Andre Teixeira

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Emailandre.teixeira@us.dlapiper.com

About

Andre regularly advises sponsors, investment funds, and financial institutions on a broad range of project finance transactions in the United States and Latin America. His practice includes corporate, pre-export, and acquisition finance transactions; mergers and acquisitions (M&A); the negotiation of complex commercial and technology contracts; and foreign investment matters. He has extensive experience supporting clients across a spectrum of industries, including energy (wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, and gas-to-power), infrastructure, transportation, natural resources, and manufacturing.

Areas of FocusFinance Projects and Project Finance Mergers and Acquisitions

Bar admissionsNew YorkDistrict of ColumbiaBrazil

Education

LL.M. in International Business and Trade Law, American University Washington College of Law

Focus on Corporate Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School

LL.B., Mackenzie University

EXPERIENCE

Two energy transition funds and an international infrastructure asset manager in a back-leverage financing by a major Asian bank in the acquisition of a Texas wind farm
A provider of credit and structured equity solutions to energy market participants in financing to a California-based oil and gas exploration company, its special purpose vehicles managing oil field and wetlands cleanup, and related private entities in a wetlands rehabilitation and restoration project in Long Beach, California
The private sector arm of an international development bank in the financing of a solar photovoltaic power plant in Bahia, Brazil
A Dutch entrepreneurial bank and a development finance institution in the financing of a portfolio of four wind projects in Costa Rica
A government in the development and financing of a USD20 billion nuclear power project, including negotiation of the financing arrangements and related construction, fuel supply, operations and management, and spent fuel storage agreements
The private sector arm of an international development bank in a senior secured financing to a leading green technology company for the construction, operation, and maintenance of two wind farms in Argentina, as well as transmission lines and related civil engineering projects, including access roads, substations, and control stations
Lenders in the development and USD3.4 billion financing of a 2,400 megawatt (MW) coal-fired independent power producer in Dubai
A lending group in the development and financing of a gas-fired power plant in Saudi Arabia
Two multinational banks, as joint lead arrangers, in a USD344 million syndicated loan to a Peruvian electrical infrastructure company for the construction of more than 900 kilometers of electric transmission lines in Peru
Major Mexican financial institutions, a US-based broker-dealer, and a US-based national bank, as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, in a USD1 billion first-stage financing for the development and construction of an airport in Mexico City
An electric power generator, as borrower, in a USD260 million senior secured financing for the development and construction of a combined-cycle conversion project for an existing 236 MW natural gas power plant in the Dominican Republic
An arranger, commercial bank lenders, and a placement agent in a USD527.2 million financing for the construction of a toll road in Lima, Peru
The private sector arm of an international development bank in the financing of an expansion of yard, wharf, and handling capacity at a port in Santa Catarina, Brazil
A South American investment bank, as lead underwriter, in a proposed project financing of a toll road corridor in Colombia
An integrated steel-slab mill, as borrower, and a major Brazilian mining company and two South Korean steelmakers, as guarantors and sponsors, in the restructuring of a USD3.1 billion project financing for the development of a mill in Ceará, Brazil, provided by a syndicate of banks
A Brazilian digital bank, a South Korean policy bank, a Japanese financial institution, and a French multinational bank, as mandated lead arrangers (MLAs) in the BRL2.319 billion financing by Brazil’s development bank.
A Brazilian multimodal logistics company in an up to USD30 million unsecured term loan facility made available by a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency, and guaranteed by the logistics company to fund capital expenditure requirements for railway maintenance
A multinational investment bank, as international MLA, acting as special counsel to the MLA, and a syndicate of commercial banks in the EUR130 million senior secured financing of a global manufacturer of steel and aluminum wheels
A state-owned Chinese multinational bank, a partially state-owned Chinese multinational bank, and a Peruvian bank in the acquisition and USD1.3 billion refinancing of a 406 MW Chaglla hydroelectric power project in Peru by a Hong Kong-incorporated joint venture
The largest Latin American credit card processing company in a USD1 billion bilateral credit facility with Japan's largest financial institution
An Iceland-based global provider of advanced processing systems and services to the poultry, meat, and fish industries in the acquisition of a Brazilian company that provides processing solutions to the pork and beef industries in Central and South America
A leading Latin American electronic payments operator in a contractual framework agreement with a US technology company to launch an online payment platform in Brazil