Moysés & Pires Sociedade de Advogados

Moysés & Pires is a law firm focusing mainly on administrative and public law, notably concessions, public-private partnerships (PPPs), bidding procedures and administrative contracts in general, and on infrastructure projects and financing contracts. We also represent our clients in administrative proceedings, civil lawsuits and commercial arbitration. Our expertise also encompasses structuring and developing compliance and data protection policies and programmes and counselling on contract, corporate and tax law.

Moysés & Pires comprises a team of specialist lawyers with broad experience in the main federal, state and municipal infrastructure projects, advising both the public and private sectors.

In addition to its experience in the aforementioned areas, Moysés & Pires stands out thanks to its lawyers’ high capability to work closely with other advisers involved in the projects of interest, especially the technical and economic-financial teams, not only assisting in the decision-making process, but also suggesting and offering legal solutions suitable to the projects in question, always primarily taking the client’s perspective into consideration.

Moysés & Pires offers modern and dynamic services, paying special attention to risk assessment and mitigation, as well as supporting the clients on project-related strategic decisions and on any other needs they may present.

Practice areas

Administrative and public law

• Advice on constitutional, legal and regulatory matters regarding general public law
• Advice on and drafting of new legal or statutory regulatory frameworks.

Infrastructure projects

• Legal advice on expression of interest procedures
• Development of feasibility studies for PPPs and concession projects
• Advice on and development of legal models suitable for the project in question, comprising legislative context, determination of risks, legal documents and other related aspects.

National and international government procurement/biddings

• Assistance in the public hearing and public inquiry procedures
• Review of the invitation to bid and its attachments
• Drafting of refusals/challenges, motions for clarification and administrative appeals
• Advice on and drafting of the proposal, focusing on its material legal issues
• Advice on other phases of the bidding procedures, including, but not limited to, the final negotiations required to execute the administrative contracts.

Arbitration and litigation (administrative proceedings and lawsuits)

• Representation in national or international, institutional or ad hoc arbitration proceedings
• Representation in lawsuits/motions aiming to ensure the effectiveness of arbitration proceedings, either for the completion of the proceedings or the enforcement of arbitration awards
• Representation in various administrative proceedings before Public Administration bodies, Audit Courts, Internal Affairs and Public Attorney’s Offices
• Representation in administrative sanctioning procedures
• Representation in strategic lawsuits
• Representation in credit recovery lawsuits.

Compliance

• Advice on compliance issues in the company's daily routine
• Structuring and support on the implementation of compliance programmes
• Review and advice on compliance programmes already in force
• Risk assessment, creation and development of mitigation action plans and support on its execution
• Drafting, review and implementation of internal policies and procedures
• Creation and review of internal controls
• Conducting third-party due diligence
• Preparation, review and conduction of compliance training, as well as drafting and review of internal communication materials
• Implementation and management of whistle-blower channels
• Analysis of complaints and carrying out of corporate internal investigations.

Data protection

• Advice on the adequacy of the company to the applicable laws
• Advice on issues related to personal data protection in the company's daily routine activities
• Structuring and support on the implementation of personal data protection compliance programmes 
• Review and advice on personal data protection compliance programmes already in force
• Risk assessment, creation and development of mitigation action plans and support on its execution
• Drafting, review and implementation of internal policies and procedures, and privacy notices
• Preparation, review and conduction of personal data protection training, as well as drafting and review of internal communication materials
• Offering of Data Protection Officer (DPO) services.

Finance

• Assistance in the structuring of financing transactions with public and private banks
• Support on the drafting of the necessary documents for the company’s registration with financial institutions
• Transaction risk assessment and advice on the legal matters involved in order to support the clients on strategic decision-making
• Drafting of the agreements necessary to structure the financing transactions and support on the negotiation of contract terms, as well as drafting of the collateral and securities agreements that are required to obtain funding.

Administrative contracts

• Legal support and assistance in the execution of administrative agreements, including PPPs and concession contracts
• Legal support and assistance in the economic and financial rebalancing claims of PPPs and in concession contracts
• Legal support and assistance in the revision of Work Schedule of PPPs and of concession contracts.

Contracts, corporate and tax law.

 www.moysespires.com

Rua Joaquim Floriano, 413
12th Floor Itaim Bibi
Zip Code: 04534-011, São Paulo/SP
Brazil
Tel/Fax: +55 11 3079 7926