Digital Infrastructure
Our dedicated group works with sponsors, investors, lenders, and developers on a range of digital infrastructure projects, from fiber optics networks and data centers to telecommunications systems. Our team of experts has worked on major transactions in data centers, towers, and telecommunications, ensuring that clients receive legal advice tailored to a fast-changing digital world.
As the demand for AI and advanced technology grows, we also harness our expertise in energy and technology law to help companies secure long-term power resources and plan for future needs. Our all-around approach supports investments in digital infrastructure while our dedicated data privacy and cybersecurity experts guide clients on risk management and compliance. This collective expertise makes us a trusted partner in driving Brazil’s digital economy forward.
We are one of the first dedicated digital infrastructure groups in the Brazilian legal market
Our main services
Our expertise includes advising on all aspects of the acquisition and development of real estate assets, including land regularization, construction agreements and monitoring procedures for project approvals and obtaining environmental licenses and permits. We also have extensive experience with lease agreements and instituting in rem rights and collateral over strategic real estate assets.
Our expertise includes consulting on all environmental-related legal aspects applicable to projects, including studies, environmental authorization and licensing processes, as well as complying with current socio-environmental standards on protected areas, water use and waste management, noise, community relations, among others. Our work also includes comprehensive advice on climate change-related topics, including compliance with climate regulation and defining decarbonization strategies, including via carbon credits.
Our experience also involves regulatory matters and complex transactions in the electric power sector, representing both domestic and international companies in M&A transactions, energy contracts, and administrative proceedings before Brazil’s National Electric Power Agency (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica – ANEEL). We advise on self-production projects focused on data centers and green hydrogen production, addressing interconnections, cross-risks, and regulatory considerations.
Our team supports clients in complying with legal regulations on data privacy and protection in Brazil, including advice on preventive and repressive measures related to information security (such as cybersecurity matters).
We offer consulting services focused on developing and implementing legally compliant tax structures that align with business objectives – we have been actively engaged in matters related to Zonas de Processamento de Exportação (ZPEs), assisting clients in navigating the regulatory framework related to these export-oriented free trade zones.
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