Mrs Ana Karina Esteves de Souza > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados Offices
Ed. Seculum II - Rua José Gonçalves de Oliveira, nº 116, 5th floor
Itaim Bibi
São Paulo
01453-050
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 and healthcare / Oil and gas / Energy
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 partners)A stellar track record in transactions and project development sees Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados as first recourse for investors and corporations engaged in complex deals in the power industry. Harnessing extensive experience in corporate and administrative law, as well as project finance and development, the team is frequently retained to advise on joint ventures facilitating the construction and operation of power projects, the structuring and financing of self-production by equivalence projects with PPAs indexed to US dollars, and M&A transactions. Leadership of the São Paulo practice is shared between infrastructure and energy projects specialist Ana Karina Souza, who ‘stands out for her wealth of experience and substantial knowledge of the energy industry’, Paulo Machado, whose ‘ability to quickly understand the nuances of specific project challenges and present tailored solutions’ shines in regulation, project financing, and the structuring of transactions, and Laura Souza, who, in addition to clients in the generation, distribution, transmission, and trading segments, supports large size consumers in the energy-intensive industrial area. At the senior associate level, constitutional and administrative law experts Heloisa Zerbinatti Sato and Luisa Andrade Costa e Silva Rodrigues assist with M&A, project structuring, and international entities intending to engage in activities in Brazil.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Electricity (and renewable energy) Brazil > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- 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: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Wealth and succession planning
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- TMT: Telecoms
- Venture capital
- Life sciences
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax