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Pablo Sorj

Pablo Sorj

Global 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

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About

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Practice Areas

Electric Power; Energy Transition; Finance; Infrastructure & Energy; Mining; Oil and Gas; Project Finance; Shipping & Ports;

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.

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

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Chambers Global Guide

Project Finance - Brazil

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
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.

Project Development - Brazil

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
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.

Strengths

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  • Pablo Sorj is the go-to lawyer for project finance and a pioneer who has played a leading role in every major development in the sector.

    Project FinanceChambers Global Guide
  • Pablo Sorj is a point of reference in the field. He is very well connected and opens doors. He understands our business.

    Project FinanceChambers Global Guide
  • The leading name in the field, Pablo Sorj is a reference in project finance.

    Project FinanceChambers Global Guide
  • Pablo Sorj is an exceptional lawyer.

    Project FinanceChambers Global Guide

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