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Bernardo Môcho
Areas of expertise
Experience
Bernardo has experience in a wide range of financing and debt transactions, with a focus on project finance for infrastructure companies. He represents national and foreign companies, sponsors, banks and other financial institutions, handling financing for multilateral and investment agencies with particular expertise. Bernardo also specializes in financing in regulated sectors, especially energy, sanitation, mining, highways, ports, airports, and telecommunications. A former international associate at the office of Milbank LLP in New York, Bernardo is a member of the New York State Bar Association and licensed to practice law in New York State.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF);
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate Governance & Practice – Stanford Law School, USA.
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Project Finance (2021 – 2025) and Projects (2021 – 2022)
Chambers Global – Project Finance (2021 – 2026) and Projects (2021 – 2022)
Latin Lawyer 250 – Banking & Finance (2023 – 2027); Project Finance & Infrastructure (2023 – 2027)
Análise Advocacia – Financial Transactions (2020 – 2024), Banks (2022) and São Paulo (2021 – 2022)
IFLR 1000 – Project Finance (2025)
Lexology Index Brazil – Project Finance (2024 – 2025)
Lexology Index Global – Project Finance (2022 – 2024)
DEAL: Amapá Minerals raises US$95 million in Canadian IPO
Canadian gold mining company Amapá Minerals Holdings, which has operations in Brazil, has relied on Milbank in São Paulo, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Vancouver and Brazil’s Mattos Filho to launch a 132.8 million Canadian dollar (US$95 million) initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Click here to access the deal published by Latin Lawyer.
Areas of expertise
DEAL: Serra Verde gets US$565 million DFC financing for rare earth project
Brazilian mining company Serra Verde has hired four White & Case LLP offices, Brazil’s Mattos Filho and Uruguay’s Arcia, Storace, Fuentes, Medina Abogados to obtain a US$565 million financing from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to expand its local rare earths project.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
Areas of expertise
Mattos Filho promotes eight and passes 100-partner mark
Mattos Filho, has become the largest Latin American firm by partner count after promoting eight more of its lawyers to the partnership.
The firm promoted across its Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro offices, boosting its M&A, infrastructure, investment fund, tax and real estate departments. Click here and learn more.
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