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Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães

Pinheiro Guimarães has broad experience in rendering legal assistance to the development and financing of projects in various industrial and infrastructure sectors, including energy, telecommunications, oil and gas, highways, railroads, ports and airports.

The firm assists clients in all stages, including in the initial structuring, drafting and negotiation of agreements among sponsors of the project, tax planning and securing specific tax incentives, regulatory analysis, environmental licensing, drafting and negotiation of contracts for carrying out the project, and registrations with the Central Bank and other regulatory agencies. Pinheiro Guimarães handles all relevant financing agreements, including all contracts and agreements covering accessory matters related to the financing, such as security agreements, direct agreements and contracts covering the control of account activity relating to the project.

As an historic example of the firm's work in project finance, Pinheiro Guimarães represented various creditors and banking syndicates in financing transactions for the construction of the hydroelectric plant at Itaipu and the construction of the nuclear energy power plants at Angra dos Reis. The firm also acted in the development of the Olympic Park in the City of Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2016.

Ranked Lawyers at
Pinheiro Guimarães

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Brazil

Project Finance

Paloma Valéria Martins Lima
5
Paloma Valéria Martins Lima
5
Band 5
Roberta Pimentel
5
Roberta Pimentel
5
Band 5
Projects

André Sigelmann
3
André Sigelmann
3
Band 3

Members

Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães

Fernanda da Cunha Lopez

Marcela Taquette Vaz

Maria Costa Neves Machado

Maria Manuela Andrade

Roberta Pimentel

Clients

Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães

Aeris Energy (Brazil)

Andrade Gutierrez (Brazil)

Anglo American (UK)

EDF Énergies Nouvelles (France)

EDP Energias do Brasil (Brazil)

Energética Suape II S.A. (Brazil)

Genpower Participações S.A. (Brazil)

Neoenergia S.A. (Brazil)

Norsk Hydro (Norway)

Rio Energy (Denham Capital's vehicle) (Brazil)

Industries

Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães

Construction

Electric power

Energy

Infrastructure

Mining

Renewables