Mrs Ana Karina Esteves de Souza > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados Offices
R. JOAQUIM FLORIANO
1052 – SÃO PAULO
SP 04534004
Brazil
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Mrs Ana Karina Esteves de Souza
Work Department
Infrastructure and Energy, Public and Regulatory Law, M&A and Private Equity,, Life Sciences, Oil and Gas/ China Desk, India Desk, Japan Desk, Korea Desk, Southeast Asia Desk, Latin America & Iberia Desk
Position
Partner
Career
Ana Karina is specialist in Infrastructure and Energy, with focus in projects and transactions involving private investment in regulated sectors, including concessions and privatizations, administrative and regulatory law and project finance. A large part of Souza’s work encompasses providing clients with legal assistance on investment opportunities in the regulated sectors, structuring and developing projects, providing assistance on biddings and regulated sectors acquisitions, as well as general support regarding infrastructure projects. Souza has previous experience in the provision of legal assistance to clients of several areas of knowledge, such as energy, oil and natural gas, mining, transports, sanitation and pharmaceutical.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Admitted to Brazilian Bar Association,International Bar Association, New York State Bar, Brazil Lawyers Association, Brazilian Institute for Energy Law (IBDE).
Education
Received her LL.B. from Universidade de São Paulo, post-graduate in Business and Economic Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and LL.M. from New York University.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
(Leading individuals)Ana Karina Esteves de Souza – Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
With strong credentials in administrative, corporate and commercial law, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados‘ power group combines robust transactional capabilities with extensive experience in project implementation and litigation. Typical instructions see the team advising on energy auctions, commercial contracts, including engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, as well as financing and M&A deals in the traditional generation and renewable energy segments. The latter is a growing area of focus for the department, which is active in wind, solar and biomass, and has recently played a key role in the structuring and financing of self-production by equivalence projects with PPAs indexed to US dollars. Concessions, privatisations and project finance are all areas of expertise for Ana Karina Esteves de Souza, who jointly heads up the team with Laura Souza, who is knowledgeable of matters involving the generation, distribution, transmission and trading segments, and recently promoted partner Paulo Machado, who focuses on regulatory issues, project finance and development. Senior associate Heloisa Zerbinatti Sato specialises in administrative law in the electricity sector, which is also a core area of activity for Luisa Rodrigues, while Lair Loureiro is skilled in projects and M&A in this space.
Brazil > Life sciences
Domestic and international clients, including companies from the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, tobacco, cannabis, food and beverage sectors, regularly turn to Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados‘ life sciences team for advice on issues related to Brazil’s complex regulatory framework, clinical trials, licensing of products and technology transfer agreements. The group is under the joint leadership of Ana Karina Esteves de Souza and Laura Garcia De Freitas Souza, both of whom specialise in infrastructure and regulatory matters. Gláucia Mara Coelho acts in litigation, while associate Nicole Borges de Carvalho Ura specialises in regulatory issues. The firm was strengthened by the arrival of life sciences, digital health and healthcare partner Renata Rothbarth in June 2023 from Mattos Filho.
Lawyer Rankings
- Electricity (and renewable energy) Brazil > Energy and natural resources
- Leading individuals Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Life sciences Brazil
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- TMT: Telecoms
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Transport: Aviation
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Wealth and succession planning
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
- Life sciences
- White-collar crime and investigations
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Telecoms