Deploying its vast dispute resolution resources, Bermudes Advogados extends its reach into the power sector through high-profile contentious matters, specialising in administrative disputes, regulatory issues, and appeals. Project approvals are another key focus for the team, whose advice is sought out by both domestic and international players from across the power chain. Based in Rio de Janeiro, dedicated energy practitioner and regulatory expert Vítor Ferreira Alves de Brito assumes the lead, alongside disputes veteran Marcio Vieira Souto Costa Ferreira, whose experience in excess of three decades makes him an asset in sector-related arbitration proceedings and dispute risk mitigation. Rounding out the team, Frederico Ferreira exercises corporate law know-how in high-stakes contentious matters.
Key clients
- CCEE – Câmara de Comercialização de Energia Elétrica
- ABRADEE – Assoc. Brasileira dos Distribuidores de Energia Elétrica
- Engie
- Enel
- CPFL
- Energisa
- Neoenergia
- AES
- ISA CTEEP
- Equatorial
Work highlights
- Represented ABRADEE in a R$9bn declaratory action brought by Santo Antonio Energia against ANEEL.
- Represented Vibra Energia in a R$8bn dispute filed by Grupo Forte.
- Represented Equatorial Pará in a public civil action proposed by the State of Pará, requesting the suspension of a new tariff charged.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Vitor Ferreira Alves de Brito, Marcio Vieira Souto Costa Ferreira