Dispute Resolution: Rio de Janeiro

About

Provided by Braz, Coelho, Veras, Lessa e Bueno Advogados

BCVL is one of the most respected Brazilian law firms in the areas of Infrastructure and Arbitration. The firm has 3 offices in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and São Paulo) and the team is made up of 15 partners, +40 lawyers and +80 employees in total.

Deep knowledge of the infrastructure sector and arbitration practice

With more than 40 books and 250 scientific articles published, the firm's team of lawyers has intense scholarly activity. The firm advises large companies on projects, transactions and dispute resolution in the Energy, Oil & Gas, Ports, Public Sanitation, Highways, Railways, Public Transport, Public Procurement and Heavy Construction.

Recent work highlights

• Represents Aliança Energia (JV between Vale and Cemig) in lawsuits against Samarco, related to the "Mariana Disaster" (dam collapse), which caused the transport and silting of 9 million m3 of ore waste to the reservoir of the UHE Risoleta Neves, a hydroelectric plant located on the Doce River. BCVL also represents Aliança before the National Electric Energy Agency in regulatory matters related to the impacts of the disaster on the concession contract for the exploration of the hydroelectric plant.
• Represents Cemig in several lawsuits related to requests for solar plants to be connected to the energy distribution system.
• Advised Rumo Logística on regulatory matters related to the recognition of hidden defects in a railway concession contract signed with the National Land Transportation Agency.