David Contreiras Tyler

Partner

  • David Contreiras Tyler
  • Phone: +1 212 692 1066

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    22 Vanderbilt
    335 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor
    New York, NY 10017-4669
    USA

David Contreiras Tyler is a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets group. David has extensive experience advising issuers, project sponsors, underwriters, initial purchasers, placement agents, and investors on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, with a focus on capital markets and securitization transactions originating in Latin America, with a particular focus on Brazil. He represents corporate, sovereign, multilateral development, and financial institution clients in structuring and executing a broad range of financing solutions.

David’s practice spans a wide array of capital markets products, including unregistered securities offerings under Rule 144A and Regulation S, private placements of debt securities, SEC registered securities offerings, equity transactions (primarily initial public offerings and follow-on offerings for Latin American issuers), structured finance transactions, project bonds, and liability management transactions. He also has experience across multiple aspects of corporate and securities law, allowing him to advise clients on complex, multi-faceted transactions and related projects.

A dual U.S. and Brazilian national, David is fluent in English and Portuguese and brings a deep cultural understanding of Latin America to his work. This perspective enables him to provide practical and effective counsel on transactions involving regional institutions across a variety of industries.

David’s professional background includes experience practicing at international law firms in New York and São Paulo, Brazil, as well as serving as counsel at a multilateral development institution in Washington, D.C. He draws on this experience to address legal and business considerations from a client-focused perspective and to structure creative, market-responsive financing solutions.

David is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate

Admissions

  • New York
  • Brazil (Foreign Legal Consultant)

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2026-present
  • Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
    - Partner, 2024-2026
  • Hogan Lovells LLP (New York and São Paulo, Brazil)
    - Counsel/Partner, 2011-2024
  • Inter-American Development Bank
    - Attorney, 2009-2010
  • Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
    - Associate, 2007-2009
  • Day Pitney LLP
    - Associate, 2005-2007
  • Holland & Knight LLP
    - Associate, 2000-2005

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2000
  • University of Virginia, B.A., 1996

Honors and Awards

  • Recognized as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers for 2025 by LatinVex
  • Recognized in Lawdragon's "100 Lawyers You Need to Know in South America," 2025
  • Recognized in Legal 500 US, Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2018

Professional Activities

  • New York City Bar Association
  • OAB (Ordem de Advogados do Brasil)

Language Skill

  • Portuguese

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, “Capital Market Alternatives for Brazilian Borrowers,” Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, December 6, 2019

Representative Matters

    Structured Finance Transactions

  • Represented the joint lead managers in the establishment of the Rio Oil Finance Trust, a master trust holding future oil royalties originally payable to RioPrevidência, the pension fund of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in the three subsequent note offerings from such structure in the amount of US$4 billion.
  • Advised issuers, arrangers and investors in connection with multiple offerings of notes and loan participations in securitizations of diversified payment rights (DPRs) by Brazilian financial institutions, including Banco do Brasil, Banco Bradesco, Itaú Unibanco and Banco Santander, totaling approximately US$2 billion.
  • Advised Ecuadorian bank Banco Pichincha in the issuance of US$300 million of notes issued under its diversified payment rights (DPR) securitization program.
  • Represented the initial purchasers in the securitization of charter payments payable by Petrobras for the use of the Sertão drillship operated by the Schahin group.
  • Advised an ad hoc committee of bondholders in the tender offer, consent solicitation, and restructuring of US$6 billion of 1444/Reg S construction bonds issued by MexCAT, a special purpose Mexican Airport Authority trust, relating to the construction of the new Mexico City international airport.
  • Represented the sponsor in connection with the restructuring of the securitization of toll road receivables in connection with the Manila-Cavite toll expressway in the Philippines.
  • Represented IDB Invest in the issuance of a US$25.3 million B bond in the private market as part of a US$28.1 million financing with a 20-year term for the refinancing of photovoltaic solar plants in Uruguay.
  • Representation of the structuring agent and investors in the US$60 million issuance by Cacao JEP Ltd. secured by operating assets held by two of its subsidiaries, Jamaica Energy Partners and West Kingston Power Partners, consisting of electricity generation facilities.

    • Equity Capital Markets Transactions

  • Represented Caixa Seguridade, the insurance unit of Caixa Econômica Federal, in its R$4.35 billion initial public offering (IPO) listed on Brazil’s B3 exchange.
  • Represented Banco BMG in its R$1.6 billion IPO listed on the B3 exchange.
  • Represented Bemobi Mobile Tech, a Brazilian distributor of mobile applications and digital services, in its R$1.3 billion IPO listed on the B3 exchange.

