Mr José Roberto Oliva Júnior > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices

Pinheiro Neto Advogados
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
Visit website 55 11 3247 8400 55 11 3247 8600

Mr José Roberto Oliva Júnior

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+55 11 3247 8400 joliva@pn.com.br

Work Department

Energy, Project Finance, and Corporate, M&A.

Position

Partner.

Career

José Roberto Oliva Junior has over 17 years’s experience in the energy sector. He focuses his practice on corporate transactions, M&A, Project finance and construction matters in the enegy segment. José Roberto is renowned as one of the leading energy practitioners by Chambers Latin America and Chambers Global, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250 and IFLR1000. He authored the book titled “Project Finance – Corporate and contractual structures focusing on electric power generation in Brazil”.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP): Member of the Energy Committee.
Brazilian Association of Independent Energy Producers (APINE): Deputy Legal Counsel.

Education

LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley – 2014;
Master’s Degree in Corporate Law from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper) – 2010;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Centro Universitário da Cidade – RJ – 2003.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)

(Leading individuals)

José Roberto Oliva Júnior   –Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Pinheiro Neto Advogados fields an energy team made up of seasoned practitioners in regulatory discussions, M&A, auctions and privatisations in the electricity sector. Drawing on the firm’s strong tax, environmental and real estate offerings, the group acts for a mix of investors and international corporations from the generation, distribution and transmission segments, as well as power trading companies, large consumers and financiers. High-value M&A involving power assets, distributed generation and self-production by equivalence projects feature heavily in the team’s workload, which also includes proceedings before ANEEL. With over two decades of experience in the energy sector, José Roberto Oliva Júnior stands out for his impressive track record in project finance, M&A and regulatory matters in the power sector; his expertise encompasses traditional and renewable sources, and he is regularly mandated by utilities, trading companies, and equity and debt investors. Senior associate José Carlos Altomari Teixeira offers key support in power-related M&A, complex contracts and administrative litigation.

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