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Paloma Valéria Martins Lima

Paloma Valéria Martins Lima

Brazil 2025

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Provided by Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

Brazil: Transactional

Practice Areas

Infrastructure & Project Finance, Contracts and Project Development, Energy, Oil, Gas and Offshore Industry

Career

Paloma represents sponsors, local and global investors, and financial institutions in the development and financing of infrastructure projects across several industries, such as energy, oil and gas, sanitation, logistics, ports, transportation, and public lighting. She acts on structured and project finance, with a strong focus on cross-border non-recourse transactions that connect the national project pipeline to global investors. Paloma also has significant experience in identifying, allocating, and mitigating risks in various projects, as well as practical knowledge and expertise in handling complex and multi-source financing and intercreditor structures.

She was a senior in-house counsel at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for four years in Washington, D.C.

Professional Memberships

Counselor of Women in Leadership in Latin America (WILL)

Personal

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Postgraduate Degree in Administrative Law and Public Contracts - Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP)

Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Stanford Law School

Chambers Review

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Chambers Brazil: Transactional

Project Finance - Brazil

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Paloma Valéria Martins Lima concentrates her legal practice on matters arising in the project finance field, with a special focus on share acquisitions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Paloma Valéria Martins Lima is an exceptional and highly qualified lawyer.

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Brazil

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