Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Firm Profile
Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados Offices
AV. BRIGADEIRO FARIA LIMA, NO 1847
SÃO PAULO 01452-001
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Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados > The Legal 500 Rankings
Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados combines overarching regulatory expertise with comprehensive power sector knowledge. Drawing on strong relationships with the main regulatory bodies in the country (including ANEEL), the firm is a premier choice for clients operating in all electricity segments – most notably generation and distribution – seeking advice on layered regulatory issues, litigation at the judicial and administrative levels, as well as power auctions, projects and M&A. The group is also singled out for its solid credentials in renewable energy mandates, covering wind, solar and hydropower. Isabel Lustosa, a veteran force in the Brazilian electricity sector, has played a key role in regulatory discussions in this space. She oversees the highly regarded team, which also features associate Luciana Yoshida, who regularly attracts instructions from generation companies, utilities and sponsors.Practice head(s):
Isabel Lustosa
Testimonials
‘The firm has a team with expertise in the Brazilian electricity sector. The analyses prepared by this team are of excellent quality, with a deep technical foundation, always supported by robust precedents that confirm its position. This results in greater security and assertiveness in the application of the action strategies suggested by the firm for its clients.’
‘Isabel Lustosa is the partner and leader of the team specialised in the Brazilian electricity sector, which also includes Luciana Yoshida.’
Key clients
Light Group
Elera Renováveis
Comerc Energia
BRF
Gerdau
BRK Ambiental
Interligação Elétrica do Madeira
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
Auren Energia
Work highlights
- Advised BTG on the potential acquisition of Amazonas Energia.
- Advised CSN on the acquisition of CEEE-G in a R$928m winning bid followed by the payment of a R$1.7bn bonus to the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
- Advised Light on the matters related to renewing its concession term.
Tax > Tax litigation Tier 1
Tax > Tax advisory Tier 2
Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados advises domestic and international clients on the entire spectrum of direct and indirect tax issues. The team is well positioned to offer high-end support in contentious and non-contentious matters at the municipal, state and federal levels. The practice also possesses strong credentials in related areas such as social security, employee compensation plans and M&A. Carlos Alberto Alvahydo De Ulhôa Canto, Luis Claudio Gomes Pinto and Rodrigo Brunelli Machado are the main points of contact in the tax department.Work highlights
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation Tier 7
With a strong following from the banking and energy sectors, Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados continues to be engaged in complex contentious matters in highly regulated industries involving civil, commercial and corporate law. Telecoms, real estate and infrastructure clients also recurrently turn to the team, which is overseen by Marcelo Beltrao Da Fonseca. At the associate level, Thais Schiavoni Guarnieri Silva Reynol specialises in judicial and arbitral proceedings concerning the power sector, consumer rights and corporate issues, while Danilo Romera Luqueze focuses on credit recovery and court-supervised reorganisations.Practice head(s):
Marcelo Beltrão da Fonseca
Key clients
Enel – Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletrecidade de São Paulo
China Tree Gorges Brasil Energia
Itaú Unibanco
Votorantim
Ultracargo
CESP – Companhia Energética de São Paulo
Banco Bradesco
Aliansce Sonae Shopping Center
Associação dos Aposentados Participantes da Eletros – APEL
Braskem
Work highlights
- Assisting Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletrecidade de São Paulo in five lawsuits concerning the charge of tariff for poles and electricity distribution lines installed over highways under a public service concession.
- Acted for China Three Gorges Brasil Energia in a lawsuit against the Federal Government.
- Assisting Itaú in a writ of execution filed against guarantors.
Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados > Firm Profile
Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra – Advogados (Ulhôa Canto) is a Brazilian firm dedicated to business law. Since its foundation in 1959, Ulhôa Canto has been assisting in drafting tax bills and administrative directives going back to the Brazilian Tax Code itself. The firm is acknowledged as one of the most traditional law firms in Brazil and holds a prominent position among corporate law firms. By combining this tradition with a commitment to providing innovative solutions to its clients, Ulhôa Canto has achieved precedent-setting judicial and administrative decisions in many different sectors and has taken part in some of the most relevant business transactions that have occurred in Brazil in recent years.
