Augusto Dal Pozzo

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Lawyer and founding partner of the Dal Pozzo Law Firm, one of the most important Brazilian law firms in the area of Public Law, highly specialized in Administrative Law, Civil Procedural Law and Infrastructure Law, has worked for the past 20 years in the conception of juridical models in infrastructure projects and in the juridical solution of strategic issues regarding the execution of extremely complex public contracts. As a result of his immensely recognized work regarding juridical matters in the infrastructure market in Brazil and abroad, combined with the authority derived from the advanced studies he has conducted in the academic and institutional fields, his knowledge about the most common juridical adversities pervading such market is of unique caliber, especially in the areas of water supply and sewage treatment, public construction work, roads, railroads, public lightening, education, health, urban mobility and on several transversal themes in infrastructure, especially tenders and request for proposals, public contracts, concessions, PPP’s, regulatory law and compliance and integrity programs. Professor of Administrative Law and Fundamentals of Public Law at the renowned law school of the PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO (PUC-SP), and in the international sphere, Professor of the Permanent Group of the Post-Graduation course at the UNIVERSITY OF CORUÑA, in Spain; invited Professor of the Post-Graduation course in Administrative Law at the UNIVERSITY OF BELGRANO, in Argentina; guest Professor of the course “Business and Compliance” at BARRY UNIVERSITY, in the United States, and a member of the faculty of the MBA focused on PPP’s and Concessions at the LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE) in association with the SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICS FOUNDATION OF SÃO PAULO (FESPSP), he has developed extensive academic work on several themes connected with Administrative Law, especially regarding infrastructure. Many papers resulting from such academic research have been published in major academic journals in Brazil and abroad. Some of the most important newspapers and magazines in the country have also published his articles and technical-juridical comments on current affairs, trends and the intricacies of the infrastructure market. More recently, his work on “Expression of Interest (EOI) Projects” was cited as a national reference on the theme in the study called “Structuring PPP’s and Concession Projects in Brazil: Diagnosis of the Brazilian Model and Proposals for betterment”, conducted by BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) from the World Bank. He is Currently seeking a Ph.D. in State Law at the PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO (PUC-SP), where both the Master’s degree and the Specialist degree were also obtained. He is a member of the Research Groups on “Public Procurement Contracts”; “Weighting of Interest in Administrative Law” and “Regulation”, all of which are registered with the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Still in the academic field, he is the Coordinator of the Journal of Administrative Law and Infrastructure (RDAI), published by Thomson Reuters Editora Revista dos Tribunais; Coordinator of the Brazilian Journal of Infrastructure (RBINF) and Coordinator of the International Journal of Public Law (RIDP), both published by Fórum, and Coordinator of the Forum Collection on Law and Infrastructure. He holds a post-graduate degree in the “Management Program for Lawyers” and in “Corporate Governance”, from the Yale School of Management, and an executive post-graduation in Infrastructure in the Market Economy, from Harvard Kennedy School, recognized world- wide as the main accreditation for senior decision-makers working in the global infrastructure market, where he had the opportunity to conduct in-depth research on fundamental themes in the sector of infrastructure such as regulation, partnerships between the public and private sectors, public sector comparators, privatization, economic development, state- owned enterprise (SOE), renegotiation, private and project finance, capital markets and political strategy. Augusto has been awarded the Trophy “Mérito da Advocacia Raymundo Faoro”, the highest honor from the Brazilian Bar Association in recognition for the merit of his invaluable work as the President of the Special Committee on Infrastructure Law of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association. Born and raised in the city of São Paulo, Augusto has kept deep institutional relationships with acclaimed national and international entities. Founder, with other members of the academy, and current President of the Brazilian Institute of Legal Studies in Infrastructure (IBEJI), the most important Brazilian entity connected to infrastructure whose mission is to face, with scientific rigor, the challenges imposed by the juridical aspects of infrastructure projects. Representative, in Brazil, of the Committee of National Coordinators of the Red Iberoamericana de Contratación Pública, an international organization created to unite specialists on the theme of public procurement; member of the Institute of Administrative Law of São Paulo (IDAP); member of the Asociación Argentina de Derecho Administrativo (AADA); member of the International Bar Association (IBA); member of the Lawyers Institute of São Paulo (IASP); founding member of the Brazilian Institute of Law and Business Ethics (IBDEE), of the Think Tank on Concessions and PPP’s of the Development Bank (BID), in Brazil, and of the Committee on Infrastructure, Logistics and Sustainable Development of the Brazilian Bar Association (COINFRA — OAB-SP).