What are the most significant cases or transactions that your legal team has recently been involved in?

We are a team of multidisciplinary professionals, including legal, regulatory and compliance. Among the most relevant, the team over sought the acquisition of five new wind farms, adding up to 1 GW to our portfolio; undertook the negotiations of complex agreements for the supply of services and equipment for the construction of another 1 GW of power plants under development; lead successfully strategic arbitration to settle force majeure claims related to pandemic.

As we live in a fast-paced world today, what skills will a corporate legal team need to succeed in the modern in-house industry?

Much as a cliché, the in-house lawyer is no longer, maybe for a decade, a lawyer. He is a law trained business advisor, who is expected to foresee and pre-empt potential limitations and assist the company to achieve business goals in a structured and solid basis. To cope with that expectation, he needs to understand the business and have a substantial set of soft skills to respond to and enchant internal client.

How do you suggest in-house lawyers build strong relationships with business partners?

The best way to do it is to put yourself in the client shoes and to understand and seek company´s goals. We are brothers in arms with businesspeople, and are expected to build a connection that should enable a trust relationship in time.