Susanna has extensive experience in domestic and international corporate and finance transactions with a special focus on structured cross border trade and commodity finance in Latin America. Her years of work and study in Brazil have given her unique experience and perspective which contribute to her effectiveness as an advocate.
Once again, Susanna is listed as a top Latin American Lawyer in Chambers Latin America 2026 and Chambers Global 2026.
Practice Areas:
- Bank finance, syndicated lending, secured lending
- Trade finance, commodities finance, import and export finance
- Restructuring, workouts and modifications
- Derivatives, structured transactions
- Equipment and project finance
- Commercial finance, receivables purchasing, letters of credit
- Legal /regulatory matters, general business and contracts
Recent Transactions:
- Represented an American institutional lender in a US$44 million long-term structured agricultural finance transaction with a Mexican agribusiness
- Represented a Puerto Rican bank in a secured financing transaction with a company in the Dominican Republic
- Represented a Brazilian bank in the successful restructuring of two pre-export finance facilities with a Brazilian agribusiness
- Represented a Brazilian investment bank in multiple US real estate investments
- Represented a European bank in a master pre-export financing facility with an Argentine agribusiness with the guaranty of its Asian parent.
Affiliations and activities:
- Lectures to Legal Division of the Brazilian Association of International Banks (ABBI) and Brazilian Federation of Banks (FEBRABAN) in São Paulo, Brazil
- Panel on Doing Business in Brazil, International Section of American Bar Association, Spring Conference 2007
- Article in International Law Practicum 2009: New York Credit Agreements with Brazilian Promissory Notes
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Temple Israel of Boston 2025-
- Member of the Board of Twin Star Project The Twin Star Project – Turning Migrants' Lives Around
Previous Experience:
- Vice President, Legal Counsel, Banco Citibank S.A., São Paulo, Brazil
- Associate, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, New York
Education:
- Swarthmore College, B.A. 1986 in Philosophy
- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. 1991, Note & Comment Editor of the University of Wisconsin Law Review
- Pontifical Catholic University (PUC), Certificate as Specialist in Brazilian business law, 2002
Languages:
- English - Portuguese - Spanish
Bar Admissions:
- Admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts
Pro Bono:
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