Practice Areas
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Regulatory Law
Competition Law
Oil, Natural Gas, and Biofuels
Sanitary Surveillance
Electric Energy
Telecommunications
Audiovisual
Supplementary Health
Basic Sanitation
Ports, Railways, Airports, and Highways
Mining
State-owned Companies
Infrastructure, Concessions, and PPPs (Public-Private Partnerships)
Bids and Administrative Contracts
Control by Courts of Accounts
Arbitration
Career
A reference in Public Law and Oil & Gas areas and considered one of the most important jurists of contemporary Brazilian Public Law, Alexandre Aragão is a Full Professor of Administrative Law at the Rio de Janeiro State University – UERJ, lawyer, arbitrator, and State Attorney of Rio de Janeiro.
In his teaching career, he has also been a visiting professor for Regulation at the University of San Francisco School of Law – USFSL. Member of the Study Centre for Administrative, Environmental and Urban Law (CEDAU) at the University of São Paulo – USP. Coordinator of the Research Group for Oil Law and other Energy Sources and a Professor of Regulation of Public Services in the Master’s Degree Course at the Candido Mendes University. Professor in several lato sensu post-graduation courses, including at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Rio de Janeiro – FGV/RJ and GVLaw/SP.
He has a Ph.D. in State Law from the University of São Paulo – USP. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Law and a Bachelor’s Degree from the Rio de Janeiro State University – UERJ.
He is founding member of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE) and member of the Editorial Council of the Journal for the General Council for the Federal Government (AGU), of the Journal of the General Counsel for the State of Rio de Janeiro, of the Brazilian Public Law Journal (RBDP), of the Journal of Public Law in Economics (RDPE), of the Journal of Information Technology and Telecommunication Law (RDIT), of the Brazilian Journal of Energy, of the Journal of Energy Law and of the Journal of the Accounting Court of the State of Minas Gerais (TCE/MG). Adviser for the Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies (ABAR). Aragão also is member of the examining board for several public tenders.
Alexandre Aragão participates directly in all legal services provided by the firm, acting both as a lawyer in strategic litigation, and (especially) as a legal expert, as one of the most renowned Public Law jurists in Brazil. He is considered a reference in the area of Administrative Law, especially in cases involving the legal regime of public services, state-owned companies, regulatory agencies, and oil and gas, due to the already mentioned books he has published on these subjects - considered a reference in the Brazilian legal literature. In the office, Aragão also has international practice, having acted in several cross-border arbitrations as legal expert/expert witness in Brazilian Public Law.
Publications
Alexandre Aragão has written prestigious books on Public Law such as “ Exclusion of Bidding in State-Owned Companies” (A Exclusão de Licitação nas Estatais); “Oil and Gas Law” (Direito do Petróleo e do Gás); “State-Owned Enterprises - The Legal Regime of Public Enterprises and Mixed Economy Companies” (Empresas Estatais – O Regime Jurídico das Empresas Públicas e Sociedades de Economia Mista)”; “Public Utilities Law” (Direito dos Serviços Públicos); “Regulatory Agencies and the Evolution of Economic Administrative Law” (Agências Reguladoras e a Evolução do Direito Administrativo Econômico); “Course of Administrative Law” (Curso de Direito Administrativo); and “The university autonomy in the contemporary State and the Brazilian Law” (A autonomia universitária no Estado contemporâneo e no Direito Positivo brasileiro).
In addition to his books, Alexandre Santos de Aragão also has several scientific articles published in some of the most important publications in Brazil and also abroad.
