Mr Mauro Bardawil Penteado > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Ed. Seculum II - Rua José Gonçalves de Oliveira, nº 116, 5th floor
Itaim Bibi
São Paulo
01453-050
Brazil

Work Department

Infrastructure and energy, M&A and private equity, Contracts and complex negotiations, Public and regulatory law, Energy, Oil and gas, Pulp and paper, Chemicals and petrochemicals, Financial services, Telecommunications, Agribusiness, Construction, Mining

Position

Partner

Career

Co-head of the Infrastructure and Energy Practice. Represents financial institutions, private companies, pension funds and private equity funds in a large range of financial and commercial transactions. With a great expertise in M&A transactions, Penteado focuses his practice on projects and transactions involving private investments in regulated sectors, including concessions, privatizations, project financing, and project development. He has solid experience in representing the public and private sectors in structuring and modeling public-private partnerships – PPPs.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

Admitted to the Brazilian Bar (OAB), São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP) and International Bar Association (IBA).

Education

Received his LL.B. from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, LL.M. from University of Virginia and master’s degree in Commercial Law from Universidade de São Paulo.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Projects and infrastructure

Bringing together ‘decades of experience‘ in project finance, corporate deals, administrative law and regulatory issues, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is one of the first ports of call for the most ‘innovative and challenging‘ transactions and projects in the transport, sanitation, oil and gas, power and social infrastructure sectors. Led by the highly regarded José Virgilio Lopes Enei, the team ‘provides high-quality services‘ to a varied client roster of clients that recurrently seek advice on project finance and development, public-private partnerships (PPPs), M&A in regulated sectors and government concessions. Mauro Bardawil Penteado, who stands out for his strong transactional background, is often retained by financial institutions, private equity funds and companies in mandates involving concessions, privatisations and the structuring of PPPs. With extensive experience in the transport, mining and logistics segments, Adriano Schnur is a key contact for financing deals, while José Ribeiro do Prado Júnior is active in M&A involving regulated assets and industries, regulatory law and project finance. The ‘excellentAlberto Faro showcases in-depth knowledge of construction and financing matters. The latter is also an area of expertise for Raphael Zono, who has advised on numerous debentures issuances, and Bruno Racy, a name to note for multilateral and export credit agencies, investment funds and borrowers.