Associate

Luisa Tortolano Barreto

Corporate & Securities

Overview

Luisa Tortolano Barreto is a senior associate in the Power, Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices practice of Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown in the São Paulo office.

Luisa is focused on infrastructure projects with an emphasis on the power sector. Her practice includes drafting and negotiating contracts related to project implementation (such as EPC/EPCM, owner's engineering, operation and maintenance, equipment supply), power purchase agreements and advice on regulatory issues, as well as coordination of projects within the power sector, especially mergers and acquisitions, including the coordination of due diligences.

Experience

Advice to Cemig GT on the sale of its shareholding in Aliança Energia to Vale S.A.
Advice to Brookfield on the investment for the development and construction of several distributed minigeneration projects, totalizing 160MW.
Advice to Brookfield on the acquisition of 3 wind projects located in Rio Grande do Sul.
Advice to Yinson Renewables on the acquisition of two wind projects in the State of Ceará.
Advice to Exus in the negotiation for the acquisition of a solar project of up to 1GW in Brazil.
Advice to to Cemig GT in negotiating pre-contracts for participation in auctions transmission.

Advice to Cemig GT on the sale of its stake in Santo Antonio Energia.
Advice to Ferroport, as offtaker, in the negotiation and structuring, with Omega Energia S.A., as developer, of an energy self-generation structure.
Advice to Unipar Carbocloro in the formatting and negotiation of corporate and commercial agreements and the creation of joint ventures to implement two wind energy generation projects, under the self-production regime.
Advice to BTG Pactual on the acquisition of the entire shareholding, properties and leasing rights of BR Malls in six shopping centers in Brazil (Osasco Plaza Shopping, Shopping Plaza Macaé, Ilha Plaza Shopping, Shopping Contagem, Londrina Norte Shopping, Capim Dourado Shopping and Casa & Gourmet Shopping).
Advice to ELETRONORTE in the analysis of the extension of the concession of the Tucuruí hydroelectric plant, in accordance with the second paragraph of article four of Law no. 9,074 / 1995.
Advice to Copérnico Energia Renováveis on regulatory aspects and drafting contract models for distributed generation projects.
Advice to Copérnico Energia Renováveis in the preparation with WEG of all EPC contracts for the construction of its solar energy projects for distributed generation.
Advice to AES Tietê in the formatting and negotiation with Banco Itaú of management and operation contracts for wind farms held in a joint venture.
Advice to Carrefour on the structuring of a private power auction.
Advice to Walmart in negotiating a PPA to purchase energy for all its stores in Brazil.
Advice to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on regulatory matters related to solar and wind energy generation projects in Brazil.
Advice to Atlas Renewable Energy in the preparation and negotiation of EPC contracts for the construction of the São Pedro, Juazeiro, Barreiras and Sol do Futuro solar energy projects.
Advice to J.Mallucelli (Brasventos) in negotiations regarding EPC contracts signed with Alstom/GE.
Advice to Cubico Invest in negotiating O&M contracts signed with Siemens Gamesa.
Advice to GPEXPAN in the preparation and negotiation of EPC contracts relating to the construction of wind projects in the Carcará Complex.
Advice to EDP GRID in the design and preparation of contracts for distributed energy generation projects.
Advice to AGUNSA in the structuring and negotiation of a consortium with Construcap CCPS Engenharia e Comércio SA, aiming at joint participation in the ANAC Auction no. 01/2018, referring to the concession for expansion, maintenance and exploration of the state's own airports included in the “Bloco Centro -West".
Advice to BNDES in structuring the privatization of ES GÁS - Companhia de Gás do Espírito Santo, including carrying out vendor’s due diligence.

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  Tauil & Chequer Advogados advises Scatec on the negotiation of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Statkraft Energia do Brasil
  April 24, 2024

Education

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, Master in Commercial Law (LL.M)
Université Lumière Lyon 2, Licence en Droit, 2018
Pontíficia Universidade Católica (PUC/SP), Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)

Admissions

Brazil

Languages

English
French
Portuguese