Stocche Forbes Advogados advises key players across all segments of the electricity sector, including distributed generation and self-generation, on transactions involving power assets and on the financing and structuring of projects. The team is also well placed to handle regulatory matters, including administrative proceedings before ANEEL, public tenders. Based in Rio, Frederico Moura and Bruno Gandolfo focus on complex transactions, including project finance and development, M&A, and debt restructuring. In São Paulo, Mariana Saragoça is noted for her expertise in privatisation processes, auctions, and regulatory matters, while Fabiano Milani and Emilio Gallucci specialise in corporate, M&A, and private equity deals. Public and regulatory lawyer Frederico Accon and project development specialist Ana Clara Viola were recently promoted to partner.
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Key clients
- Equatorial Energia S.A. and all its Subsidiaries
- Auren Energia S.A.
- Engie Group
- Serena (former Omega)
- Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel
- Patria Investimentos
- Energisa Group
- Eneva S.A.
- Cymi Group and Its Subsidiaries
- Elera Renováveis
- Qair Group and Its Subsidiaries
- New Fortress Energy
Work highlights
Advised Auren Energia S.A. on the acquisition of AES Brasil.
Advised Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobras on the first transaction issued under Brazil’s Law 14,801/24 (“Infrastructure Bonds”) to raise 750 million.
Advised Minerva Foods on the structuring of a self-generation energy project by equivalence.
Practice head
Frederico Moura; Bruno Gandolfo; Mariana Saragoça; Fabiano Milani; Emilio Gallucci
Other key lawyers
Frederico Accon; Ana Clara Viola