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Julião Coelho Advocacia Offices

Julião Coelho Advocacia
SMBD CONJUNTO 27, LOTE 6 UNIDADE B
LAGO SUL
BRASILIA, CEP: 71680-270
Brazil
556133677027

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Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)

Julião Coelho Advocacia has well-established credentials in the electricity sector, where it assists clients across the entire value chain in complex regulatory and contentious matters. The firm fields a specialised team made up of practitioners with a strong background at ANEEL, who are well equipped to assist clients from the power generation, transmission, distribution and trading segments before the superior courts. Praised for his ‘strategic vision‘, Julião Silveira Coelho has ‘extensive experience in the power sector‘, having represented major energy players before the federal courts and ANEEL. Managing partner Camila Alves Angoti de Moraes has recently acted in cases involving new technologies in the solar and energy storage sector. Pedro Henrique Maciel Fonseca steers the team on several high-profile litigation matters. Guilherme Leite Chamum Aguiar and Marcos Serejo de Paula Pessoa are other names to note for administrative and judicial cases.

Practice head(s):

Julião Silveira Coelho; Camila Alves Angoti de Moraes; Pedro Henrique Maciel Fonseca

Testimonials

‘The firm stands out in the market, given its high specialisation in energy law. Allied to the qualifications of the main partner, the firm’s team, made up of qualified professionals – both technically and in the relationship with clients – has proved to be extremely efficient and effective in the Brazilian legal context.’

‘Camila Alves and Julião Coelho – partners of the firm – are highly intelligent and insightful professionals, who propose innovative legal solutions.’

‘One of the biggest specialised firms in the electricity sector in Brazil. The team is extremely qualified and attentive to normative and regulatory innovations, always proposing to the client the adoption of measures that guarantee greater efficiency.’

‘Julião Coelho has extensive experience in the power sector. He is accessible, but the client feels secure in being attended to by other members of the firm, including Guilherme Chamum and Pedro Fonseca, who serve us equally with agility and technical quality.’

‘The firm stands out for the proximity of its lawyers to the client, easy communication and immediate response to requested information. The technical capacity in defining the best strategy is another point that makes the firm stand out from the rest.’

‘Julião Coelho is always approachable and available to discuss processes and strategies. In addition to being very polite and intelligent, his strategic vision in conducting each case differentiates him from other lawyers. Guilherme Chamum and Pedro Fonseca are also recommended.’

Key clients

Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA)

Associação Brasileira dos Comercializadores de Energia (ABRACEEL)

COPEL Geração e Transmissão

CPFL Energia

ELERA Renováveis

ENEL Brasil

SCATEC

CGN Brazil Energy

ENGIE Brasil Energia

Âmbar Energia

Auren Energia

FURNAS Centrais Elétricas

AES Tietê Energia

NEOENERGIA

ENERGIMP

Associação Brasileira de Geração de Energia Limpa (ABRAGEL)

Atlas Renewable Energy

BTG Pactual

Contour Global

Equatorial Energia

Work highlights

  • Representing Light in a dispute against ANEEL following its decision to launch an Extraordinary Tariff Revision that would force the client to use proceeds from tax credits granted by the government for reducing prices charged to consumers.
  • Defending RGE Sul Distribuidora de Energia in two identical class actions filed by ICDESCA, claiming the refund of all tax credits obtained by RGE in a final and unappealable lawsuit.
  • Defending Norte Energia in a class action filed by the Attorney General’s Office that granted an injunction which resulted in a 40% reduction in the level of electricity generation by Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant on the basis that less water should be deviated to the power plant.

Julião Coelho Advocacia > Firm Profile

The firm: Juliao Coelho Law Firm is an energy law boutique with notable strength handling complex regulatory cases before the federal courts, including the superior courts. Our founding and name partner, Juliao Coelho, has occupied the positions of Commissioner and Federal Attorney at the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency, which lends the firm first-hand experience when it comes to regulatory matters in the energy sector.

The firm has been involved in all leading cases in the energy field for the past few years, be it by providing legal opinions or litigating complex matters, always providing a multidisciplinary approach. The firm represents major players from the energy sector and has a considerable workload coming from energy associations.

Juliao Coelho Law Firm was originally founded in 2006, and resumed its business in 2014, after its founding and name partner, Juliao Coelho, concluded this mandate as Commissioner of the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency.

In the past four years, the firm has consolidated its position as a leading firm in the development of regulatory claims and high profile litigation cases in the Brazilian electricity power sector, employing a team of professionals that combine high technical and academic expertise.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Energy, Regulatory and Infrastructure Law Litigation Julião Silveira Coelho - (Founding and Name Partner - juliao@juliaocoelho.com - + 55 61 3367 7027)
Energy, Regulatory and Infrastructure Law Consultancy Julião Silveira Coelho - (Founding and Name Partner - juliao@juliaocoelho.com - + 55 61 3367 7027)