Beatriz Lavigne

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Career

Beatriz is an associate of the Banking & Finance group of Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown, based in the São Paulo office. As a member of the Mayer Brown Latin American Group, she helps clients on structured financing transactions (onshore, offshore and cross-border) and regulatory matters, representing multilateral agencies, commercial banks, institutional creditors, corporate clients and their respective sponsors.

Clients turn to Beatriz for her in-depth research and expertise in development/social finance, green finance, and social finance. She provides financial solutions and regulatory advice in these areas, aiming to mobilize resources for economic and social development, with a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability and social impact.

Beatriz has also been involved in numerous structured financing transactions related to investments and the development of infrastructure projects (project finance), as well as corporate and acquisition finance deals, out-of-court debt restructurings, and capital markets transactions (with a specific emphasis on debt offerings), both domestically in Brazil and internationally.

Professional Memberships

- Member of the Special Commission on Infrastructure and Development at Brazilian Bar Association/SP since 2022.

- Member of the Infra Women Brazil, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women's presence in the infrastructure sector.

- Member of the Special Commission on Infrastructure and Development at Brazilian Bar Association/SP.

Publications

• “Green Bonds: Reconciling Constitutional Rights of Environmental Protection and Economic Liberal Order" in Revista de Direito Bancário e de Mercado de Capitais - Revistas dos Tribunais (RDB 93, 2021).

• “Basic Q&A about voluntary carbon markets in Brazil” - Financial Innovation Laboratory, LAB (2022).

Education

Languages Spoken

• Portuguese

• English

• German; and

• Spanish