Marcela Taquette Vaz > Pinheiro Guimarães > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Guimarães Offices
AV RIO BRANCO 181
27TH FLOOR
20040-918 RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
Brazil
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Marcela Taquette Vaz
Work Department
Banking and the Financial Markets; Project Development and Finance; Structured Finance and Securitization; Financing and Foreign Trade; Investment Funds; Capital Markets; Debt Restructuring; Banking Regulations
Position
Partner
Career
Marcela Taquette Vaz is a very active young partner with experience in different areas of the practice of banking and finance, with an emphasis in cross-border and local project finance deals. She routinely works for financial institutions, equity sponsors and borrowers on different types of cross border financing deals, including bond offerings (including tender offers, consent solicitations and exchange offers), syndicated loans, leveraged and acquisition financings, trade financings and debt restructurings, involving complex structures for sharing of collateral among lenders of different jurisdictions. In the domestic market she advises on debt offerings (mostly infrastructure debentures) and bank financings, including loans from development banks and local governmental agencies. She also has expertise in derivatives and structured products. Recently Marcela has been involved in all bridge and long-term financings for solar photovoltaic projects of EDF Renewables’ and Canadian Solar’s entities in Brazil, including Pirapora. Marcela has an LLM from New York University School of Law and is admitted to practice also in New York
Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association and New York Bar.
Education
Education: Colégio Santo Agostinho, Rio de Janeiro (BA); Catholic University Law School, Rio de Janeiro (LLB, 2007). New York University School of Law, New York (LLM, 2012). Foreign associate at Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, 2012–2013. Member: Brazilian Bar Association and New York Bar.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Pinheiro Guimarães acts for an impressive mix of major borrowers and lenders, including banks, development agencies, corporates and state entities. Showcasing a varied transactional expertise that covers domestic and cross-border acquisition financings, structured products, syndicated loans, refinancings and trade financings, the multifaceted practice is also singled out for its strong track record in project and asset finance. Ivie Moura Alves is a strong performer in mandates involving syndicated loans and debt capital markets. Fábio Yanitchkis Couto is a key contact for distressed debt and structured finance. The latter is a core area of practice for Paula Beatriz Carneiro Pessôa, while Roberta Giamattey Pimentel Fonseca Kelley is especially recommended for project finance. The team is led respectively out of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo by Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães and Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães Neto, both of whom are references in the banking and finance market. Up-and-coming partner Marcela Taquette Vaz is developing a good reputation for cross-border loans and bond offerings.