Ms Elina Cunha Friedl > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUMAITÀ, 275
16° ANDAR
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ 22261-005
Brazil
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Ms Elina Cunha Friedl
Work Department
Real Estate and Construction Law, Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation.
Position
Counsel.
Career
Elina Cunha advises domestic and international clients on administrative and construction law matters, both on the litigation (arbitration and court disputes) and on the advisory fronts. Elina concentrates her practice on public procurement and bidding procedures, concessions and EPC contracts, with extensive expertise in the infrastructure area (roads, ports, airports and urban mobility) on complex litigation involving the economic and financial rebalancing of contracts with the public administration and regulatory agencies, administrative misconduct suits, class action suits, and contracts in the heavy civil construction industry.
Languages
English, Portuguese.
Education
LL.M. from University of California, Berkeley;
Specialization Degree (Certificate) in Environmental Management from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE-UFRJ);
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Public law
Pinheiro Neto Advogados is often engaged in complex and high-profile public law mandates in key industries, most notably life sciences, transport, sanitation and defence. The team is equipped to handle concessions, PPPs, government contracts and privatisations, as well as judicial and administrative disputes. Ricardo Pagliari Levy has a wealth of experience in public procurement matters, anti-corruption issues and administrative misconduct cases. Marcello Bernardes is a key contact for infrastructure projects and related litigation, while counsel Elina Cunha Friedl handles a mix of public biddings, concessions and litigation. At the associate level, Heloisa Figueiredo Ferraz and Samuel Lopes Parmegiani assist with public procurement and government contracts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations