Ana Paula de Barcellos > BFBM – Barroso Fontelles, Barcellos, Mendonça & Associados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
BFBM – Barroso Fontelles, Barcellos, Mendonça & Associados Offices
EDIFICIO PRESIDENTE CASTELLO BRANCO 230
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
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Ana Paula de Barcellos
Position
Partner
Career
Ana Paula has 25 years of experience and has vast knowledge of Brazilian litigation, including Civil and Administrative Courts, as well as in arbitration and transactional matters. She also provides advice on compliance with various aspects of Brazilian legislation, such as anti-corruption, administrative, regulatory, labour, environmental, anti-dumping, and foreign investment control.
Education
She holds an LL.B. (1997), an LL.M. (2002) and an PhD (2005) in Public Law from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ. She also holds a PhD (2013) from Harvard University. Ana Paula has been working as a Full Professor of Constitutional Law at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ since 2002.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Public law
The ‘highly qualified team‘ at BFBM – Barroso Fontelles, Barcellos, Mendonça & Associados offers a strong service with an emphasis on constitutional, administrative, and regulatory law. Clients in the energy sector regularly call on the firm for its highly specialised litigation expertise; administrative disputes and cases before the superior courts feature prominently on its workload. The team is led by three experienced practitioners: Ana Paula de Barcellos is a distinct choice for constitutional and administrative litigation; Márcio Monteiro Reis (‘a talented professional, with extensive academic background and negotiation skills‘) is a litigation specialist working extensively in matters involving public sector contracts and economic regulation; and Rafael Barroso Fontelles is noted for his aptitude in the regulatory banking sphere.