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Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho
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acmc@bmalaw.com.br
55 11 2179-5234

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília

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Portuguese, French, English
OAB
OAB/SP nº 208.187

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Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho

Experience

Her experience involves government bidding procedures and contracts, public service concessions and public-private partnerships, state-owned and mixed economy companies, misconduct by public agents, regulated sectors, and administrative proceedings before public agencies and supervisory bodies, especially public accounts tribunals and government comptrollers’ offices.   She has also participated in significant infrastructure projects in the airport, port, railroad, basic sanitation and public lighting sectors.

Ana is co-founder of Infra Women Brazil. She is a member of faculty in the MBA program on PPPs and Concessions offered by FESPSP – Sociology and Policy School Foundation of São Paulo and the London School of Economics, and lectures in the infrastructure specialization course at FGV/SP – Executive Education.

Education

LL.M., Law of the State, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC-SP (2011). 

Specialization in Contract Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC-SP (2004). 

LL.B., Faculdade de Direito de Franca (2002).

CP³P - Preparation Level Certified Public-Private Partnership Professional, APMG Public-Private Partnerships Certification Program.


Recognition

Ana has been recognized by Chambers Brazil and in other international rankings such as Latin Lawyer, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Análise Advocacia Mulher. 

Ana received the Lawyer of the Year award in the Infrastructure category at The Latin American Lawyer Energy & Infrastructure Awards 2024.

“Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho of BMA is a seasoned lawyer dealing with a variety of public law matters, such as bidding procedures and contracts, public service concessions, and public-private partnerships.” – Chambers Brazil

“Well regarded for her experience in infrastructure projects in the sanitation, logistics and transport segments, Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho leads on major concessions and bidding procedures.” – Legal 500

Associations

Member of the Legal Advisory Board of GRI Infra

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association’s Infrastructure Committee (OAB/SP)

Member of the Board of the Brazil-UK Infrastructure and Capital Markets Task Force

Member of the ICP – International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association - IBA

Publications

​Princípios das Parcerias Público-Privadas”. In: SADDY, André. MORAES, Salus. Coord. DAL POZZO, Augusto Neves. Tratado de Parcerias Público-Privadas – Tomo 1 – Considerações Iniciais. São Paulo, Centro de Estudos Empírico-Jurídicos, 2019.  

“From 2020 to 2021: Changes in the infrastructure scenario in Brazil”, BMA Review 71, 2021. 

“Novo marco legal do saneamento básico promete universalização dos serviços e atração de investimentos privados”, Agência Infra, 2021.

“Investment in infrastructure: kick-starting a return to economic growth in Brazil“, BMA Review 69, 2020. 

“At last, a watershed in basic sanitation in Brazil“, BMA Review Special Edition on Basic Sanitation, 2020. 

“6ª rodada de aeroportos federais: por licitações menos formalistas“, Jota, 2020.


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