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Marina Anselmo Schneider
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Experience
Marina specializes in commercial and financial transactions, representing private companies, private equity funds, operators, financial institutions, and multilateral entities in strategic transactions and projects across sectors such as water and sanitation, solid waste, logistics (including airports, highways, railways, and ports), urban mobility, renewable energy, resilient cities, and social infrastructure.
She has extensive experience advising on projects and transactions involving private investments in regulated infrastructure se ctors, including M&As, concessions, PPPs, and privatizations, as well as in project development and financing. She also provides legal support with structuring and legal modeling for concessions and PPPs.
Her transactional experience includes corporate deals, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing deals, as well as regulatory environment analysis and legal risk mapping in regulated infrastructure sectors.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Specialization in Corporate Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – University of London.
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Capital Markets (2013 – 2023), Banking & Finance (2017 – 2025), Projects (2021 – 2023), Project Finance (2023 – 2025), Capital Markets: Debt (2024 – 2025), Project Development (2024 – 2025);
Chambers Global – Capital Markets (2014 – 2024), Capital Markets: Debt (2025 – 2026) Banking & Finance (2018 – 2026), Projects (2022 – 2024), Project Development (2025 – 2026), Project Finance (2024 – 2026);
LACCA Approved – Capital Markets (2017 – 2024) and Banking & Finance (2017 – 2024) Thought Leader: Project Finance & Infrastructure (2025 – 2026);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Capital Markets (2020 – 2027), Banking & Finance (2020 – 2027) and Project Finance & Infrastructure (2024 – 2027);
Legal 500 – Capital Markets: Leading Individual (2019, 2021 – 2024), Banking & Finance (2012 – 2019) and Bankruptcy & Restructuring (2016 – 2019);
Análise Advocacia – Financial Transactions (2015, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024) and São Paulo (2015, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024);
Análise Advocacia Mulher – Financial Transactions (2021 – 2024) and São Paulo (2021 – 2024);
Client Choice Awards – Capital Markets (2016);
Euromoney Expert Guides: Women in Business Law – Capital Markets (2022) and Investment Funds (2016, 2022);
IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate – Project Finance (2017), Capital Markets: Debt (2017), Notable Practitioner (2018) and Highly Regarded: Capital Markets: Debt, Project Finance (2019 – 2025);
Lexology Index Brazil – Banking (2020 – 2025), Capital Markets (2014 – 2025), Private Funds (2014 – 2025), Thought Leaders Brazil: Project Finance (2022 – 2024), Thought Leaders Brazil: Capital Markets and Private Funds (2021), Project Finance (2024 – 2025);
Lexology Index Global – Capital Markets (2019 – 2024) and Private Funds (2019 – 2023).
Brazil establishes new decrees for the sanitation sector
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São Paulo State Government to open bidding for concessions of 22 regional airports
Congress overturns vetoed provisions of Brazilian Bankruptcy Law reform
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Brazilian Government opens a public hearing regarding the Agreement on Government Procurement of WTO
Brazilian President signs law to help the aviation industry
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Municipal projects lead Brazil’s sanitation concession pipeline
As large-scale sanitation auctions lose momentum, municipal projects are expected to drive new contract awards in the short term, industry experts say.
There are currently 31 municipal initiatives at an advanced stage—between public consultation and contract signing—with estimated investments totaling R$6.1 billion, according to data from Radar PPP compiled at Valor’s request.
Click here to read the article published at Valor International.
Areas of expertise
DEAL: Azul confirms Chapter 11 restructuring plan
Brazilian airline Azul has enlisted two Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP officers and Brazil’s Pinheiro Neto Advogados to confirm the details of its Chapter 11 restructuring plan, through which it aims to slash its debt pile by US$3 billion.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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Resilience in times of coronavirus and oil price collapse
In a period of high global uncertainty, concerns over the coronavirus pandemic add to a collapse of oil prices, with negative impacts on the economic viability of many projects.
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