Energy & Natural Resources: Power

About

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

BCVL is one of the most respected Brazilian law firms in the areas of Energy, 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 energy and infrastructure sectors

With more than 40 books and 400 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 and Infrastructure sectors.

Recent work highlights

• Represents Aliança Energia (JV between Vale and Cemig) in lawsuits against Samarco, related to the damage caused by the "Mariana Disaster" in the reservoir of the Risoleta Neves Hydroelectric Plant. BCVL also represents Aliança Energia before the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) 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.
• Represents CPFL Energia in a dispute resolution involving an EPC Turn Key contract for the construction of a hydroelectric plant.
• Represents CEMIG in a dispute against the Brazilian Governement, involving the Volta do Rio Windfarm, in discussion on the regularity of wind turbines installed in a strip of sand.