Bruno Soares
Partner
São Paulo
Bruno Soares
Partner
São Paulo
Contact Details
Bruno is a Partner and member of our Global Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure group. He acts as the head of our Latin America practice and is based in our São Paulo office – although he is regularly in our New York office. Bruno has over 20 years’ working experience in Brazil, Latin America and Africa relating to a variety of transactions including banking, projects, M&A and capital markets - particularly on the energy, natural resources, infrastructure and data / fintech sectors. Bruno is a native Portuguese speaker and fluent in English and Spanish. He also has a solid knowledge of German.
Bruno was named to Latinvex's 2021 and 2020 list of the Top 100 Lawyers in Latin America for Banking & Finance and Project Finance. Bruno is also ranked by leading publications such as Chambers Latin America and Legal 500 for his expertise in projects and banking & finance, and is ranked as a Notable Practitioner in IFLR1000 (2019).
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Office
São Paulo
Estrangeiro / Direito Norte-Americano, Rua das Olimpíadas, 100 - 10ºandar, Vila Olímpia
São Paulo
CEP 04551-000
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2010
Admitted: Brazilian Bar Association, Brazil, 1996
Academic
LL.M., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2003
LL.B., Catholic University of Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brazil, 1996
Fraudulent emails
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Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Office
São Paulo
Estrangeiro / Direito Norte-Americano, Rua das Olimpíadas, 100 - 10ºandar, Vila Olímpia
São Paulo
CEP 04551-000
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2010
Admitted: Brazilian Bar Association, Brazil, 1996
Academic
LL.M., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2003
LL.B., Catholic University of Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brazil, 1996
Fraudulent emails
Please note there is a known fraud/scam currently using the Allen & Overy brand and Bruno Soares's name.
More information on fraud using the Allen & Overy brand can be found here.
Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- Vale, Posco, Dongkuk Steel and Companhia Siderúrgica de Pecém (CSP) in the development and USD3.1bn project financing of CSP's integrated steel mill in the State of Ceará, Brazil.
- Cielo S.A., the largest Latin American credit card processing company, in a USD1bn bilateral credit facility with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
- Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém, as borrower, and Vale S.A., Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd. and Posco, as guarantors and sponsors, in the restructuring of its USD3.1bn project financing for the development of its integrated steel-slab mill located in the State of Ceará, Brazil, provided by a syndicate of banks, led by, among others.
- Bank of China and a syndicate of Asian and Western commercial banks in the acquisition and USD3.1B refinancing of Empresa de Generación Huallaga S.A. (EGH) by China Three Gorges. The financing was structured as a project financing. EGH owns and operates the 456MW Chaglla hydroelectric power generation plant and related assets, including all transmission lines to interconnect the plant to the Peruvian national grid. This project was the winner of Latin Lawyer's 2019 Year of the Year in Banking and Finance category.
- VLI Multimodal S.A. in respect of an up to USD30m unsecured term loan facility to be made available by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to VLI Multimodal S.A. and guaranteed by VLI S.A.
