Laura Souza > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

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.