David Waltenberg

Practice Areas

Areas of Practice

Constitutional, Regulatory and Administrative Law

Career

Previous Experience

• Attorney and Legal Manager of large Brazilian power companies (Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz – CPFL, Companhia Auxiliar de Empresas Elétricas Brasileiras – CAEEB and Eletropaulo – Eletricidade de São Paulo S/A)

• Legal Coordinator of the Departamento Nacional de Águas e Energia Elétrica – DNAEE (National Department of Water and Electricity), predecessor of ANEEL

• Head of the Institutional Relations Department of the Energy Secretariat for the State of São Paulo

• Consultant of the Brazilian Power-Sector Restructuring Project – “Projeto RE-SEB” (FHC Administration)

• Consultant of the “Power-Sector Technical Assistance Project” – “Projeto ESTAL” – 1st Phase – New Institutional Model of the Brazilian Power Sector (Lula Administration)

• Head of the Energy Legal Team at Siqueira Castro Advogados

Education

Experience

Emphasis:

• Structuring of institutional models in the electrical and natural gas sectors

• Tender offers, concession and administrative contracts in general

• Privatization of electrical energy concessionaires

• Implementation of water-based, thermal projects and power transmission facilities

• Mediation, arbitration and administrative litigation

Languages Spoken

Foreign Languages

• English

• French

Work Highlights

Other Emphasis:

• Awarded by “Análise Advocacia – The Most Admired in Law” in category “Lawyer – Infrastructure and Regulatory” (since 2006)

• Nominated by “Chambers Latin America” as “Leading and Star Individual” in “Energy and Natural Resources: Power” (since 2009)

• Nominated by “Chambers Global” as “Leading Individual – Band 1” in “Energy and Natural Resources – Brazil” (2012)

• Nominated by “Legal 500 Latin America” as “Leading Lawyer” in “Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity” (2012)

• Former chairman of the Energy Strategic Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce – AMCHAM/SP