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Andrews Kur th and Dias Car neiro Represent IDB in $300 Million Loan to Klabin S.A.
July 8, 2015
Washington, DC
(Washington, DC)—On June 30, 2015, Inter-American Development Bank (“IDB”) closed on a US$300 million secured A/B
loan facility to Klabin S.A. (“Klabin”).
The proceeds of the loan will be used by Klabin to finance (i) equipment capital expenditures and (ii) working capital in
connection with the design, development, financing, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance and closure of a
state-of-the-art eucalyptus/pine plantation–based pulp mill with an annual production of one million five hundred thousand
(1,500,000) tons and related facilities, including a two hundred and seventy (270) MW biomass electricity generation facility,
a forty-two (42) kilometer two hundred and thirty (230) kv transmission line, a twenty-two (22) km secondary railway and
storage facilities in the port of Paranaguá, State of Paraná, Brazil.
The U.S. based firm of Andrews Kurth LLP advised IDB as international counsel. Local legal advice was provided by Dias
Carneiro, Arystóbulo, Flores, Sanches e Thomaz Bastos Advogados.
Andrews Kurth Lawyers:
Vera Rechsteiner, Partner
Eric Markus, Partner
Siddharth Sethy, Associate
IDB In-house Counsel:
Katherine Scheider Hallahan
IDB Brazilian Counsel:
Dias Carneiro, Arystóbulo, Flores, Sanches e Thomaz Bastos Advogados
Thiago Vallandro Flores, Partner
Gustavo Junqueira, Associate
Matheus Grande, Associate
Ana Luiza Amaro Maillet Cabral Rocha, Associate
Klabin U.S. Counsel:
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Klabin Brazilian Counsel:
Segurado e Oriente – Advocacia
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