Acting with ethics and loyalty, we seek to provide to our clients a personalized and flexible treatment, providing excellent services. We believe that the best way to exceed clients’ expectations is by creating opportunities and anticipating the problem solving, to transform ideas into successful achievements.
Vast experience in structuring concessions and PPPs projects in the water, sewage and solid waste sector, legal structuring of expressions of interest (MIP and PMI), including for water efficiency and reuse.
Assistance in this sector covers the structuring of PPP/concession projects in municipal public lighting, internet broadband and wifi, among other smart cities services.
Legal assistance on energy concessions and auctions, legal structuring of projects and regulatory assistance before ANEEL.
Assistance on concessions and PPPs in of different modes of urban transportation, such as subways, monorails, LRTs, buses, ferries and public parking.
Consultancy in auctions for concessions, bidding procedures in general, structuring of PPP projects and legal advice on regulatory matters before the Brazilian regulatory agency.
Legal structuring of PPP projects in the public health sector, such as primary care network and hospitals.
Structuring of PPP projects in public education, notably for the construction, operation and maintenance of schools and other institutions.
We are pioneers in this sector and have great know-how in legal structuring of PPP projects in public security, mainly for the construction/renovation, operation and maintenance of prison complexes.
Legal advice for both the private sector and governments (federal, state and municipal) in structuring PPP/concession projects for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of national parks and public forests.
Consultancy to public entities, federal, state and municipal governments in structuring and conducting their PPP programs, including structuring or reviewing legal and governance frameworks.
Our team also has recognized experience in this sector, which covers the construction and operation of administrative centers and the revitalization of urban areas, using PPPs and structured urban operations.
Another pioneering area of activity of MRA, which has already acquired notable experience in concession projects for municipal public cemeteries.
Maciel Rocha Advogados is led by the partners Gustavo Eugenio Maciel Rocha and Lucas Martins Magalhães da Rocha. Our team is composed by experienced professionals, graduated from renowned universities in Brazil and abroad and that have worked in renowned law firms, court of accounts and important public and private entities.
25 years of experience in public law, privatization, concessions and PPPs. One of the most admired professionals of the country in his field.
Expertise in M&A, project finance, international contracts and legal structuring of PPPs and concessions. Has already worked in major law firms in Brazil and England.
The experience gained in the most important privatization projects, concessions and public-private partnerships that have taken place in Brazil in recent decades have accredited our team as a national reference in various sectors of infrastructure and public services.
• Legal structuring of administrative concession (PPP) for the operation and maintenance of public lighting services in the city of Porto Alegre, RS.
• Legal structuring of administrative concession (PPP) for the operation and maintenance of public lighting services in the city of Vitória, ES
• Legal advice in the bidding process of the administrative concession (PPP) for the operation and maintenance of public lighting services in the municipality of Contagem, MG.
• Legal structuring of administrative concession (PPP) for the operation and maintenance of public lighting services in municipalities in the interior of Brazil, notably in the states of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, and Pernambuco, PE.
• Legal advice for public lighting service concessionaires.
• legal structring of the concession of the Belo Horizonte bus terminal (TERGIP).
• Full legal advice in a bidding process for the winning consortium of the ‘Linha 4 – Amarela’ sponsored concession (PPP) of the São Paulo subway.
• (i) legal structring, (ii) full legal advice and (iii) legal assistance for the concessionaire of the sponsored concession for the construction and operation of the Light Rail Vehicle – VLT system in the Central and Port areas of Rio de Janeiro.
• Legal structuring of the sponsored concession (PPP) for the operation of Lines 1, 2 and 3 of Belo Horizonte, MG subway.
• Full legal advice in bidding to the winning consortium for the construction, operation and maintenance of Rodovia Nova Tamoios.
•Full legal advice in bidding to the winning consortium for the construction, operation and maintenance of a major road in Rio de Janeiro (Transolímpica).
•(i) legal structring and (ii) full legal advice in the bidding of the Rio-Niterói Bridge project.
