Patrícia Regina Pinheiro Sampaio
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 6 : Public Law
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About
Provided by Patrícia Regina Pinheiro Sampaio
Practice Areas
Energy Law, Life Sciences and Health, Regulation, Competition, and Infrastructure
Career
Patricia is a professor of undergraduate, master’s and doctorate degrees in Regulatory Law at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas School of Law in Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) and is a researcher at the Center for Research in Law and Economics (CPDE/FGV Direito Rio). She was a “Distinguished Visiting Professor” at George Mason University – Antonin Scalia Law School (2024).
Patricia has published several books and scientific articles on infrastructure regulatory law and is one of the coordinators of the Regulation Committee of the Brazilian Institute of Competition, Consumer and International Trade Studies (Ibrac).
Professional Memberships
She is a member of the Administrative Law Commission and the Energy and Energy Transition Commission of the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers (IAB), the Special Electric Energy Commission (CEELE) of the OAB-RJ and the editorial board of the Revista Brasileira de Transportes, published by FGV Transport.
Publications
SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro. Regulation and competition: the role of CADE in infrastructure sectors. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2013.
SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro. Competition law and obligation to settle. Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier, 2009.
SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro; DAYCHOUM, Mariam. Regulation and competition in the railway sector. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Iuris, 2017.
STRINGHINI, Adriano; ARAGÃO, Alexandre Santos de; SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro. Administrative servitude and sharing of infrastructure: regulation and competition. Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 2005.
BARBOSA, Fernando de Holanda; GUERRA, Sergio; SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro. Financial equilibrium in infrastructure projects and the flexible IRR. Rio de Janeiro: FGV Projetos, 2019.
SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro; SAMPAIO, Rômulo Silveira da Rocha. The challenges of regulating water and sanitation tariffs under a three-level shared-authority federalism model: The case of Brazil. Utilities Policy, v. 64, 2020.
SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro; DAYCHOUM, Mariam. Two decades of rail regulatory reform in Brazil (1996-2016). Utilities Policy, 2017.
PINHEIRO, Armando Castelar; PORTO, Antonio José Maristrello; SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro (org.). Law and economics: dialogues. Rio de Janeiro: FGV, 2019.
PINHEIRO, Armando Castelar; PORTO, Antonio José Maristrello; SAMPAIO, Patrícia Regina Pinheiro (org.). Topics in law and economics. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Iuris, 2021.
Personal
PhD from USP Law School
Master’s Degree from USP Law School
Bachelor’s Degree in law, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO)
Chambers Review
Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Patrícia Regina Pinheiro Sampaio is an experienced practitioner, known for handling infrastructure contracts and administrative proceedings in industries such as oil and gas, airports, ports and railroads, and sanitation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Patrícia Regina Pinheiro Sampaio exhibits outstanding didactic skills."
"Patrícia Regina Pinheiro Sampaio exhibits outstanding didactic skills."