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Project Finance (International Firms) - Brazil
What the Team is Known For
Stephen Hood & Partners is a top-tier New York and English law specialist boutique located in Brazil, renowned for assisting on Brazilian and other Latin American cross-border project finance matters, where it has been engaged on a number of recent high-profile transactions. The firm also works regularly on international corporate finance, agribusiness loans, debt refinancing and joint venture/M&A issues and transactions.
Strengths
Stephen Hood & Partners was selected exactly because of their capacity and track record on complex deals and transactions and they did not disappoint us.
They really care about clients and I think they help a lot. They are very good, very involved. They know a lot of details about the legal and commercial side of the deals.
Stephen Hood & Partners is a law firm with a highly experienced and very available team.
Stephen Hood & Partners are a boutique law firm that's very hands-on and really good to work with.
Work Highlights
Stephen Hood & Partners assisted CDV Holding with the financial support framework agreement of USD4 billion for a joint venture supported by TotalEnergies.
Notable practitioners
Stephen Hood is a distinguished project finance practitioner with substantial experience in advising many large and prominent industrial and financial global corporations on complex cross-border transactions.
He is very experienced. A good lawyer for local matters involving international operations.
He has a lot of experience in this type of project in Brazil. Very good to work with. He has a vast vision of Brazil and the Brazilian legal system.
Stephen is one of the most experienced in the market.
Rebecca Roman is a New York-qualified lawyer whose practice is focused on project finance transactions, as well as corporate and acquisition finance, M&A and debt renegotiation primarily relating to infrastructure companies.
She is great - a very involved and assertive lawyer, with a great personality.
An impeccable lawyer, with really good knowledge.