Structuring for the concession and PPP of 16 road lots, encompassing, approximately, 7,000 kilometres of the road network in the State of Minas Gerais
• Legal structuring of the concession for the operation and maintenance of public transportation bus lines in the municipality of Contagem, MG.
• Legal feasibility analysis for the implementation of garage buildings and underground parking facilities via PPP or Concession in Belo Horizonte, MG.
** Some of the above experiences were acquired by the partners working in other law firms.
• Modelagem jurídica da concessão comum para exploração dos serviços de água e esgoto no município de Macapá, AP.
• Modelagem jurídica de concessão administrativa (PPP) para melhoria dos serviços de água e esgoto no município de Natal, RN.
• Estruturação do arcabouço legal e marco regulatório do setor de saneamento básico nos Estados de Mato Grosso e Rio Grande do Sul.
• Assessoria jurídica completa em licitação ao consórcio vencedor da concessão administrativa (PPP) para a exploração dos serviços de esgoto no município de Serra, ES.
• Modelagem jurídica de concessão administrativa (PPP) para a destinação final de resíduos sólidos em consórcio intermunicipal no Estado de Minas Gerais.
• Modelagem jurídica de concessão administrativa (PPP) para a operação de destinação final de resíduos sólidos no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.
** Algumas das experiências acima foram adquiridas pelos sócios atuando por outros escritórios.
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Legal structuring of the administrative concession (PPP) for the Construction and Management of Criminal Complexes in the States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
• Legal structuring of the administrative concession (PPP) for the construction, operation and maintenance of educational units in the municipality of Contagem, MG.
• Legal structuring of the administrative concession (PPP) for the construction, operation and maintenance of emergency care units in public health in the city of Contagem, MG.
• Legal structuring of administrative concession (PPP) for the operation of the supply logistics services of CEASA-PR.
• Legal structuring of administrative concession (PPP) for the operation and maintenance of cemeteries in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG.
• Legal structuring and full assistance in the bidding for administrative concession (PPP) for the implementation, maintenance, operation and management of citizen assistance units in the State of Ceará.
• Legal structuring for the administrative concession (PPP) for the Construction and Management of Criminal Complexes in the State of Minas Gerais.
• Legal structuring of the concession of Rocha Negra Municipal Park in Miguel Pereira, RJ
** Some of the above experiences were acquired by the partners working in other law firms.
• Advisory services on regulatory, contractual and corporate matters for special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in different sectors, such as public lighting, urban mobility, prison management, highways, among others.
• Full legal advice on bidding for the sale of telecommunications assets.
• Legal advice in the actions conducted by ANATEL to sell for 2G, 3G and 4G radio frequencies.
• Legal structuring of the concession and operation of fiber optic pipelines in the port region of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
• Legal structuring of the concession and operation of the fiber optic system in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG
** Some of the above experiences were acquired by the partners working in other law firms.
GOVERNMENT ADVISORY
• Structuring of the legal framework and regulatory framework of the PPP unit and the PPPs and Concessions program of the State of Espírito Santo.
• Structuring of the legal framework and regulatory framework of the PPP unit and the PPPs and Concessions program of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Legal advice to the PPP Unit of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro in the design, development and elaboration of the Manual of PPPs of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro.
• Structuring of the legal framework and regulatory framework of the PPP unit and the PPP and Concessions program of the Municipality of Contagem, MG.
** Some of the above experiences were acquired by the partners working in other law firms.
• Advisory services on regulatory, contractual and corporate matters for SPEs and their shareholders in common, sponsored and administrative concession contracts.
• Legal advice to the controlling shareholders of the Concessionária VLT Carioca in the purchase of part of the shares held by a minority shareholder.
• Legal advice in public bids promoted by CEMIG.
• Legal advice in public bids promoted by ANATEL and ANEEL
• Regulatory legal advice before several regulatory agencies (eg ANATEL, ANEEL, CADE).
• Specialized legal advice before the Audit Courts of the States and TCU – Court of Auditors of the Union.
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