Mr Ricardo Coelho > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUMAITÀ, 275
16° ANDAR
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ 22261-005
Brazil
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Mr Ricardo Coelho
Work Department
Oil and Gas, Corporate, M&A, and Project Finance.
Position
Partner.
Career
Ricardo Coelho joined Pinheiro Neto Advogados in 1985 and has been a partner since 1996. He has significant experience in corporate law, project finance, asset finance, foreign trade, public-private partnerships, capital markets (equity and debt securities), credit facilities, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, leasing, oil and gas, energy, maritime law, ethanol and biofuels, transportation, aviation and insurance industries. Ricardo has traditionally advised several major Brazilian and foreign companies, as well as international financial institutions throughout the last decades. Recently, Ricardo assisted the lenders KfW and IFC in the BRL 1.76 billion Gás Natural Açu S.A. finance for the development, construction and implementation in Açu Port (Brazil) of a thermal LNG plant with capacity of 1.3 gigawatt (GW), including a regasification terminal for the LNG in the port.
International experience: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (New York, 1995).
Languages
Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Memberships
Brazilian Maritime Law Association. Brazilian Airspace Law Society.
Cândido Mendes University Law Alumni Society.
Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian Institute of Finance Businessmen (IBEF Rio).
Education
LL.M. in Banking Law and Financial Regulation from the University of London;
LL.M. in Financial and Capital Markets Law from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper);
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Cândido Mendes University.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations