Sofia Barbosa > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Cementing its position as a market leader, Mattos Filho continues to be without peer in structural power transactions, servicing a host of high-value, notable M&A, PPA negotiations, and financing agreements for some of the biggest players across the electricity sector. A conscious focus on the energy transition sees the team participating in a lion’s share of current self-production projects, while on the regulatory front, members are frequently sought out for their aptitude in judicial claims and administrative proceedings before ANEEL. In São Paulo, Fabiano Ricardo Luz de Brito enjoys the confidence of power producers, utility providers, trading companies, and independent agents in matters of regulation and transactions, and Sofia Barbosa assists across the value chain with administrative proceedings, litigation, M&A transactions, and regulatory consulting. Rio de Janeiro’s Giovani Loss is an authority on clean and renewable energy, supporting on both transactions and strategy definition in administrative proceedings. Pablo Sorj takes the lead on multi-sourced financings, and is a key contact for investors engaging in project development and M&A, while Felipe Feres is particularly well versed in thermal plants, gas-to-power and renewable projects. Senior associate Bárbara Mendes Carnevalli, based in São Paulo, specialises in regulatory consulting spanning bidding procedures, PPAs, and M&A.