Eduardo Lima

Ports and Project Finance:

• Advised Banco do Brasil S.A. and Banco Itaú BBA S.A., acting as financial advisors, in connection to the potential financing for the implementation of two (2) liquefied natural gas (LNG) thermoelectric power plants and associated infrastructure in Brazil.
• Advised Bradesco BBI, Banco Votoratim and Itau BBA in a project finance for Energias Renováveis do Brasil – ERB for the construction and implementation of a thermal power plant in the state of Bahia.
• Advised Brazil Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund (BMIF), a fund managed by Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd. in a mezanine financing for Bioenergy Geradora de Energia S.A. for the construction and implementation of 4 wind power plants located in state of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Advised Banco Credit Agricole do Brasil S.A., Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. and Banco BTG Pactual S.A., acting as financial advisors of Concessionária Move São Paulo S.A., which has as its shareholders Odebrecht Transport S.A., Construtora Queiroz Galvão S.A. and UTC Participações S.A., in connection with the project financing of the Line 6 – Orange of São Paulo Subway.
• Advised Itau Unibanco S.A., acting as borrower, in connection with a US$400 million loan from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, for the purpose of financing small and medium enterprises in Brazil.
• Advised GE Capital as a credit supporter for the Porto de Sergipe I liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant arranged by Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe (CELSE). The project raised approximately US$1.46 billion through bond buyers and multilateral lenders. According to the LatinFinance, “Celse’s innovative approach, which also includes a bond guarantee from the Swiss export credit agency SERV, has earned the power company the awards.”

Duke University, LLM

Mackenzie University, LLB

• Brazil