About
Provided by Pablo Sorj
Practice Areas
Infrastructure & Energy; Eletric Power; Project Finance; Oil and Gas; Mining; Shipping & Ports; Finance; Energy Transition.
Career
As a partner at Mattos Filho, Pablo Sorj represents companies, investment funds and financial institutions with a wide range of transactions in the infrastructure and energy sectors. He advises on transactions concerning project finance, structured finance, and acquisition finance and assists with purchases and sales of infrastructure and energy assets.
Pablo has worked on over twenty 'Deal of the Year' transactions. He is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in Project Finance by Chambers and Partners (Band 1) and Who's Who Legal (Thought Leaders: Global Elite Project Finance), as well as in Projects and Infrastructure by the Legal 500 (Leading Lawyer) and IFLR (Market Leader).
Pablo previously worked at New York's Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a foreign attorney. He is currently the chairman of the Brazilian Bar Association's (OAB-RJ) Project Finance Committee, co-president of the Stanford Law School Alumni Association in Brazil, and sector vice-president of the Brazilian Mediation and Arbitration Center (CBMA). A graduate of Rio de Janeiro's Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-RJ), Pablo holds an executive MBA from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC-RJ) and an LL.M. from Stanford Law School.
Languages Spoken
English and Portuguese.
Education
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC - RJ)
Bachelor of Laws
Stanford Law School
Master of Law
Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (Ibmec)
Executive MBA
Practice Areas
Infrastructure & Energy; Electric Power; Project Finance; Oil and Gas; Mining; Shipping & Ports; Finance; Energy Transition
Career
Pablo represents companies, sponsors, investment funds and financial institutions in a wide variety of transactions in the infrastructure and energy sectors. He advises on asset sales and purchases, structured finance, acquisition finance and project finance.
Pablo previously worked as a foreign lawyer at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in New York, and is currently co-chair of the Stanford Law School Alumni Association in Brazil and Sector Vice President of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA).
He is consistently recognized as a leading Projects lawyer by Chambers (Band 1), IFLR (Market Leader), and The Legal 500 (Leading Lawyer), among others. Pablo holds a law degree from PUC-RJ, an executive MBA from IBMEC-RJ and an LLM from Stanford Law School.
Education
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)
Bachelor of Laws
Stanford Law School
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (Ibmec)
Executive MBA
Chambers Review
Brazil: Transactional
Pablo Sorj is widely acknowledged as a top choice to advise on high-profile project finance matters, such as the negotiation and structuring of capital raising agreements, as well as negotiation of EPC contracts and implementation of thermoelectric plants.
Pablo Sorj is widely acknowledged as a top choice to advise on high-profile project finance matters, such as the negotiation and structuring of capital raising agreements, as well as negotiation of EPC contracts and implementation of thermoelectric plants.
Brazil: Regions
Partner Pablo Sorj is well regarded for his practice in corporate mandates and project finance, including sophisticated transactions in the oil and gas industry.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pablo Sorj is a point of reference for us. An exceptional lawyer who is innovative while also accurately informing us of the risks."
"Pablo is a very accessible lawyer who makes the deal go forward."
"Pablo is really good creating a rapport with the client and skilful when using the knowledge he has. He's also very accessible and swift."
"Pablo holds a lot of expertise in project finance within the infrastructure and energy sectors; he also is a respected figure in the market."
"He is an excellent lawyer."
"Pablo Sorj is a point of reference for us. An exceptional lawyer who is innovative while also accurately informing us of the risks."
"Pablo is a very accessible lawyer who makes the deal go forward."
"Pablo is really good creating a rapport with the client and skilful when using the knowledge he has. He's also very accessible and swift."
"Pablo holds a lot of expertise in project finance within the infrastructure and energy sectors; he also is a respected figure in the market."
"He is an excellent lawyer."
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