She works with major international clients including financial services, energy, industrials, chemicals, technology and many more. Marianne has practiced for over 20 years in three jurisdictions and, besides to banking, she has also experience in a wide range of international commercial and corporate finance transactions in a variety of sectors.
Marianne Mendes Webber
Senior Associate
Marianne advises on a range of debt and structured finance transactions, including general corporate lending, trade and commodity finance, fund finance and acquisition finance deals, particularly those involving multiple jurisdictions and emerging markets.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
A syndicate of banks in connection with a USD200m secured borrowing base facility for ED&F Man and various amendments (including in the context of the borrower’s USD1.5billion restructuring). The transaction was awarded Restructuring Deal of the Year by IFLR Europe Awards in May 2023.
A syndicate of banks in connection with a GBP2.5bn syndicated sustainability-linked revolving facility agreement for a major British retailer.
Polestar in connection with an inaugural EUR340m and USD583.5m syndicated term loan facility.
A major bank in connection with a USD100m funded participation to a USD1.2bn prepayment facility relating to an oil and gas asset in Brazil.
An international lender in relation to a USD26,230,000 letter of credit facility agreement to Altamesa Energy Canada Inc and Altamesa Energy Peru S.A.C. in support of the development of Block 192 in Peru.
Pro bono
Mentor (Mulheres do Brasil), 2023-2024
Mentor (RefuAid), 2022-2024
Mentor, Social Mobility Network (UpReach, London), 2021-2024
Advising INGOs Fair Trials and REDRESS in respect to applicable Brazilian law on a report on the use of evidence obtained by torture across a number of key jurisdictions (A&O, London), 2018
Published Work
- Co-Author (2020) “Expert briefing: Insolvency reforms and distressed debt in commodity trade finance”, TXF News, London
- Co-Author (2018) “Tainted by Torture – Examining the Use of Torture Evidence”, Fair Trials and REDRESS, London
- Author (2016) “Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Enterprises and Transnational Law – The FIFA Case”, TLI Think! Paper 67/2017, London
- Co-Author (2010) “International Legal Developments in Review: 2009 - Latin America and Caribbean.” The International Lawyer, v. 44, p. 681-699, American Bar Association
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
The Law Society of England and Wales
Brazilian Bar Association (Sao Paulo) (foreign consultant)
Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain: member of Financial Services Committee
Qualifications
Admissions
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2020
Admitted: Portuguese Bar Association (Portugal), 2006 (inactive)
Admitted: Brazilian Bar Association (Brazil), 2004
Academic
LL.M. in International Business Law, King’s College London (England), 2016
MSc in International Law (Distinction Hons), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2012
Specialisation Degree in International Trade Law and Arbitration, University of Lisbon (Portugal), 2006
Specialisation Degree in Corporate Law, Centro Universitario Curitiba (Brazil), 2006
BA, Centro Universitario Curitiba (Brazil), 2004
Languages
English, Portuguese
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.