Before joining McDermott, Jerônimo worked for several years as a senior counsel at a Brazilian bank where he led more than 50 projects in infrastructure, some of them receiving international accolades due to their complexity and relevance to the advancement of Brazil’s infrastructure. He also worked in leading law firms in both New York and Washington, DC.

At McDermott, Jerônimo serves as a valuable member of our Brazil Desk focused on assisting Brazilian clients expand overseas and US clients enter the Brazil market.

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• Represented Argo Infrastructure Partners LP in its acquisition of a 50% interest in a holding company for various subsidiaries owning a 378MW portfolio of four hydro-powered electricity generating and storage facilities located in Tennessee and North Carolina, as well as an 85-mile transmission line connecting the hydro-power assets to the Tennessee Valley Authority transmission system
• Represented a leading Chilean banking institution in obtaining a $85.5 million syndicated senior credit facility. This is their first syndicated loan facility in the international banking market
• Represented Grupo Kuo, S.A.B. de C.V. (Grupo Kuo), a Mexico-based industrial and commercial global holding company, and its affiliates, in obtaining a $300 million revolving credit facility from a club of leading international commercial banks
• Represented Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch (“Santander”) in connection with the structuring, negotiation and documentation of the omnibus amendment, extension and reaffirmation of a $24 million senior secured term loan facility provided to Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (“TGS”) and its affiliate Telcosur S.A. (“Telcosur”)
• Represented Enfinity Global Inc. in the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 28 solar projects in the US
• Represented Scout Clean Energy in its acquisition of a 199MW wind farm project located in the Oklahoma
• Represented NiSource in the negotiation of a tax equity commitment from USBank for the Indiana Crossroads Solar Project
• Represented Pine Gate Renewables in the financing for the Eastover hybrid solar project in South Carolina
• Represented a joint venture between Scout Clean Energy and Elawan Energy in the agreements to simultaneously purchase the tax equity Class A interests in PC1 Holdco and cause PC1 Holdco to sell the Project Company that owns the Persimmon Creek 1 wind farm in Western Oklahoma
• Represented Invenergy Renewables in the agreement to sell an 80% interest in the 250 MW Maple Flats Solar Farm to an affiliate of the WEC Energy Group
• Represented Lennar Corporation, a Fortune 500 homebuilder, in negotiating its tax equity commitment to fund a portfolio of residential rooftop solar projects being developed by affiliates of Sunnova Energy International Inc.
• Represented a subsidiary of SK ecoplant Co., Ltd. (SK), an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate SK Group that focuses on eco-friendly engineering and infrastructure projects, in negotiating a tax equity commitment from an affiliate of Bank of America, N.A. to fund a portfolio of solid oxide fuel cell projects being developed by SK at data centers, manufacturing facilities and healthcare facilities in various locations across the United States
• Represented Novel Energy Solutions, L.L.C. in its acquisition of Titlow Garden LLC
• Represented Novel Energy Solutions, L.L.C. in its acquisition of USS Togus Solar LLC from US Solar DG Development LLC
• Represented a DC solar based company in connection with a tax equity investment in a community solar project in Minnesota
• Represented Destillers United Group SL.(Diplomation Rum) in the sale of its business to Brown-Forman
• Represented Hidden Harbor Capital Partners in its acquisition financing of Dayco LLC, with collaterals in the US, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland and Italy
• Represented H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a private equity firm, in its acquisition of Celerion Holdings Inc.
• Represented Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. in its acquisition of AlloMek Therapeutics, LLC
• Represented Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. in its acquisition of Alpha 5, LLC.
• Represented Mullen Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN), an emerging electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Bollinger Motors, an EV truck innovator
• Represented Portage Biotech, Inc. in its acquisition of Tarus Therapeutics, Inc.
• Represented Urology PartnersCo, LLP, in its acquisition of Urology Associates LLC
• Represented Banco Santander S/A (Brasil) in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of $65,000,000 Security Agreement, between UTE GNA II Geração de Energia S.A., and Vórtx Distribuidora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios Ltda*
• Represented Citibank N.A., Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A.; Luxembourg Branch; Bank of America N.A.; BNP Paribas; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Lenders in connection with a Credit and Guaranty Agreement between Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio; CBA Itapissuma Ltda.; Metalex Ltda.; and the Lenders for a $100,000,000 revolving credit facility*
• Represented Citibank N.A., Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A.; Luxembourg Branch; Bank of America N.A.; BNP Paribas; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Lenders in connection with a Credit and Guaranty Agreement between Votorantim Cimentos S.A., Votorantim Cimentos International S.A., Votorantim Cimentos EAA Inversiones S.L., St. Marys Cement Inc. and the Lenders for a $250,000,000 revolving credit facility*
• Represented GLAS USA LLC in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of $664,000,000 revolving credit facility Agreement for the Mexican state-owned oil company and other banks as lenders*
• Represented Barclays PLC in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of $500,000,000 Unsecured Senior Notes for the Mexican state-owned oil company and other banks as lenders*
• Represented Mizuho Bank Ltd., as administrative agent, in connection with amendments to a total of $9,500,000,000 credit agreements related to three credit facilities of the Mexican state-owned oil company. The amendments were signed to adjust the benchmark interest rate language according to the phasing out process of LIBOR*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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