São Paulo’s state-led sewage company gets IDB Invest boost

Clifford Chance LLP in São Paulo and Washington, DC and Brazilian firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados have helped Brazilian state-owned water management group Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (SABESP) obtain 950 million reais (US$185 million) to build five water treatment plants in the state of São Paulo.