AREAS OF PRACTICE

Administrative Law

We assist our clients in participating in bidding processes for the granting of public utilities concessions, at all stages ranging from the establishment of consortiums or vehicle companies for specific purposes through the structuring and presentation of proposals, as well as contract negotiations with the government agency responsible for the concession.

Our clients include companies and organizations in various areas such as telecommunications, electric energy, gas and petroleum, highways, sanitation, fiber optics, and transports. The attorneys who assist such clients have as their objective to provide personalized, high-quality services that involve follow-up on the provision of the public utilities service and legal advice regarding the rules issued by the regulatory agencies such as ANATEL (the National Telecommunications Agency), ANEEL (the National Electric Energy Agency), and ANP (the National Petroleum Agency), as well as the legislation governing new agencies such as ANA (the National Water Agency) and ANT (the National Transport Agency.

Pires & Gonçalves has a well respected administrative law department that represents clients in public bid tenders and privatization processes, in obtaining public utilities concessions and authorizations, and on issues involving the signing and enforcement of government contracts.

Our firm has been participating actively in major bid tenders and privatizations in the infrastructure sector, particularly in the fields of telecommunications and energy.

The assistance we offer ranges from the analysis of invitations to bid and of draft agreements to the planning of efficient corporate or tax structures, the establishment of companies to serve as vehicles for participation in bid tenders, assistance with licensing, the preparation and presentation of bids, examination of the documentation submitted by competitors and challenges of deficient documentation, filing of appeals, and other administrative remedies.