Robert da Silva Ashley

Robert da Silva Ashley is a trusted advisor to international and domestic financial institutions, project sponsors and developers, investment funds and multinational corporations, advising on sophisticated and market-leading complex cross-border and domestic project finance and corporate lending transactions throughout North America and Latin America.

Robert has extensive experience in the renewable energy, infrastructure, hospitality and industrial sectors, guiding clients through the financing of utility-scale wind and solar projects, distributed solar generation, conventional power plants, carbon capture and sequestration facilities, midstream assets, onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and production, chemical plants, and resorts and hotels across the Americas.

Robert’s clients have relied on his counsel for other fundamental corporate initiatives, including asset purchase and dispositions, recapitalizations, and workouts and restructurings. He also has significant experience representing multilateral financing institutions, state-controlled development banks and export-credit agencies.

Robert serves as Regional Co-Leader for the firm's Latin America practice, with particular focus on advancing the firms strategic growth and excellence in Energy, Infrastructure, and P3 transactions. Robert is also an active member of the firm's practice initiatives in Renewable Energy, Energy Transition, Leveraged Finance, Project & Commodities Finance, and Infrastructure.