Pinheiro Guimarães has broad experience in rendering legal assistance to the development and financing of projects in various industrial and infrastructure sectors, including, among others, energy, telecommunications, oil and gas, highways, railroads, ports and airports.

The services rendered by Pinheiro Guimarães in the area of project development and finance consist of representing clients in all stages.  The firm assists in the initial structuring, including the drafting and negotiation of agreements among sponsors of the project, tax planning and securing specific tax incentives, regulatory analysis, environmental licensing, and drafting and negotiation of contracts for carrying out the project.  Examples of those contracts are EPC, supply contracts, construction and assembly contracts, contracts for the supply of raw materials and contracts covering operations and maintenance.  Pinheiro Guimarães handles all relevant financing agreements, including all contracts and agreements covering accessory matters related to the financing, such as security agreements, direct agreements and contracts covering the control of account activity relating to the project. The firm handles registrations with the Central Bank and other regulatory agencies as well.

As an historic example of Pinheiro Guimarães’s work in project finance, we would cite the fact that the office represented various creditors and banking syndicates in financing transactions for the construction of the hydroelectric plant at Itaipú and the construction of the nuclear energy power plants at Angra dos Reis.  The firm also acted in the development of the Olympic Park in the City of Rio de Janeiro, used in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016.