Regulation, Competition, and Infrastructure
With a specialized team and consolidated experience in the areas of administrative law, competition, and regulation, we advise our clients in their relations with public authorities, including regulatory agencies.
Our practice focuses on both consulting and litigation in administrative and judicial proceedings related to public law.
We have expertise in the most diverse regulated sectors, such as electric power, oil and gas, highways, railroads, ports, airports, sanitation, and telecommunications, among others.
We also advise our clients on competition law issues, acting both in consulting and in the administrative and judicial spheres.
Our services include:
Investor assistance: we advise companies in mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, and due diligence.
Government licenses and permits: we assist companies in the processes related to obtaining administrative authorizations and permits.
Regulatory consulting: we advise companies on regulatory issues involving requirements necessary for the exploration of activities, interpretation of concession contracts, regulatory authorizations, and sectorial norms, as well as in public consultation and hearing procedures.
Bidding and administrative contracts: we advise companies in bidding and execution of administrative contracts, including public service concessions, public-private partnerships, and oil concessions.
Litigation: we represent companies in administrative and judicial proceedings.
Compliance: we assist companies in compliance investigations.
Submission of concentration acts to the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) and representation of clients’ interests in anticompetitive conduct investigation proceedings.
Countering unfair competition and the illegal market.
The Regulation, Competition, and Infrastructure department acts in close connection with the other areas of the firm, including collaboration with the following:
Banking and Financial Services
Real Estate and Urban Development
Technology and Intellectual Property
Corporate, M&A and Capital Markets
