About
Provided by Vernalha Pereira
Vernalha Pereira Advogados is a law firm with outstanding expertise in Public Law. It is also known for its overall experience with Civil Litigation and Project matters. It covers all contentious and non-contentious matters related to the Public Law sector, including those related to Public Tender Offers, Public Concessions, Public Contracts, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), and Privatizations.
The team is well known for its skills handling Public Tender Offers worth billions of dollars and is specifically sought after by clients who require assistance with the Financial & Economic rebalancing of Contracts with Public Entities. The team is frequently seen acting in the largest anti-corruption matters in Brazil, in relation specifically to the Public Law aspect of said matters, particularly those related to the Car-Wash Investigations.
The Firm also advises its clients in complex and strategic Regulatory work in this field, especially that related to ANTT, ANVISA, ANEEL, BECEN. Its portfolio of international clients includes names from countries such as United States of America, France, and China.
Vernalha Pereira Advogados is a hands-on, partner-led firm that translates complex legal matters into the language of their clients and is used to working on large projects with short deadlines. Some of the team’s most prominent clients are BNDES, Itaipú Binacional, Andrade Gutierrez and Queiroz Galvão.
Chambers Review
Vernalha Pereira is noted for handling public tenders, concessions and PPP mandates. It is also experienced assisting with judicial disputes involving public law. The firm is gaining prominence advising a range of clients including government bodies and players in the construction and infrastructure sectors.
Work Highlights
- Vernalha Pereira Advogados is assisting Qfrotas - a company that provides federated states with optimisation, standardisation, and rationalisation in the maintenance of their vehicles - in a legal action against the prohibition, from participating in public bids nationwide due to a sanction imposed by a municipality.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The experiences we had with Vernalha Pereira were positive. The commercial team responds quickly and with the required documents."
"Vernalha Pereira surprises with their strategic conduct in the cautious approach with the Public Authority."
"The experiences we had with Vernalha Pereira were positive. The commercial team responds quickly and with the required documents."
"Vernalha Pereira surprises with their strategic conduct in the cautious approach with the Public Authority."
Notable Practitioners
Fernando Vernalha Guimarães enjoys a good reputation for his public law practice and growing experience in noteworthy public concession mandates, anti-corruption civil claims on highway concession agreements, and public bidding regarding integrated vehicle car parks and sewage systems.
"Fernando Vernalha Guimarães is a very complete and competent lawyer."
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Members
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Clients
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ATEXP
Ambiental Limpeza Urbana
Andrade Gutierrez
Arteris
BNDES
BRK Ambiental
CBIC
CORSAN
Club Athletico Paranaense
Compasa do Brasil
Construtora Queiroz Galvão
Contrel
EMS
Ebanx
Egis Engenharia
Equatorial
FGV
Fiscaltech
Frente Nacional de Prefeitos
Goetze Lobato
Grupo Angeloni
Hi Technologies
Hortifruti
Hospital Albert Einstein
Hospital Oswaldo Cruz
Iguá Saneamento
Itaipu Binacional
Metro Engenharia e Empreendimentos
Novonor
Nutricash
Oi
Planner
Positivo Tecnologia
Profarma Specialty
Rumo
Sinduscon
Sineltepar
Sinicon
Tucumann
Uber
Unimed
Velsis
Viracopos Airport
WEG
Wap
Industries
Provided by Vernalha Pereira
Agribusiness
Capital Markets
Construction
Energy
Environment
Healthcare
Infrastructure and Projects
Life Sciences
Media and Entertainment
Oil and Gas
Real State Business
Roads and Railways
Sanitation
Solid Waste
Street Lighting
Technology
Telecommunications
Urban Mobility