Finance, Sao Paulo
Current- James assisted in the establishment of Davis Polk's Sao Paulo office and has over 20 years of experience advising clients on a range of finance transactions, including structured finance, leveraged and investment-grade.
- Secured and unsecured cross-border lending (including with multilateral development banks) and export and trade finance related transactions for Brazilian financial institutions and corporate borrowers in excess of $10.
- Long-term limited recourse project financings of assets in the Brazilian offshore oil & gas sector in excess of $10 billion
- Margin loan transactions for financial institutions in excess of $1 billion, including with respect to stakes in publicly traded issuers in Latin America
- Out-of-court debt restructurings for Latin American corporate borrowers in excess of $5 billion
- Financings for leveraged acquisitions led by financial institutions across Latin America in excess of $1 billion
Aug 2011 - Present
