Veirano Advogados is recognised for its ‘exceptional professionalism, attention to detail, and responsiveness’ in advising clients across the energy, paper and pulp, transport, logistics, and mining sectors on high-profile project finance and development matters. Ana Carolina Barretto, praised for her ’exceptional knowledge and negotiation skills’ in the context of project finance, jointly oversees the practice with Daniel Engel, an expert in the structuring of infrastructure and energy projects, and Marcos Ludwig, who focuses on the development of transport and logistics projects.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team at Veirano Advogados has shown exceptional professionalism, attention to detail, responsiveness, and accuracy in their statements. They organise themselves in a way that always ensures responses related to other areas of law that are necessary for the advisory.'
- 'Ana Carolina Barreto has demonstrated exceptional knowledge and negotiation skills.'
- 'Reginaldo Sorrenti is extremely agile, an excellent negotiator, and highly professional in handling the most stressful negotiation agendas with clients. He is always 100% attentive and available. He has a broad perspective and demonstrates excellent technical quality.'
Key clients
- Acciona Infraestructuras
- Alunorte – Alumina do Norte do Brasil (Hydro Group)
- Arauco Celulose do Brasil
- Aruanã Energia (OnCorp Group)
- AVT Log FIP (Avante Group)
- Banco Nacional de Desenv. Econômico e Social – BNDES
- Be8 (f.k.a. BSBios)
- Caixa Econômica Federal
- Concessionária do Aeroporto Int’l de Guarulhos – GRU
- Companhia de Gás de São Paulo – Comgás
- EDF Renewables
- Edge / Compass
- Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz – EJA (Seatrium)
- Goldwind
- Mineração Ferro Puro (Avante Group)
- Mineração Paragominas S.A. – MPSA (Hydro Group)
- MRS Logística
- Norsk Hydro Brasil (Hydro Group)
- Porto do Açu
- Scatec ASA
Work highlights
Advising Acciona Infraestructuras in connection with the financing of the construction and operation of the São Paulo subway Line 6 project.
Supporting Arauco in a variety of matters involving the $4.6bn project Sucuriú, with a projected capacity of 3.5 million tons of eucalyptus fibre per year.
Advising CAIXA – Transnorte Energia Project Finance in connection with the R$1.7bn project finance for the Manaus-Boa Vista 721 km transmission line, which will connect the state of Roraima to Brazil’s national electricity grid.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Ana Carolina Barretto; Daniel Engel; Marcos Ludwig
Other key lawyers
Alberto Büll; Paola Oliveira; Reginaldo Sorrenti; Ana Gloria Souza