Energy Law
Tax Law
Administrative Law
Corporate, Contract and Commercial Law
Preventive Practice, Mediation and Arbitration – Administrative and Court Litigation


 Energy Law

Consulting and advisory in all legal, regulatory and institutional issues related to electrical energy and natural gas activities.

Emphasis on the electrical energy segment:
• designing of institutional models for the sector
• power generation and transmission projects; tender offer and award and contracting of concession or authorization; creation of consortium and/or special purpose company; EPC, financing, operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts
• privatization, acquisition, merger and spin-offs of concessionaires and authorization holders and/or attainment of concessions and authorizations; transfer of share control; legal due diligence
• contracting of free and regulated Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs and CCEARs, respectively)
• negotiation of access and use of the transmission and distribution systems (CCT, CUST, CCD and CUSD, respectively)
• assessment of ANEEL’s acts, CCEE’s Trading Rules and Procedures and the ONS Grid Procedures
• transmission and distribution tariff methodology
• taxes and duties levied on businesses of the sector
• mediation, arbitration, administrative and court litigation

Emphasis on the natural gas segment:
• exploitation, movement, distribution and marketing of natural gas
• constitutional, legal and regulatory jurisdiction of the different government levels (federal and state) referring to the natural gas productive chain
• bills and recommendations for improvement of legal and regulatory rules, and follow-up of the relevant approval processes
• purchase and sale of natural gas and access to gas pipelines
• tariff review and/or tariff adjustment; participation in public hearings


 Tax Law

Legal advice and assistance on taxes and duties levied on energy-based projects; tax planning, including in corporate restructuring; innovatory legal cases to support administrative and court litigation; preventive review of tax and accounting matters; administrative and court litigation.


 Administrative Law

Consulting and advisory on tender offer and administrative contracts, including Public-Private Partnership Agreements (PPP); structuring of bids, analysis of notices to bid, requests for clarification, survey and assessment of the qualification documents and assistance in relations with the Government; administrative and court litigation.


 Corporate, Contract and Commercial Law

Legal advice and assistance on incorporation, winding-up, liquidation and dissolution of companies, consortia and joint ventures; acquisition, merger, spin-off, amalgamation and transformation of companies; equity control and group of companies; business contracts, including EPC contracts and contracts related to domestic and international project finance and corporate finance with IDB and BNDES, among others.


 Preventive Practice, Mediation and Arbitration – Administrative and Court Litigation

Preventive practice, in order to prevent disputes; mediation and arbitration, including international cases; administrative proceedings in the Ministério de Minas e Energia – MME, ANEEL, ANP and State regulatory agencies; court litigation.