Mr Rafael Vanzella > 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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Mr Rafael Vanzella
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
Received his LL.B from Universidade de São Paulo. Guest researcher at Fakultät der Rechtswissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg and Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht. Obtained his Doctorate degree in Civil Law from Universidade de São Paulo.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Public law
(Leading partners)‘A reference when it comes to public law‘, full-service firm Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados stands out for its ‘notable specialisation in corporate law matters‘, which it applies to mandates involving interactions between the public and private sectors. The group combines strong capabilities in PPP arrangements, public bids, concessions and high-stakes litigation before the constitutional courts and public authorities, and has been particularly active in the transport, energy, sanitation and education spaces. In addition to concessions and PPPs in regulated sectors, practice head José Virgilio Lopes Enei focuses on project finance and M&A in the transport, energy, urban and social infrastructure segments. Lucas Sant’Anna brings a wealth of experience in public tenders, administrative contracts and related disputes, while Rafael Vanzella is noted for his expertise in regulatory, transactional, and public procurement matters. Pedro Saullo offers key support in the structuring of partnerships between private and public entities.
Lawyer Rankings
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