xavier, Bernardes e Bragança Advogados “SECURITIZATION BY BRAZILIAN ISSUERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS” Emil Arca – Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP “THE EVOLUTION OF CREDIT DERIVATIVES DOCUMENTATION INTERNATIONALLY AND PERSPECTIVES FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL” Anthony R.G. Nolan - K&L Gates Rodrigo de Moraes Salles – K&L Gates “AN OUTLOOK ON BRAZILIAN REAL ESTATE FUNDS AS VEHICLE TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT IN BRAZIL” Lúcio Feijó Lopes – Feijó Lopes Advocacia “DUE DILIGENCE IN SECURITIES OFFERINGS BY INTERNATIONAL ISSUERS” Eduardo Vidal – Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Sofia Grafanaki-Fasouli – Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Alexis Alvarez - Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP “PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (“PPP”) IN BRAZIL” Isabel C. Franco – Demarest & Almeida Advogados Renato Poltronieri – Demarest & Almeida Advogados “GUARANTEES AND SECURITY INTEREST IN PROJECT FINANCE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL” Ricardo E. Vieira Coelho – Pinheiro Neto Advogados “PROJECT FINANCE AT PETROBRAS—HOW THE COMPANY MADE USE OF PROJECT FINANCE STRUCTURES TO OVERCOME ITS BIGGEST FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND FEASIBLY DEVELOPED ITS BEST PROJECTS BETWEEN 1995 AND 2004” João Carlos M. Ferraz – Petrobras “RENEWABLE ENERGY AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY— AN ANALYSIS OF OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL” Rafael Figueiredo – Quinn Emanuel Urqhart Oliver & Hedges LLP Rodney Alves – ManattJones Global Strategies “CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRAZIL IN THE CARBON MARKETS— THE UNRESOLVED ISSUE OF FOREST CONSERVATION” Rubén Kraiem – Covington & Burling LLP “A GUIDELINE TO TRANSNATIONAL BANKRUPTCY AND THE NEW BRAZILIAN REORGANIZATION LAW” Paulo Cezar Aragão – Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados Laura Mendes Bumachar – Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados “THE APPLICATION OF THE NEW BRAZILIAN BANKRUPTCY LAW AND PROPOSED REFORMS: OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE ACQUISITION OF DISTRESSED ASSETS —THE VARIG CASE” Paulo Penalva Santos Lobo – Motta, Fernandes Rocha Advogados Otto Eduardo Fonseca de Albuquerque Lobo – Motta, Fernandes Rocha Advogados Daniel Kalansky - Motta, Fernandes Rocha Advogados “ARBITRATION IN BRAZIL ON CORPORATE MATTERS” Joaquim de Paiva Muniz – Trench, Rossi & Watanabe, (Baker McKenzie Brazil) ************** THE EDITORS Beatriz Franco – JP Morgan Chase & Co. Daniel Kalansky - Motta, Fernandes Rocha Advogados Bianca Soares – Allen & Overy LLP Rodrigo V. Vella – Vella Buosi Advogados