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Mattos Filho Offices

Mattos Filho
​​Praia do Flamengo, 200 11º andar
Rio de Janeiro, RJ , CEP 22210-901
Brazil
Visit website 55 21 3231 8200

Alexandre Arlota

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+55 21 3231 8210 alexandre.arlota@mattosfilho.com.br View profile View profile

Work Department

Contracts and Project; Development; Infrastructure and Energy; Oil and Gas; Energy Transition

Position

Partner

Career

Alexandre is a specialist in greenfield and brownfield projects, as well as transactions for all infrastructure sectors, including, construction, energy, oil and gas, shipping, logistics (airports, highways, railways, ports and urban mobility), sanitation, mining and steel.

A former international associate at Milbank LLP in London, during the span of his career Alexandre has participated in several prominent infrastructure transactions in emerging markets and various deals of the year, including in Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East.

Alexandre is a member of several associations, such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Society of Construction Law (SCL), Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Industry (ABDIB) and Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDIC).

He was also a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Currently, Alexandre is guest professor and coordinator for courses covering International and Contract Law at other renowned universities, collaborating frequently with international publications. He has authored numerous books and more than thirty academic publications that have been cited in court and regulatory agency decisions.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

Alexandre is a member of several associations, such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Society of Construction Law (SCL), Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Industry (ABDIB) and Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDIC).

Education

Bachelor of Laws – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ);

Master of International Law – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ);

PhD in International Law – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ);

Former Visiting Doctoral Researcher – University of Oklahoma, USA (Oil & Gas, Natural Resources and Energy Center);

Former Visiting Doctoral Researcher – University of Dundee, UK (Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Projects and infrastructure

(Next Generation Partners)

Alexandre Arlota – Mattos Filho

Rated for its ‘technical excellence and unique ability to build creative structures to resolve deadlocks in negotiations‘, Mattos Filho houses one of the largest teams in the market focused on projects and infrastructure. Standing out for its strong track record in M&A involving regulated industries and capital markets transactions in the infrastructure space, the team is also well versed in project finance and development, construction, regulatory and PPP matters, covering sectors as diverse as telecoms, logistics, oil and gas, mining and power. On the financing front, the team is often sought out by Brazilian development banks, but it is also adept in acting for owners and contractors in construction, supply and operational contracts. Policy-making matters in the road, port, railway, urban mobility and public sanitation segments also feature in the team’s impressive workload. Devoted to project development, finance and transactions involving the infrastructure sector, Rio de Janeiro-based partner Pablo Sorj has led on the most innovative energy, port, road and mining deals. Thiago Fernandes Moreira is a key contact in the same office for development and construction matters. In São Paulo, Marina Anselmo Schneider often acts in domestic and cross-border capital markets and project finance transactions on behalf of financial institutions, sponsors and development agencies. Alexandre Arlota, whose wide-ranging experience covers infrastructure matters in emerging markets, including Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, and Bernardo Môcho, who concentrates his practice on project finance and development, are also part of the São Paulo-based team.

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