Pinheiro Guimarães, praised for its ‘superior’ service and quality of work, advises on project development, implementation, and financing across various infrastructure segments, demonstrating particularly strong expertise in energy. The practice is led from Rio de Janeiro by André Sigelmann, praised for his ’above-average technical knowledge’, especially in the energy and oil and gas industries, and Roberta Giamattey Pimentel Fonseca Kelley, who is skilled in complex, multijurisdictional transactions, including infrastructure-related M&A, project finance, capital markets and debt restructuring.
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Testimonials
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‘Specifically for infrastructure contracts, it is the most prepared office from the point of view of technical knowledge, richness of details in the documents, and ability to negotiate with the other party. In addition, they are extremely available and able to diversify strategies to meet the client's demand.’
'I always refer my clients to Pinheiro Guimarães. The level of service and the quality of the legal work is superior. They are at the top of the market in terms of experience and keeping abreast of local and international developments that affect the interests of our mutual clients.'
‘André Sigelmann is unique and has above-average technical knowledge.'
'Cristiane Selbach has all the characteristics to be the best lawyer to work with clients in this type of case; the technical quality of her work is superior, she negotiates well, represents the client well and is extremely present.’
'Paloma Lima is excellent, one of the best project finance lawyers in Brazil.'
Key clients
- EDF Renewables
- Rio Energy
- EDP Energias do Brasil S.A.
- Eneva S.A.
- Statkraft Energias Renováveis
- Neoenergia S.A.
- Newave Energia
- Pontal Energy
- Total Eren
- Echoenergia Participações S.A.
- BTG Pactual
- Andrade Gutierrez
Work highlights
Advised IFC on the loan granted to Passa Tempo MG 1085 Geração de Energia 646 Ltda. by International Finance Corporation for the development, engineering, construction, installation, and operation of twenty-two solar power plants in the states of Pará, Minas Gerais, Maranhão and Pernambuco, Brazil, with an aggregate installed capacity of 90 MWp.
Assisted CTG Brasil in the modernisation of three generating units of the Ilha Solteira HPP with a total installed capacity of 528 MW (176 MW of average installed capacity), including engineering, procurement and supervision services contract.
Advised Serra do Seridó F2 Holding S.A. and the SPVs on the issuance and public offering of simple, non-convertible debentures by Serra do Seridó F2 Holding S.A. in the total amount of R$440m.
Lawyers
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Practice head
André Sigelmann; Roberta Giamattey Pimentel Fonseca Kelley
Other key lawyers
Paloma Lima; Marcela Taquette Vaz; Cristiane Selbach