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Rafael Vanzella

Rafael Vanzella

Global 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Public Law

Brazil

1 year ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Partner in Infrastructure and energy and Public and regulatory law.

Career

Vanzella is specialist in regulated contracts, structured acquisitions and financings, complex guarantees, and public administration business conducted in the sectors of transports and logistics, energy, urban mobility and cities, basic sanitation, and solid waste. He provides legal assistance to investors, main contractors, suppliers of capital goods, financial institutions, and governmental agencies on a range of steps of an infrastructure project, such as private-public partnerships modeling and concessions, negotiation of joint venture agreements, participation in tenders, establishment of special purpose companies and of their shareholders’ agreements, structuring construction contracts, supply and off-takes, paying in of capital structure, and disvestiture transactions. He also engages activities in expression of interest procedures, pre-litigation procedures of administrative contracts, regulatory analysis and diagnosis, and drawing up studies on sectors and public policies.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Alumni

Education

Universidade de São Paulo, Law School

Bachelor of Laws

1999 - 2003

Fakultät der Rechtswissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg, Germany

Guest Researcher

2007 - 2008

Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Germany

Guest Researcher

2008 - 2009

Universidade de São Paulo, Law School

Doctorate egree in Civil Law

2009

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Public Law - Brazil

Band 6
Band 6

Individual Editorial

Rafael Vanzella is well regarded for devising complex pre-litigation strategies for high value regulatory disputes and issuing legal opinions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Rafael Vanzella provides innovative solutions.

    Public LawChambers Global Guide
  • Rafael Vanzella manages to be helpful in any sort of matter. He is my go-to-guy at the firm.

    Public LawChambers Global Guide

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Brazil

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