Marina Carvalho Rodriguez

Primary Focus & Experience

Ms. Rodriguez’s practice focuses on providing New York law advice to Brazilian and US companies and financial institutions in a variety of cross-border transactions, including capital markets, financing, corporate and M&A. She has experience across a broad range of industries, including banking, financial services, retail, logistics, chemicals and infrastructure.

Among her recent representations:

• The issuers or initial purchasers in several US equity offerings, including Soma, Grupo GPS, Cruzeiro do Sul, Mobly and LOG Commercial Properties
• The underwriters in the offering of dual-series senior notes by Braskem and in its offering of subordinated resettable fixed rate notes, the first hybrid debt instrument issued by a Brazilian non-financial institution in over a decade, with 50% equity treatment by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings
• B3 in its offering of sustainability-linked bonds, involving its commitment regarding social liability matters, which was named Corporate Finance/ESG Deal of the Year 2022 by Latin Lawyer
• Lenders in the senior secured syndicated term loan facility by Braskem Idesa, a leading Mexican petrochemical company
• The syndicate of banks in the reopening of green bonds and the offering of sustainability-linked bonds by Klabin, involving its commitment regarding the reduction of water consumption, as well as Klabin in its receivables discounting facilities
• The issuers or dealer managers in the tender offers by Embraer, Klabin and CSN for their respective senior unsecured notes
• FS Bioenergia, one of Brazil’s largest producers of ethanol and a market leader in environmentally friendly biofuels, in its inaugural green bonds issuance and the reopening of the green bonds
• Gol and Grupo Pão de Açúcar in corporate finance and SEC reporting matters

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ms. Rodriguez earned her LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where she graduated as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and earned her J.D. from University of São Paulo. Ms. Rodriguez also earned a postgraduate degree in corporate law from Insper - Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa. Ms. Rodriguez is fluent in Portuguese and English.