Professional Summary
Renato Tenace Caballero is a versatile transactional lawyer with extensive experience in banking and finance, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, civil procedure, environmental law, startups, and project financing. His practice focuses on the design and implementation of efficient legal structures, operational optimization, and risk mitigation.
Renato’s deep knowledge of the startup ecosystem enables him to provide strategic support in transitioning from seed capital to larger investment rounds, using contractual tools that protect the interests of founding shareholders while creating attractive conditions for new investors. He actively advises on technological innovation projects and high-energy consumption developments, addressing their regulatory and environmental implications.
With several years of experience in Paraguay’s judiciary, Renato served as a law clerk for a first-instance judge and later for a member of the Court of Appeals in Asunción. This background has contributed to his extensive expertise in civil procedural law. He currently advises the firm’s clients on construction contract arbitrations and extrajudicial settlement negotiations and has a strong focus on navigating complex legal frameworks, particularly in highly regulated industries.
Additionally, Renato advises clients in the agro-industrial sector on corporate structuring, regulatory compliance, corporate restructuring, credit acquisition preparation and mediation, and strategic human resources management. He has also been involved in implementing legal tech solutions for Paraguay’s Supreme Court of Justice, demonstrating his commitment to innovation in the legal field.
Representative Transactions
Banking & Finance
- Advising the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), along with JPMorgan and Citibank N.A., on multiple loan transactions to Paraguayan financial institutions.
- Advising Banco Itaú Paraguay S.A. on a syndicated loan of USD 71 million for a Brazilian investment fund in the acquisition of local assets from a bankrupt Portuguese group.
- Advising the Moisés Bertoni Foundation, custodian of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (over 60,000 hectares of protected forests), on the restructuring of its endowment.
- Advising IDB, IDB Invest, US DFC, CAF, and JICA, as lenders in the Paracel Project, for the construction of a greenfield sustainable pulp mill in Concepción, Paraguay, with a production capacity of 1.8 million tons per year of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp.
- Advising IDB and IDB Invest on structured financing of approximately USD 250 million for the design and operation of a new tertiary hospital in Asunción, Paraguay, in partnership with Mount Sinai International LLC, with a mixed financing of equity, IDB Invest debt, and third-party financing.
- Advising IDB Invest on granting an unsecured senior loan to Ueno Bank S.A. for an amount of up to PYG 73,000 million, aimed at financing MSMEs in local currency and promoting financial inclusion in Paraguay.
- Advising Agronegocios del Paraguay E.A.S. on obtaining OPEX and CAPEX credit lines for the acquisition of agricultural machinery.
- Advising IDB and IDB Invest on granting a USD 25 million loan to Riverpar S.A. (part of Atria Logistics Solutions Group) for financing a bio-LNG prototype tugboat and the construction of a biogas plant, which will process organic waste from the dairy industry to supply the vessel with green fuel.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advising Molecular Energies PLC on the acquisition of Domenica S.A., an oil drilling operator.
- Advising Industrias Creativas ON S.A.E.C.A. (Grupo ICON) on corporate restructuring and the merger by absorption of Koga, Brandon, YN, Viento Sur, and Miut, with the aim of improving operational efficiency and simplifying governance.
- Advising Morphware S.A. on the acquisition of a 6MW power purchase agreement for a data center.
- Advising Agronegocios del Paraguay and a company from a leading family group in the poultry sector on the constitution and capitalization of a new company for a strategic joint venture to carry out agricultural projects.
- Advising Agrow Soluciones Agrícolas on signing a distribution contract with a Brazilian agricultural supplies company, secured by a letter of credit issued from a local bank to a Brazilian bank.
- Advising Le Marche S.A., the administrator of 3 fields in the Paraguayan Chaco, on the comprehensive governance and labor restructuring of its agricultural workforce.
Professional Affiliations
- Paraguayan Bar Association
Professional Philosophy
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding” – Leonardo Da Vinci
Education
- Abogado (cum laude), National University of Asunción, Paraguay, 2022
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- Italian