  • Represented the placement agents on the B3 exchange listed R$2 billion IPO of IRB-Brasil Resseguros, one of Brazil’s largest reinsurers.

  • Represented IRB-Brasil Resseguros in connection with its: (i) R$2.5 billion follow-on offering of common shares; and (ii) R$1.2 billion follow-on offering of common shares.
  • Represented Iguatemi S.A., a large Brazilian retail operator, on its R$720 million follow-on offering of common and preferred shares listed on the B3 exchange.
  • Represented the placement agents on the B3 exchange listed R$1.1 billion IPO of Intelbras S.A., a provider of security and communications equipment.

  • Represented the placement agents on the B3 exchange listed R$1 billion IPO of PetroRecôncavo, a Brazilian company focused on oil exploration and production.

  • Represented the placement agents on the B3 exchange listed R$818 million IPO of Unifique Telecomunicações, a telecommunications operator and provider of broadband services in Brazil.
  • Represented the placement agents on the B3 exchange listed R$1 billion IPO of Westwing Comércio Varejista, a large Brazilian retailer.
  • Represented the placement agents on the B3 listed R$805 million follow-on equity offering of Omega Geraçáo S.A., a Brazilian renewable energy company.
  • Represented the placement agents in the B3 exchange listed IPO of Tecnisa S.A., a Brazilian real estate developer.
  • Represented the selling shareholder in connection with Banco Pan S.A.’s follow-on offering listed on the B3 exchange.
  • Represented the selling shareholders in connection with Brazilian logistics provider Hidrovias do Brasil S.A.’s follow-on offering listed on the B3 exchange.
  • Advised BRF S.A. with respect to its American Depository Receipts (ADR) program.

    • Debt Capital Markets Transactions

  • Representation of Banco do Brasil in multiple transactions, including (i) the issuance of US$750 million of senior notes under its medium term note (MTN) program and a concurrent intermediated tender offer; (ii) the issuance of US$1 billion in senior notes under its MTN program; (iii) the issuance of US$750 million of senior notes under its MTN program; and (iv) the issuance of US$2 billion in subordinated securities.
  • Representation of the initial purchasers in Banco do Brasil’s issuance of US$750 million in senior notes under its MTN program.
  • Representation of U.S. and Western European issuers in the establishment of a €10 billion Euro MTN Program listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and subsequent issuances thereunder.
  • Representation of underwriters in connection with multiple U.S. registered offerings by a Western European sovereign issuer in an aggregate amount of approximately US$7 billion.
  • Represented Itau Unibanco in disclosure matters with respect to its MTN program and multiple issuances thereunder, including (i) US$1.25 billion in Tier I subordinated notes; (ii) US$1.0 billion is senior notes; and (iii) US$750 million in Tier I subordinated notes.
  • Representation of Banco Votorantim in its US$300 million perpetual subordinated notes offering as well as its US$288 million tender offer to repurchase certain of its subordinated notes.
  • Advising Brazilian financial institutions on liability management exercises, such as cash tender offers for subordinated and senior debt securities including, among others, Banco do Brasil, Banco Votorantim, Banco BMG, Banco Industrial, Banrisul and Banco ABC.
  • Representation of the Republic of Ecuador in (i) the restructuring of US$17.4 billion of its international bonds and (ii) in multiple note offerings having an aggregate issuance amount in excess of US$10 billion.
  • Representation of a PDVSA in connection with an exchange offer of approximately US$2.4 billion and multiple debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S in an aggregate amount of US$12.5 billion.
  • Representation of the arrangers in connection with the establishment of a €2 billion Global Medium Term Note Program for an Eastern European sovereign issuer, and the managers in connection with a US$500 million Rule 144A offering under the program.
  • Represented the Inter-American Development Bank on a multitude of private and public offerings of debt securities to finance economic development operations in Latin America having offering amounts ranging from approximately US$10 million to US$1.5 billion.
  • Representation of the Central American Bottling Corporation, a Central American issuer in the food and beverage industry, in connection with multiple debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.

  • Represented the structuring agent and the investors in the US$80 million private placement of unsecured notes by Elektra Noreste, the holder of a concession with the Panamanian government for electricity distribution in Panama.

    • Merger and Acquisition Transactions

  • Representation of Equifax Inc. in its acquisition of Boa Vista Serviços, a Brazilian credit reporting service provider.
  • Represented SAB Miller Plc on its US$122.8 billion acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
  • Representation of a multinational security services company formerly headquartered in Denmark in connection with its acquisition of a U.S. publicly traded company.
  • Representation of a global company headquartered in Germany in its acquisition of a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company involved in the reconstruction and restoration industry.
  • Representation of Assa Abloy in its acquisition of Brazilian electronics developer Control ID.