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Jorge Diaz-Silveira
Partner, Miami
Email jorge.diaz-silveira@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 305 459 6645
Fax +1 305 459 6550
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Practice groupFinance
For almost 30 years, Jorge Diaz-Silveira has been working with clients to successfully construct, finance, develop, purchase, and sell a myriad of projects and businesses in a variety of industries, including electricity, agriculture, food services, real estate, transportation, water, and oil and gas.
As Global Co-Head of the firm's Infrastructure Industry Group, clients, including sponsors, developers, contractors, and other parties involved in infrastructure, tum to him for his in-depth understanding of the issues that matter most in the infrastructure sector.
Jorge has worked on all aspects of projects, including acquiring and selling companies and developing and financing projects. Jorge can navigate and provide counsel on many types of contracts, including loan agreements; stock and asset purchase and sale agreements; engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements; operations and maintenance (O&M) agreements; joint venture agreements; and development agreements. He also helps clients with technical services agreements, license agreements, procurement contracts, and design/build agreements, including both domestic and international clients in projects involving conventional and renewable energy, oil and gas, and infrastructure assets.
Awards and recognitions
2013-2016
Latin America - Experts Based Abroad, Projects
Chambers Global
2012-2016
Leaders in their Field, Projects
Chambers Latin America
2006-2007, 2014-2015
Construction (Florida)
Chambers USA
2014-2016
Business
International Who's Who Legal
2012-2016
Public Procurement
International Who's Who Legal
2006-2016
Top Lawyer in South Florida
South Florida Legal Guide
2012-2016
International Trade and Finance Law
The Best Lawyers in America
2013
Top Rated Lawyer, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources
American Lawyer Media
2009
Top Lawyer in South Florida
Florida Trend's Legal Elite
2008
Project Finance
Who's Who Legal
Education and admissions
Education
J.D., cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 1988
A.B., Duke University, 1985
Memberships
Chair, Duke University Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
Member, Construction Law Committee, Florida Bar
Member, Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association
Bar admissions and qualifications
Florida
District of Columbia
New York
Representative experience
Representing a family-owned conglomerate in its acquisition of a 50% stake in a leading food stock producer and distributor with an enterprise value in excess of US$500m.
Represented a family-owned conglomerate in the acquisition of a significant wind and solar portfolio with an enterprise value of US$500m and an installed capacity of over 500 MW.
Represented a multilateral investment fund in the acquisition of an oil and gas business in Latin America.
Represented sponsors in development and financing of a petrochemical plant involving Asian and multilateral lenders.
Represented several developers in the development, construction, and financing of utility scale generating facilities in the Western United States.
Representing the energy division of Latin America conglomerate in the purchase of wind and solar facilities, a transaction with an enterprise value over US$1bn.
Represented a power producer in the auction and sale of its interest in two utility scale gas-fired, electric plants with an aggregate purchase price of US$1.55bn.
Represented an independent power producer in the development and financing of a 720MW gas-fired combined cycle facility.
Represented independent power producers in the development and financing of four hydro-electric facilities in Central America and another in South America.
Represented state-owned entities in the development, construction, and financing of several large-scale metro projects.
Represented the developer in the development, construction, and financing of a biomass fired energy generating facility.
Represented a state-owned company in the development, construction, and financing of a 1,500MW hydroelectric generating facility in South America.
Represented public utilities in the development and construction of simple-cycle and combined-cycle generating facilities in the United States.
Represented developers in the construction and financing of several photovoltaic generating facilities in Central and South America.
Represented developers in development and construction and financing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Americas.
Represented state-owned petrochemical companies in the development and financing of nitrogen fertilizer production plants, an alumina plant, and an olefins complex.
Represented a public utility in negotiating contracts for the procurement and installation of major equipment at a nuclear facility in Southern California.
Representing a state-owned oil company in the development of an oil refinery with a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.
Latest thinking and events
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