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Rafael Vanzella

Rafael Vanzella

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Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Brazil

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Public law

Full-service firm Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is home to a public law practice widely recognised for its deep engagement in large-scale infrastructure projects, complex concession renegotiations, and the structuring of public-private partnerships (PPPs). The group demonstrates particular strength in the transport, energy, and sanitation sectors, while also handling high-value litigation before constitutional courts and investigations involving public authorities. Practice head José Virgilio Lopes Enei concentrates his practice on concessions and PPPs within regulated sectors, as well as project finance and M&A related to transport, energy, and urban/social infrastructure. Rafael Vanzella is recognised for his contributions to regulatory, transactional, and public procurement matters. Lucas Sant’Anna and Pedro Saullo are no longer at the firm.
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Phone
+ 55 11 3150-7429
Email
[email protected]
Profile
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Work Department
Infrastructure and energy / Public and regulatory law
Position

Partner

Career

Vanzella is specialist in regulated contracts, structured acquisitions and financings, complex guarantees, and public administration business conducted in the sectors of transports and logistics, energy, urban mobility and cities, basic sanitation, and solid waste. He provides legal assistance to investors, main contractors, suppliers of capital goods, financial institutions, and governmental agencies on a range of steps of an infrastructure project, such as private-public partnerships modeling and concessions, negotiation of joint venture agreements, participation in tenders, establishment of special purpose companies and of their shareholders’ agreements, structuring construction contracts, supply and off-takes, paying in of capital structure, and disvestiture transactions. He also engages activities in expression of interest procedures, pre-litigation procedures of administrative contracts, regulatory analysis and diagnosis, and drawing up studies on sectors and public policies.

Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Alumni
Education

Universidade de São Paulo, Law School (Doctorate degree in Civil Law)

Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Germany (Guest researcher)

Fakultät der Rechtswissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg, Germany (Guest researcher)

Universidade de São Paulo, Law School (Bachelor of Laws)

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Machado Meyer's public law team is the best in the country. I have hired some of the biggest names in public law in the country, and Machado Meyer is by far the team with the most innovative ideas and the one that can see the client's position most clearly.'

  • ‘The public law team that serves us has highly experienced professionals with multidisciplinary knowledge, which makes it easier to obtain comprehensive solutions. They are very collaborative and proactive in the demands we request.'

Key clients

  • M1 Transportes Sustentáveis Ltda. (Tembici)
  • Vinci Partners