Team

Luiz Reis is a founding partner of Lakeshore Partners and has 25 years of experience in Infrastructure and Structured Finance. Previously, between 2010 and 2011, Luiz was Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at Banco Santander in Brazil; Managing Director of Banco ABN AMRO Real, from 2006 to 2008, an institution he joined in 1991 and held several positions in the origination and execution of Corporate & Investment Banking transactions.

Academic Background: Luiz Reis has a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Brasilia and an MBA from the JL Kellogg School of Management.

Mr. Leme is one of the founding partners at Lakeshore Partners. He has more than 21 years of experience advising clients in Project Financing and M&A, within the infrastructure sectors. Mr. Leme began his career at ABN AMRO´s Investment Banking Group, back in 1996. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Leme worked at ABN AMRO North America´s Power and Utilities Group. From 2004 until 2011, Mr. Leme has been responsible for client coverage and origination within the Power Industry at Banco Real, and later Banco Santander.

Academic Background: Mr. Guilherme Leme holds a Bachelor degree in B.A. from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and an MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

Fabio Kono is one of the founding partners of Lakeshore Partners. Previously, between 2005 and 2011, Fabio worked in the Project Finance areas of Santander, Standard Bank and ABN AMRO, in which he had an active participation in several energy projects.

Academic Background: Mr. Fabio Kono holds a Bachelor degree in Business from the Economics, Business and Accounting University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).

Márcio Carneiro, Partner at Lakeshore, began his career in the Petrochemical Industry where from 1986 to 1993 he worked for Petrobras, Dow Chemical , Rhodia, and Shell Brasil. In 1995 began his career in the Financial Market working for Unibanco, Rothschild, ABN AMRO, and Santander in Corporate and Investment Banking areas. Márcio participated in various relevant transactions in capital markets, M&A, and privatizations.

Academic Background: Marcio Carneiro holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering form FEI – Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial, an MBA from The University of Pittsburgh, and a senior MBA from IBMEC.

Felipe Uemura is Vice-President at Lakeshore Partners, joining the team in 2012. Previously, he worked in the Project Finance team of Crédit Agricole Investment Bank, participating in the origination, structuring and execution of projects in the energy and logistics sector. Mr. Uemura has also worked in the Client Coverage area of Crédit Agricole and in Fundação CESP, being part of the Investment Analysis team.

Academic Background: Felipe holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP).

Gabriel Maia is Vice President at Lakeshore Partners. He joined the team in April 2017 after having worked for 2 years as M&A coordinator at Amata, a forest fund in which he actively participated in negotiations with local and foreign players in the sale of assets and the creation of new businesses. Before Amata, Gabriel worked from 2013 to 2015 at RB Capital, in operations to issue CRA, CRI and debentures in the capital market. Previously, Gabriel spent 3 years at Banco Santander, having worked in the Treasury and Project Finance areas.

Academic Background: Gabriel holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from the School of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas – EESP.

Miguel Longuini is an Associate at Lakeshore Partners. He joined the team in 2016 after having worked at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Investment Banking division. He actively participated in national and international capital markets mandates, as well as project finance and M&A deals.

Academic Background: Miguel holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP) with extension in International Business from Rotterdam School of Management.

 Eduardo Figliolini is an Associate at Lakeshore Partners. Eduardo began his career in 2014 as an intern in the Global Treasury Solutions area at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In 2015, Eduardo joined the Lakeshore team, having participated in projects in the energy, oil and gas and logistics sectors.

Academic Background: Eduardo holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM).

Pedro Souza joined the team in 2018, after working at B2W Digital. He was co-founder and president of UFTM’s Financial Market League and participated in the International Engineering Program at California State University at Long Beach, United States.

Academic Background: Pedro holds a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, with extension through the Science Without Borders program from the University of Arkansas, in the United States.

André Dzik is an Analyst at Lakeshore Partners. André started his career in 2017 as an Equity Research intern at Bravia Impact Assets. In 2018, André joined the Lakeshore team. 

Academic Background: André holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP).