Practice Expertise

  • Corporate Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure & Natural Resources
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure & Natural Resources
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Profile

Tiago Figueiró focuses his practice in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and infrastructure & natural resources. He has corporate, contractual and regulatory experience in connection with infrastructure projects and public utilities, especially in the power sector. Mr. Figueiró also advises Brazilian and international clients in the power, gas, sugar and ethanol, water and sewage and construction sectors in agreements with the public sector, acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, and construction and financing.

Mr. Figueiro has practiced out of the Veirano Porto Alegre office from 2003 to 2006 and since 2006 from the firm’s Sao Paulo office.

More recently, Mr. Figueiró gained valuable experience working as s a foreign associate in the project finance practice at White & Case LLP, a leading NY-based law firm.

Bar Admissions
Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-SP)

Education
LL.B, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), 2003

LL.M, Public Law and Administration, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, 2005

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure & Natural Resources
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Chambers of Commerce and Associations:

- American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham-SP);
- Brazilian Institute for the Study of Energy Law (IBDE);
- British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (Britcham); and
- Deutsch-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK).



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