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 has been a founding partner of Lakeshore Partners since 2011. 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.

Formation: Fabio Kono he holds a bachelor’s degree in Administration from the Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting of the 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. He joined the team in 2012, after having worked in the Project Finance team at Banco de Investimento Crédit Agricole, having participated in prospecting, structuring and executing projects in the energy and logistics sector. Felipe also worked in the area of Client Coverage at Banco Crédit Agricole and at Fundação CESP, as part of the Investment Analysis team.

Formation: Felipe holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP).

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

Formation: Gabriel holds a degree in Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-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.

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).

Nicolas Krügner joined the Lakeshore Partners team in early 2020, having previously worked in the digital channels area of ​​Banco Safra.

Formation: Nicolas holds a degree in Production Engineering from UFSCar, with an international extension in Finance from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

Ruan Feichas is an Analyst at Lakeshore Partners. He Joined the team in 2020 after working in the logistics area  at Mahle.

Formação:Graduated in Business Administration from the Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI).

Gabriel Battistella is an analyst at Lakeshore Partners. He joined the team in 2021, after working as an intern in the Asset Management area at Banco Plural (currently Banco Genial) and as an investment analyst at Darby Private Equity, Manager responsible for the LatAm infrastructure area at Franklin Templeton Investments.

Formation: Graduated in Production Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP).