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Tauil & Chequer Advogados Offices
RUA TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS 31
7TH, 8TH AND 9TH FLOOR
20021-350 RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
Brazil
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Paulo Rage
Position
Paulo Rage is a Partner of T&C Mayer Brown based in the Rio de Janeiro office and member of the Corporate and M&A; International Tax; and, Africa and Latin America practice groups.
Career
Paulo has LL.B./J.D., LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Law and has significant practical experience in complex cross-border projects and M&As.. He has broad project development skills, since the planning and structuring phase (finance, tax, corporate, regulatory and labor planning) through implementation and divestment phases, mainly in the sectors of: energy (oil & gas, power and hydrogen); infrastructure (construction & engineering); mining; and, industrial (pharmaceutical and agroindustrial). He has a prominent practice with projects in emerging LATAM (Latin America) and MEA (Middle East and Africa) markets, especially Sub-Saharan and Lusophone Africa (Angola, Mozambique and STP). He advised several multinational companies in transactions through different jurisdictions, such as: Mozambique, Angola, South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, Kenya, Botswana, STP, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Netherlands, Albania, UAE, China, India, among others.
Paulo is qualified to practice law in Brazil and Portugal; and, is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. He is also Director of the Brazil-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce – CCIABM (since 2008). His previous experience includes: Partner of renowned Law Firms; Lawyer and International Relations in reputed institutions (as Embassy of Brazil in Washington, USA and American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil – AMCHAM); and, Coordinator of several academic activities in International Economic Law and Law & Economics.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Memberships
Director, Brazil-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce – CCIABM (since 2008).
Member, ABCI Institute, USA (since 2010).
Director, Young Businessmen Council of the Commercial Association of Minas Gerais – ACMinas (2006-2010).
Member, Committee of Young Businessmen of the American Chamber of Commerce of Minas Gerais – AmCham (2006-2016).
Member, Legal Committee of the Brazil-India Chamber of Commerce – CCBI (2010-2013).
Member, Brazilian Institute of Finance Executives – IBEF (2012-2013).
Board Member, Hospital de Olhos Foundation (2007 – 2015).
Coordinator, International Economic Law Group of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG (2009-2012).
Member, Young Leadership Forum of Minas Gerais (2006-2010).
Education
Philosophy Doctor (Ph.D.) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, 2022
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, 2013
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B./J.D.) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, 2009
Extension, Law & Economics – University of Chicago, 2016
Extension, Accounting – SENAC, 2011
Extension, International Trade – Aduaneiras, 2009
Lawyer Rankings
Mozambique > Foreign law firms
Mayer Brown, which draws on a team of lawyers situated in Brazil, London, and Houston, is renowned for its expertise in oil and gas, mining, construction, and heavy industries. The group’s wide-ranging expertise includes the regulatory aspects of Mozambican energy projects, infrastructure agreements, joint ventures between foreign investors and domestic entities, and compliance with local immigration legislation. Overseeing the Lusophone Africa desk from Rio de Janeiro and London, Paulo Rage‘s experience spans all phases of cross-border projects and M&A transactions, from project planning and structuring to implementation and divestment.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Environment
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation