Fausto Muniz Miyazato Teixeira
Banking and Finance Infrastructure and Project Finance Blockchain and Digital Assets
+55 11 3356 1982 fmteixeira@demarest.com.br São Paulo
Partner in Demarest’s Banking & Finance practice area, Fausto is obtaining a master’s degree from FGV, holds a specialization degree in Finance and Capital Markets Law from Insper (Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa) and a bachelor’s degree in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). He has experience in local and cross-border financial transactions involving banks and legal entities, as well as in regulatory matters, notably foreign exchange and capitals, blockchain and virtual assets, fintechs and means of payment. He has authored articles on topics related to banking and finance law and has been recognized by the most prominent legal rankings, such as Leaders League and Legal 500 Latin America.
- Advised LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LATAM) and its Brazilian subsidiaries, with matters of Brazilian law, on the DTE Financing, consisting of a US$500 million revolving credit facility and a five-year term loan of US$1.1 billion, as well as a two-tranche bond issuance worth a total of US$1.15 billion, with collateral over assets located in Brazil, among other jurisdictions.
- Advised the New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral financial institution established by the BRICS countries, on a USD 200 million loan granted to Banco do Brasil’s London branch.
- Advised MUFG Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), with matters of Brazilian law, on the JPY 18 billion long-term finance deal entered with Companhia Energética de Pernambuco – CELPE, with guaranty from Neoenergia S.A.
- Advised the Procaps Group, an international healthcare and pharmaceutical company, with matters of Brazilian law, on its private offering of US$115 million of Senior Notes, secured by the Brazilian subsidiary guarantee together with corporate guarantees from other subsidiaries of the group.
- Advised Grupo TGS on Brazilian law matters regarding the issuance of USD 550 million Senior Notes due 2030 by TGS ASA (Norway), guaranteed by TGS do Brasil and other international subsidiaries, as well as on the simultaneous guarantee provided by TGS do Brasil under a super senior loan agreement entered into by TGS ASA, as borrower, with [a certain Norwegian lender / BNP]
- Master’s in Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV/SP
- Specialization in Finance and Capital Markets Law from Insper (Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa), 2016
- Bachelor of Laws from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2010
- Author of the article “Análise do Step-in Rights no Project Finance no Brasil”, in “Estudos Aplicados de Direito Empresarial Mercados Financeiro e de Capitais”, Almedina (2017).
- Author of the article "DREX o que é e como vai funcionar a CBDC brasileira" [DREX: What It Is and How the Brazilian CBDC Will Work], published by Exame, 2024.
- Author of the article "O Novo Marco Legal do Mercado de Câmbio Brasileiro" [The New Legal Framework for the Brazilian Foreign Exchange Market], published by LexLatin, 2022.
- Portuguese and English
