About

Rafael Magalhães Martins is the senior counsel in charge of corporate affairs for Invepar, the infrastructure holding company that owns stakes in São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Linha Amarela and the subway system of Rio de Janeiro. According to one source, it is Martins’ ‘ability to managing a series of different matters in different fields of law at the same time’, which allows him to stand out from the crowd. Using his ‘solid technical and academic background’, Martins has had considerable input into the success of Invepar by creating ‘a framework of rules that would facilitate the work clients’. In Martins’ own words: ‘[the legal team] has created standard drafts for recurring contracts and an in-company website, which allows users to download contractual drafts and obtain information regarding the steps necessary to complete the legal analysis of their contracts’. Bringing legal analysis into the equation more easily has allowed the business to continue to expand while being sure of the risk that it is taking on. Martins is particularly proud of his work on the purchase of SULACAP, a company engaged in the commercialisation of capitalisation bonds, by the insurance conglomerate SulAmérica, and the issuance of R$750m in debentures by SulAmérica. Martins’ expert corporate work has allowed Invepar to realise its goals, and has impressed outside counsel who have encountered his work.