Administrative and Public Law.

Managing Partner. His practices involves conduction and management of the Administrative and Public Law team, focused in Government non-tax relations, including regulation, public bidding and administrative contracts, public service concessions, permissions and public-private partnerships, as well as Administrative Improbity Law, Anti-Corruption Law, and other issues related to the Public Administration.

Rafael has more than 20 years of practice in the Public Law area. He is one of RMMG founding partner. He is also an associate professor of administrative and notarial law of the Department of Public Law and Philosophy of Law and as a Professor of administrative law in the state laws specialization course Graduate studies program in law (Master's degree and PhD) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He also served as Deputy Judge at the Regional Electoral Court of Rio Grande do Sul (TRE-RS) between 2016 and 2018. Lecturer on subjects related to administrative law, AJURIS, FMP and ESMAFE.

Author of “Elements of Administrative Law”, Livraria do Advogado publishing house, “Principle of substantive protection of legitimate expectations in Brazilian Administrative Law”, Verbo Jurídico publishing house, “Administrative Law”, Revista dos Tribunais publishing house, and Co-author of “Commentaries on the Federal Law of Administrative Procedure – Law 9784/99”, Livraria do Advogado publishing house, do livro Comentários à Lei das Empresas Estatais – Lei 13.303/16 , 2. ed., Editora Fórum and “The COVID Brazilian Law - Law 13.979/2020”, CP Iuris publishing house.

Portuguese; English.

Brazilian Bar Association, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo and Brasilia Sections (OAB-RS, OAB-SP and OAB-DF).

PhD in law and Master’s degree in law, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Bachelor of Laws, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM).