Roland Estevez

Practice Areas

Roland Estevez is a Partner in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.

Mr. Estevez’s practice is primarily focused on the representation of financial institutions, multi-nationals and developers across a broad spectrum of sectors, including power (focusing on renewable energy and energy transition), infrastructure (digital, transportation and social) and oil and gas throughout the Americas.

Mr. Estevez speaks Spanish natively. He received a business degree in Economics from the University of South Florida and a law degree from the Hofstra University School of Law where he was a member of the Hofstra Law Review. He is listed as a leading project finance lawyer in Chambers Latin America (Projects), Chambers USA (Expert in Projects) and the The Legal 500.

Languages Spoken

Mr. Estevez speaks Spanish natively

Experience

His recent representations include:

• Representation of financing parties (term lenders, institutional investors and underwriters) to a Brookfield affiliate in connection with the $14 billion multi-faceted term loan, USPP and 144A holdco project financing of two semi-conductor fabrication facilities in Arizona through a partnership between Brookfield and Intel Corporation.

• Representation of financing parties in connection with multiple Brookfield acquisition financings, (a) in respect of (i) First Energy Transmission, (ii) Cove Point LNG, (iii) Los Ramones Norte and Sur gas pipelines in Mexico, (iv) Triton International, (v) Duke Energy Renewables (now Deriva), (vi) Gas Natural Colombia assets from Gas Natural Fenosa in Colombia, among others.

• Representation of Google in connection with multiple investments through-out the energy sector in the United States and Asia.

• Representation of Actis in connection its acquisition of (a) Enel Generacion Perú (renewables portfolio in Peru), (b) the Mitsui Falcon portfolio as well as EVM I and EVM II co-generation power plants in Mexico and related 144A and working capital facility financing (now Valia), and (c) Intergen’s Mexican 1,000+ MW portfolio (now Saavi).

• Representation of Patria in connection with its development and financing of the construction of a 1000 l/s desalinization plant and aqueduct project (AguasPacifico), including related maritime works.

• Representation of Brookfield credit funds in the financing of multiple datacenter portfolios for Compass Datacenters, Chirisa Datacenters and Prime Datacenters.

• Representation in connection with the acquisition of LNG infrastructure vessels owned by New Fortress Energy Inc. (“NFE”) by a newly formed joint venture between funds managed by Apollo Global Management (“Apollo”) and NFE (Brazil).

• Representation in connection with Macquarie Asset Management’s joint venture with Hydro Rein to develop Feijão a 586 MW combined solar and wind power project (Brazil);

• Representation in the Chilean financings of (a) Sonnedix’s Arcadia renewables portfolio and PMGD portfolio financing, (b) La Cruz’s solar project financing (owned by Brookfield), (c) Mainstream’s financing of over a 1000MW portfolio of solar and wind projects, (d) TotalEnergies Santa Isabel solar project, (e) OPDEnergy’s La Estrella & Sol de los Andes, (f) Aela Energia’s Sarco, Aurora and Cuel projects, (f) (g) Ibereólica’s and EDF Energies Nouvelle’s Cabo Leones project (h) EDF Energies Nouvelle’s and AME’s Santiago Solar project and (i) financing of Hidroeléctrica La Higuera, a 161 MW run-of-river hydropower plant.