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Pablo Sorj
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As a partner at Mattos Filho, Pablo Sorj represents companies, investment funds and financial institutions with a wide range of transactions in the infrastructure and energy sectors. He advises on transactions concerning project finance, structured finance, and acquisition finance and assists with purchases and sales of infrastructure and energy assets.
Pablo has worked on over twenty ‘Deal of the Year’ transactions. He is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in Project Finance by Chambers and Partners (Band 1) and Who’s Who Legal (Thought Leaders: Global Elite Project Finance), as well as in Projects and Infrastructure by the Legal 500 (Leading Lawyer) and IFLR (Market Leader).
Pablo previously worked at New York’s Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a foreign attorney. He is currently the chairman of the Brazilian Bar Association’s (OAB-RJ) Project Finance Committee, co-president of the Stanford Law School Alumni Association in Brazil, and sector vice-president of the Brazilian Mediation and Arbitration Center (CBMA). A graduate of Rio de Janeiro’s Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-RJ), Pablo holds an executive MBA from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC-RJ) and an LL.M. from Stanford Law School.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ);
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Stanford Law School;
Executive MBA – Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (Ibmec).
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Project Finance (2023), Projects (2012 – 2023) and Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro (2022 – 2024);
Chambers Global – Project Finance (2024) and Projects (2011 – 2024);
LACCA Approved: Banking & Finance: Thought Leaders (2022 – 2023) and Recognized (2015 – 2021);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Banking & Finance (2020 – 2024), Project Finance & Infrastructure (2020 – 2024), Energy (2020 – 2024) and Management (2020 – 2023);
The Legal 500 – Projects & Infrastructure: Leading Individual (2013 – 2024);
Análise Advocacia – Financial Transactions (2019 – 2024), Energy (2018, 2021) and Rio de Janeiro (2019 – 2024);
Euromoney Expert Guides – Project Finance (2022);
IFLR 1000 – Banking; Project Development; Project finance: Market leader (2017 – 2023);
Who’s Who Legal Global – Project Finance (2019 – 2022), Energy (2019 – 2020), Oil & Gas (2021 – 2024), Power/Electricity (2021 – 2024), Banking & Finance (2022 – 2023) and Thought Leaders: Global Elite Project Finance (2019, 2023 – 2024);
Who’s Who Legal Brazil – Project Finance (2014 – 2022), Energy (2018 – 2024), Banking (2022) and Thought Leaders Brazil: Project Finance (2020 – 2024).
The billable hour vs flexible fees: a cocktail of choices
The billable hour is alive and well at Latin American law firms. However, it is no longer the only option for clients to choose from as law firms lay out a buffet of options to keep clients coming back for more.
There is no doubt that the billable hour remains the preferred fee option of most firms, but according to Latin Lawyer’s recent survey, 83% of respondents say that they have switched to alternative fee arrangements for clients that have requested it.
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Latin Lawyer’s 2024 Fees Survey: the results are in
The Latin Lawyer Fees Survey has found that the average hourly rate charged by firms in Latin America for partner-level work is slipping, whilst associate fees are on the rise. At the same time, growing appetite for alternative fee structures is giving the billable hour a run for its money.
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FPSOs move into Brazil banks’ financing focus
As demand for FPSOs rises in the wake of the development of Brazil’s large oil and gas reserves, banks are eyeing financing opportunities.
“The pre-salt fields are advancing in their respective production phases and this directly impacts the demand for FPSOs. We are talking about up to 40 new FPSOs in Brazil by 2026, there is no other country with this level of demand,” Nilton Mattos, a lawyer specialized in the offshore area at law firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, told BNamericas.
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