Latin America - Brazil

Dias Carneiro Advogados

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Dias Carneiro Advogados regularly acts as Brazilian counsel to international banks and multilateral lenders in cross-border financings and debt restructurings. The team’s expertise extends to acquisition, trade, and project finance, particularly in key sectors such as energy, natural resources, and agribusiness, where it also represents several borrowers. Practice head Thiago Vallandro Flores is counsel of choice for a variety of clients, including multilaterals and development banks, in an array of financing transactions. With a keen focus on the infrastructure sector, Paulo Leme manages a balanced workload, where project finance features alongside capital markets deals. Covering project, export, acquisition and corporate finance, Gustavo Junqueira is especially active in the energy and infrastructure segments.

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  • 'Personal service; knowledge of cross-border project finance; ability to provide concise answers to complicated questions and reasonably defend positions regarding unclear legal issues; ability to respond quickly.'
  • 'Thiago Vallandro Flores and Gustavo Junqueira are recommended.'

Key clients

  • Inter-American Development Bank / Inter-American Investment Corporation
  • China Development Bank Corporation
  • Voltalia Group
  • Banco KEB Hana
  • USJ – Açúcar e Álcool
  • International Finance Corporation
  • EDP Renováveis
  • Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura
  • Biosev
  • DNB Bank

Work highlights

  • Advised IDB Invest on a $100m facility to Hospital Albert Einstein.
  • Advised Société de Promotion Et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique on a $40m facility to Louis Dreyfus Company Sucos.
  • Advised IDB Invest, IDB, JICA and IFC on the restructuring of $800m financing granted to Klabin and on the second disbursement of the financing.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Thiago Vallandro Flores