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Provided by Vernalha Pereira

Vernalha Pereira Advogados is a law firm with outstanding expertise in Public Law. It is also known for its overall experience with Civil Litigation and Project matters. It covers all contentious and non-contentious matters related to the Public Law sector, including those related to Public Tender Offers, Public Concessions, Public Contracts, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), and Privatizations.

The team is well known for its skills handling Public Tender Offers worth billions of dollars and is specifically sought after by clients who require assistance with the Financial & Economic rebalancing of Contracts with Public Entities. The team is frequently seen acting in the largest anti-corruption matters in Brazil, in relation specifically to the Public Law aspect of said matters, particularly those related to the Car-Wash Investigations.

The Firm also advises its clients in complex and strategic Regulatory work in this field, especially that related to ANTT, ANVISA, ANEEL, BECEN. Its portfolio of international clients includes names from countries such as United States of America, France, and China.

Vernalha Pereira Advogados is a hands-on, partner-led firm that translates complex legal matters into the language of their clients and is used to working on large projects with short deadlines. Some of the team’s most prominent clients are BNDES, Itaipú Binacional, Andrade Gutierrez and Queiroz Galvão.

Chambers Review

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Public Law - Brazil
3
Band 3
What the Team is Known For

Vernalha Pereira is noted for handling public tenders, concessions and PPP mandates. It is also experienced assisting with judicial disputes involving public law. The firm is gaining prominence advising a range of clients including government bodies and players in the construction and infrastructure sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Vernalha Pereira Advogados is assisting Qfrotas - a company that provides federated states with optimisation, standardisation, and rationalisation in the maintenance of their vehicles - in a legal action against the prohibition, from participating in public bids nationwide due to a sanction imposed by a municipality.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Fernando Vernalha Guimarães
3
Fernando Vernalha Guimarães
Head of Public Law
3
Band 3

Fernando Vernalha Guimarães enjoys a good reputation for his public law practice and growing experience in noteworthy public concession mandates, anti-corruption civil claims on highway concession agreements, and public bidding regarding integrated vehicle car parks and sewage systems.

"Fernando Vernalha Guimarães is a very complete and competent lawyer."

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Vernalha Pereira

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Fernando Vernalha Guimarães
3
Fernando Vernalha Guimarães
Head of Public Law
3
Band 3

Members

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Angélica Petian

Thiago Lima Breus

Clients

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ATEXP

Ambiental Limpeza Urbana

Andrade Gutierrez

Arteris

BNDES

BRK Ambiental

CBIC

CORSAN

Club Athletico Paranaense

Compasa do Brasil

Construtora Queiroz Galvão

Contrel

EMS

Ebanx

Egis Engenharia

Equatorial

FGV

Fiscaltech

Frente Nacional de Prefeitos

Goetze Lobato

Grupo Angeloni

Hi Technologies

Hortifruti

Hospital Albert Einstein

Hospital Oswaldo Cruz

Iguá Saneamento

Itaipu Binacional

Metro Engenharia e Empreendimentos

Novonor

Nutricash

Oi

Planner

Positivo Tecnologia

Profarma Specialty

Rumo

Sinduscon

Sineltepar

Sinicon

Tucumann

Uber

Unimed

Velsis

Viracopos Airport

WEG

Wap

Industries

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Agribusiness

Capital Markets

Construction

Energy

Environment

Healthcare

Infrastructure and Projects

Life Sciences

Media and Entertainment

Oil and Gas

Real State Business

Roads and Railways

Sanitation

Solid Waste

Street Lighting

Technology

Telecommunications

Urban Mobility