As a boutique firm with presence in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília, Ulhôa Canto is not and does not aim to be the largest law firm measured by number of lawyers; instead, our goal is to help our clients with their most challenging matters. To do so, the firm hires the very best law school graduates, the majority of which take postgraduate studies in top law schools in the US or Europe or work abroad as foreign associates. The firm promotes lawyers to partner based on merit and entirely from among its own associates. The result is a partnership with a cohesive perspective and a strong culture of excellency and meritocracy, comprised by a selective group of lawyers that can offer in-depth and original solutions.
Main areas of practice: The firm’s legal practice is diversified and mainly focused on tax, corporate (including M&A, venture capital and compliance), and regulatory and administrative law (especially in the power and sanitation sectors), litigation and arbitration, and oil and gas.
Tax: Tax law is Ulhôa Canto’s most traditional and recognized area of practice. This expertise has led Ulhôa Canto to provide legal assistance in the drafting of tax bills and administrative directives. Ulhôa Canto’s performance has been outstanding in tax litigation, especially before the Federal Supreme Court, where some of the many legal disputes handled by Ulhôa Canto have become important leading cases in Brazilian case law. The firm provides tax consulting services in general, including review of the tax aspects involved in corporate reorganization and company acquisitions, drafting of legal opinions, implementation of tax planning, administrative and judicial tax litigation before Federal and State courts and Municipal boards, legal advice on the drafting of requests for advance rulings and for taxation under special rules and on the negotiations with public authorities in order to obtain tax incentives, whether for investments in a certain geographical region or based on the client’s economic activity.
Corporate, M&A and capital markets: The firm’s practice in corporate law and capital markets comprises all aspects of business law, providing complete assistance to its clients. The work performed by Ulhôa Canto in M&As and in corporate restructuring, whether or not related to tax planning, is one of the firm’s highlights not only due to the number and diversity of the transactions in which it has provided legal advice during the last decades, but also due to the innovative solutions proposed.
Wealth and estate planning: Ulhôa Canto harbors a widely recognized wealth planning practice, which handles succession and estate planning, relocation of individuals from Brazil to other countries, and complex asset-holding-structures for family governance. Ulhôa Canto is currently one of the leading firms in this sector.
Infrastructure and project finance: Ulhôa Canto has been very active in this area, providing its clients (lenders, sponsors or borrowers) with legal assistance in several project finance transactions involving the implementation and development of infrastructure projects, especially in the oil and gas, telecommunications, electric power, petrochemical and steel and iron sectors.
Power: Ulhôa Canto has been highly active in this field for the past years. Besides having legally advised the Brazilian Federal Government on the restructuring of the energy sector, Ulhôa Canto has advised clients regarding various aspects of this field including regulatory, tax, contractual and litigation matters, with strong practice before the regulatory agency of the sector. Ulhôa Canto is, nowadays, the leading law firm in this sector in Brazil.
Venture capital and start-ups: The firm advises founders, companies, and funds in structuring and investing in start-ups, including various financing rounds and divestment routes.
Compliance: The firm advises on the implementation and review of policies and internal rules, compliance due diligence, and identification of non-conforming practices in the corporate environment.
Oil and gas: Ulhôa Canto has provided legal assistance to domestic and international companies operating in the oil and gas sectors since the 70s and has been at the forefront of several projects that encompass all phases of the oil and gas economic chain, including specific regulatory and tax matters.
Sanitation: Ulhôa Canto has a broad knowledge of the basic sanitation and water sectors. We have participated in the discussions that led to the enactment of the New Basic Sanitation Framework (Federal Law no. 14,026/2020) and have a solid experience in the privatization of basic sanitation companies, the outsourcing of water caption, treatment and final disposal of industrial residues services, representation in public bidding proceedings, modeling of concessions and public-private partnerships.
