Ana Bueno

Associate

Contact
F +55 11.3927.7777

São Paulo

Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 4100

5th Floor

04538-132, São Paulo, SP, BR

T +55 11.3927.7750

F +55 11.3927.7777

Ana Bueno is an associate at Milbank’s São Paulo office and a member of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.

Primary Focus & Experience

Ms. Bueno’s practice focuses on providing New York law advice to Latin American corporations and US and Latin American banks in cross-border capital markets, finance and corporate matters. She has experience across a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, infrastructure, power and energy, financial services and telecommunications.

Among her recent representations:

  • Syndicate of banks led by J.P. Morgan in the largest Rule 144A project bond offering in Brazil’s history, sponsored by Mubadala Capital, which is acquiring Refinaria Landulpho Alves (RLAM), the second largest refinery cluster in Brazil, under Petrobras’ divestment program
  • Lenders in the dual-currency financing for Caoba Inversiones, an investment platform developed through a joint venture between Colombian energy key player Celsia and Cubico Sustainable Investments (owned by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada’s largest single-profession pension plan and PSP Investments, one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers) to own, operate and develop power transmission assets with predictable and stable long-term cash-flows
  • Lenders in the bank/bond refinancing by Braskem Idesa, a leading Mexican petrochemical company, consisting of a high-yield offering of Rule 144A/Reg S senior secured notes and a senior secured syndicated term loan facility
  • Mexarrend, a leading Mexican non-bank financial institution that provides financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mexico to finance the purchase of assets and equipment, in a warehouse secured loan facility secured by equipment lease receivables
  • The Bank of Nova Scotia, as lender, in the financing of the acquisition of Etenorte and Eteselva, two power transmission companies located in Peru, by Interconexion Electrica from I Squared Capital, which also controls Inkia Energy and has significant operations in Peru and Central America

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ms. Bueno earned her J.D. from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas and her LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Ana is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

Additional Details
Education
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, J.D.
  • University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M.
Admissions
  • New York