Contracts & Project Development

Contracts & Project Development

Our team offers comprehensive support in structuring, negotiation, risk management and dispute resolution for commercial and infrastructure contracts, including transactional, environmental, labor, financing and insurance issues. 

With a team exclusively dedicated to complex contracts and greenfield and brownfield projects, our work encompasses all infrastructure sectors and industries, including energy generation and distribution (hydro, biomass, thermal, nuclear), oil and gas (FPSOs, DRUs, platforms and support vessels), energy transition and renewables, maritime and shipbuilding, logistics (airports, railways, ports, highways, urban mobility), sanitation, mining and steel.

We advise on all aspects of the construction sector, providing our clients with strategic, effective solutions

Our main services

Risk analysis, coordination of audits, MoUs and term sheets.

Drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, including EPCs, turnkeys, alliance agreements, guaranteed maximum price, design and construction contracts, construction management/EPCMs, shipbuilding/offshore, subcontracts and supply contracts for goods and services related to the industry’s main sectors.

Preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts in general, such as distribution, commercial representation, transition service agreements (M&As) and take-or-pay contracts.

Assistance with managing risks and claims linked to complex contracts and construction contracts, including pre-litigation consultation (preparation of notifications, amendments and settlements) and representation in disputes, including all alternative dispute resolution methods, including dispute boards, mediation, negotiation and arbitration.

Awards and Recognitions

Análise Editorial – Business Contracts, Financial Transactions and Regulatory (2006 – 2021; 2023);

Análise Editorial – Concessions (2018 – 2023)​;

Análise Editorial – Construction & Engineering (2014 – 2023)​;

Análise Editorial – Power (2014 – 2023)​;

Chambers Brazil – Law Firm of the Year in Oil & Gas (2023 – 2024);

Chambers Brazil – Law Firm of the Year in Energy & Natural Resources (Mining, Power and Oil & Gas) (2022)​​;

Chambers Brazil – Law Firm of the Year in Power (2024);

Chambers Brazil – Projects (2012 – 2023);

Chambers Global – Projects (2012 – 2024);

IFLR 1000 – Project Development (2019 – 2023);

IFLR 1000 – Energy & Infrastructure (2015 – 2023);

IFLR 1000 – Project Finance (2012 – 2023);

IFLR Americas Awards – São Paulo Metro Linha 6 (2023);

​IFLR Americas Awards – LATAM Airlines (2023);

​IFLR Americas Awards – McDermott Internacional (2021);

​IFLR Americas Awards – Constellation Oil Services (2020)​;

IFLR Americas Awards – Oi Group (2019);

IFLR Americas Awards – Citibank-Odebrecht (2018)​;

IFLR Americas Awards – Apollo Global/El Paso E&P Transaction (2013);

IFLR Americas Awards – Embraport transaction (2012);

​IFLR Americas Awards – Pecém Thermoelectric (2010)​;

IJ Global Awards ​- LATAM Legal Adviser of the Year  – Local (2021 – 2023);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Renewable – Feijao Wind Complex (2023);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Water Distribution – Aguas Do Rio (2023)​;

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Bloc 3 PPP (2022);​​

IJ Global Deal of The Year – São Paulo Metro Line 6 (2022)​​;

IJ Global Deal of The Year – EKF, Finnavera, SEB – Araguaia Ferronickel Mine (2022)​​;

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Araguaia Nickel Mine (2022);​​

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Açu Petróleo Refinance (2022)​​;

IJ Global Deal of The Year – US EXIM Bank – Angra 1 Nuclear Power Plant (2022)​​;

IJ Global Deal of The Year – GNA I Refinancing (2021);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Aegea and Igua Sanaemento’s Concessions (2021);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – GNA I and GNA II (2021);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Project Serrote (2020);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – CSP Ceará Steel Mill (2015);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – UTE Marlim Azul Financing (2020);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Sabesp (2020)​;

IJ Global Deal of The Year – BRK Ambiental (2019);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – GNA I – Port of Açu (2019);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – TAG Pipeline Acquisition (2019);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Logum Logistica (2019);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Petrobras e NTS (2017);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Trident Acquisition Finance (2019);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Pirapora II Solar PV (2019);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Pirapora Solar Holding SA (2017);

IJ Global Deal of The Year – Hidrovias Norte (2016)​​;

Latin Finance – Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year – Brazil (2016, 2019, 2023);

Latin Finance – BRK Ambiental’s Sustainable & Blue Bonds (2023)​​;

Latin Finance – São Paulo Metro Line 6 (2023)​;

Latin Finance – Tocantinzinho Gold Mine Financing (2023)​;

Latin Finance – GNA II Power Financing (2023);

Latin Finance – Aegea SLB (2022)​​;

Latin Finance – Araguaia Nickel Project (2022)​;

Latin Finance – GNA I Refinancing (2022)​​;

Latin Finance – Raizen’s acquisition of Biosev (2021);​

Latin Finance – Eixo SP (2021);

Latin Finance – CCEE (2021);

Latin Finance – BRK Ambiental (2019);

Latin Finance – TAG Pipeline (2019);

Latin Finance – Gás Natural Açu (2019);

Latin Finance – Gás Natural Açu (2019);

Latin Finance – Itapoá (2019);

Latin Finance – Aeroporto Salvador Bahia (2019);

Latin Finance – Rodovias do Tietê (2014);

Latin Lawyer 250 – Project Finance & Infrastructure (2012 – 2024);

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Eletrobras (2023);​​

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Barra Energia e Enauta Energia vs. Dommo Energia (2020)​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Brazil raises US$ 16 billion in transfer-of-rights oil auction (2019);

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – CESP – Votorantim Energia (2018);

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Embraer (2016)​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Brazil’s first pre-salt “Libra” bid round (2013)​​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Constellation oil group (2019);

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Odebrecht Óleo e Gás’s (2017)​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – OAS (2014)​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – OGX Petróleo e Gás​ Participações (2014);

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Centrais Elétricas do Pará S.A. – CELPA (2012)​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Independência Case (2010)​​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Brookfield – Petrobras (2017)​​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Embraport (2011)​​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – OGX (2011);

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – Petrobras (2010)​;

Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year – OGX (2008)​​;

The Legal 500 – Projects and Infrastructure (2013 – 2024);

The Legal 500 – Law firm of the year: Energy and Natural Resources: Power and Renewables (2024)​;

The Legal 500 – Deal of the year: Eletrobras (2024)​.

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