CFGS – Correia, Fleury, Gama e Silva Advogados

Managing Partners: André de Luizi Correia, Rodrigo Ribeiro Fleury, Luis Antonio da Gama e Silva Neto

Number of partners: 4

Number of associates: 17

Firm Overview:

CFGS – Correia, Fleury, Gama e Silva Advogados is a dispute resolution boutique specialized in strategic litigation, mediation and arbitration.

The firm provides both litigation strategy, preparation and settlement advice, and conducts judicial, administrative or arbitration proceedings.

The team has extensive experience in handling complex cases involving stockholder disputes, infrastructure and construction contracts, financial services and the power, telecommunications and oil & gas industries.

The client base includes some of Brazil’s major banks and construction companies, large retailers, well-known real estate developers, some of the world’s largest private equity firms and international investors from the US, Europe and the Middle East.

CFGS team includes lawyers with vast experience in dispute resolution, listed in several domestic and international rankings and fluent in Portuguese and in English.

Main Areas of Practice:

Arbitration:

The team, led by André de Luizi Correia, along with Letícia Barbosa e Silva Abdalla and Renata Lorenzi Iório, has experience representing clients in proceeding before the major arbitration institutions in Brazil and abroad.

CFGS represents clients across a range of sectors and the firm’s current caseload includes several high-profile arbitration cases that amount more than BRL 5.5 billion.

Key Clients: GP Investments, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Grupo Andrade Gutierrez, HIG Capital, Odebrecht/Novonor, Banco BTG Pactual, Sapura Energy, Iron House - Grupo Cornélio Brennand, Rumo S.A., Sigdo Koopers Group, Pátria Investimentos.

CFGS is currently representing Brazilian and international companies in various arbitration proceedings in Brazil, including:

• One of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas services and solutions providers in a BRL 800 million dispute, arising out of an EPCI Contract for construction and installation of LNG supply system to a combined cycle thermal power plant (ICC Arbitration).

• A major Brazilian construction company in a BRL 180 million dispute arising out of an EPC Contract for construction of transmission lines (CAM-CCBC Arbitration).

• Brazil's largest retail and distribution group in two major disputes (BRL 650 million) arising out of the sale of a controlled company (ICC Arbitration).

• The biggest investment private equity firm in Latin America, in a CAM-CCBC Arbitration concerning several issues related to invested companies (BRL 750 million).

• The Brazilian branch of a renowned French energy group in an ICC arbitration arising out of an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract for the construction of solar power plants in the northeast region of Brazil (BRL 100 million).

• A Joint Venture (JV) between a construction company and an investment bank in a CAM-CCBC arbitration related to a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract regarding a soccer stadium complex (BRL 30 million).

• A major sanitation company in a BRL 250 million dispute arising out of a public-private partnership contract for the concession of public sanitary sewage services (CAM-CCBC).

Lawyers Involved:

Partners: André de Luizi Correia, Letícia Barbosa e Silva Abdalla, Renata Lorenzi Iório

Associates: Berardino Di Vecchia Neto, Mariana de Vasconcellos Tavares Nacif, Julia Ascoli Gomes Ferreira, Luiz Eduardo Jodas Siqueira.

Commercial Litigation:

The team has extensive experience in successfully handling complex business disputes in federal and state courts, led by Rodrigo Ribeiro Fleury and Luis Antonio da Gama e Silva Neto. The firm has handled a wide range of cases, including construction contracts, telecom services, oil & gas exploitation, gas distribution, energy generation and distribution, corporate acquisitions, financial services, swap agreements, product liability, shareholder disputes, insolvency litigation (representing creditors and bondholders), insurance and reinsurance, and bank credit facilities.

Key Clients: Banco Safra S.A., Banco Itaú-Unibanco S.A., Deutsche Bank S.A - Banco Alemão, Construtora Barbosa Mello S.A., Odebrecht Energia do Brasil S.A., Companhia de Gás de São Paulo - Comgás, Tegra Incorporações S.A., BHG S.A. - Brazil Hospitality Group, Banco Sistema S.A. (controlled by BTG Pactual), Even Construtora e Incorporadora S.A., BRK Ambiental, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia S.A., Bureau Veritas, Enforce Gestão de Ativos, Decolar.com, Vopak Brasil, among many others.

Lawyers Involved:

Partners: André de Luizi Correia, Luís Antonio da Gama e Silva, Rodrigo Ribeiro Fleury, Renata Lorenzi Iório

Associates: Pedro de Moura Albuquerque, Lais Andrade Lopes, Paula Mader Araújo, Gabriel Guimarães Arlé

BRAZIL

São Paulo: Rua Hungria, 514, 5° andar, Jardim Europa, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01455-000.

Tel: +55 11 5180 5700

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.cfgs.com.br