Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising BTG Pactual in its minority investment, alongside other investors, in Pershing Square, a newly formed limited partnership that owns 100% of Pershing Square Capital Management, in a transaction valued at $1.05 billion. For more information, please see the company’s press release.

BTG Pactual is the largest investment bank in Latin America, with a market capitalization of approximately $28 billion with over $320 billion in assets in its Wealth and Asset Management divisions.

The Debevoise team is led by investment management partner Matthew Dickman and counsel Sergio Torres and includes investment management associate Thomas Toman, M&A partner Maurizio Levi-Minzi, associate Julu Katticaran, and tax partner Michael Bolotin and associate Martin Connor Jr.