Litigation and arbitration: Spearheaded by seasoned partners who constantly act as specialists in topics covered by Brazilian legislation before international courts (amicus curiae), the firm’s litigation and arbitration area provides legal counsel to domestic and overseas clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings before key courts both in Brazil and overseas.
Real estate: Ulhôa Canto has experience in advising and representing clients in connection with real estate investments, deals, transactions, and urban development projects. Our practice also focuses on assisting a wide range of clients on acquisitions and dispositions of real properties, leasing, constructions and other traditional business models in the industry, as well as guiding them through transactional issues arising in the development and operation of shopping malls, real estate development, allotments, hotels, condominiums and other endeavors.
Clients: The firm has a vast and diverse clientele formed by Brazilian and foreign individuals as well as companies operating in Brazil and abroad, from all segments of the economy.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Corporate and M&A; Tax; Real Estate; Financial Markets; Aviation | Aloysio Meirelles de Miranda Filho | amiranda@ulhoacanto.com.br | +55 11 3066 3075 |
Tax | Antonio Carlos Garcia de Souza | asouza@ulhoacanto.com.br | +55 21 3824 3265 |
Corporate and M&A; Infrastructure & Project Finance; Tax; Administrative Law; Entertainment & Sports; Real Estate; Financial Markets; Mining & Steel; Exempt Organizations | Guilherme Rocha Murgel de Rezende | grezende@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3223 |
Tax | Luiz Felipe Gonçalves de Carvalho | lcarvalho@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3346 |
Litigation and Arbitration | Marcelo Beltrão da Fonseca | mfonseca@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3072 |
Power; Sanitation; Infrastructure & Project Finance | Isabel Lustosa | ilustosa@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3045 |
Tax | Eunyce Porchat Secco Faveret | efaveret@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3337 |
Tax; Corporate and M&A | Christian Clarke de Ulhôa Canto | ccanto@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3219 |
Tax; Corporate and M&A; Financial Markets | Luis Claudio Gomes Pinto | lpinto@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3225 |
Tax; Exempt Organizations; Environmental Law | Rubem Tadeu Cordeiro Perlingeiro | rubem@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3205 |
Wealth and Estate Planning; Corporate and M&A; Aviation | Humberto de Haro Sanches | hsanches@ulhoacanto.com.br | +55 11 3066 3072 |
Tax | Rodrigo Brunelli Machado | rbrunelli@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3072 |
Tax | Mariana Jatahy Rizzo Soares | mjatahy@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3275 |
Corporate and M&A; Real Estate | Marcelo Maria Santos | msantos@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3095 |
Corporate and M&A; Oil & Gas; Power; Infrastructure & Project Finance; Financial Markets | Paula Lima Nogueira Costa | pcosta@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3285 |
Tax | Tatiana Sumer Surerus de Carvalho | tsumar@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3278 |
Tax; Financial Markets | Pedro Vianna de Ulhôa Canto | pcanto@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3066 |
Tax | Alisson Carvalho de Souza | acarvalho@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3262 |
Corporate and M&A; Venture Capital and Start-ups | Pedro Chueiri | pchueiri@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3041 |
Power; Infrastructure & Project Finance | Alberto Büll da Silva | abull@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 6755 |
Tax | Guilherme Kluck Gomes | ggomes@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 11 3066 3055 |
Tax; Corporate and M&A; Wealth and Estate Planning | João Marcus de Melo Rigoni | jrigoni@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3265 |
Tax; Oil & Gas | Flávia Cavalcanti Pepe | fcavalcanti@ulhoacanto.com.br | + 55 21 3824 3265 |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mr Marcelo Beltrão da Fonseca | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Rodrigo Brunelli Machado | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Alberto Büll da Silva | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Guilherme Kluck Gomes | Partner | View Profile | |
Ms Isabel Lustosa | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Aloysio Meirelles de Miranda Filho | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Pedro Vianna de Ulhôa Canto | Partner | View Profile |
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IBA (International Bar Association) IFA (International Fiscal Association) Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Tax > Tax litigation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Tax > Tax advisory