With dedicated industry specialists drawn from across corporate, public, administrative, and regulatory law, Stocche Forbes Advogados’ power offering is particularly prominent in transactions and project financing. In coordination with the firm’s tax, environmental, real estate, compliance, and labour departments, the team supports all sector segments, including new structures of self-generation, distributed generation, and offshore generation. In São Paulo, Guilherme Forbes advises on financial and corporate transactions involving power assets, while Mariana Saragoça, commended for her ‘technical excellence, negotiation skills and efficiency’, is a prime choice for privatisation processes, public auctions and bids. Fabiano Milani excels in corporate and M&A matters, and Emilio Gallucci focuses on M&A, formation of joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. Project finance and capital markets expert Frederico Moura, and Bruno Gandolfo, who ’has great business vision to structure financing effectively’, are based in Rio de Janeiro. Associate Frederico Accon ‘demonstrates a deep command of the laws and regulations of the energy sector’.
Testimonials
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‘Great teamwork that understands client nuances to produce creative and innovative solutions.’
‘Mariana Saragoça gets directly involved, bringing to the table extensive experience, technical excellence, negotiation skills and efficiency.’
‘Bruno Gandolfo has great business vision to structure financing effectively.’
‘Compared to other firms in the national legal market, Stocche Forbes stands out for its unique combination of technical excellence, personalised legal service and solid reputation in the Brazilian market. The Stocche Forbes energy regulatory team has highly qualified and specialised professionals with in-depth legal knowledge of the most relevant and current energy regulatory topics.’
‘Frederico Accon is a professional who demonstrates a deep command of the laws and regulations of the energy sector, as well as an ability to apply this knowledge in solving complex legal problems for companies in the sector.’
‘Proximity to partners, technical quality, service.’
‘The Stocche Forbes team is always very helpful and technical in matters relating to the topics covered by the company.’
‘Knowledge and diligence.’
Key clients
- State Grid Brazil Holding
- Auren Energia
- Engie Group
- Equatorial Energia
- Celse – Centrais Elétricas De Sergipe
- EDF Norte Fluminense
- EDF Renováveis
- Serena
- Patria Investimentos
- Energisa Group
- New Fortress Energy
- Voltalia
- Stoa
- Eneva
- Cymi Group
- Elera Renováveis
- Qair Group
- Vibra Energia
- Copel
Work highlights
- Advised Copel on its privatisation by means of a public offering of shares (follow-on), in the amount of R$5.1bn.
- Advised GIC Private Limited on the acquisition of 50% of Neoenergia’s power transmission assets.
- Advised Eletrobras on the issuance of R$7bn worth of debentures, the proceeds from the first series of which will be used to help fund hydroelectric power plants associated with the Chesf and Eletronorte projects.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Guilherme Forbes, Frederico Moura, Bruno Gandolfo, Mariana Saragoça, Fabiano Milani, Emilio Gallucci