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.

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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.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marcelo Beltrão da Fonseca