Partner
Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho
Ana Cândida is a partner in BMA's Infrastructureand Regulatory and Government Affairs practice area.
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- French
OAB
- OAB/SP nº 208.187
Practice areas
Professional 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. in State Law – 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.
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
Recognitions
Ana is recognized in rankings such as Chambers Global, Chambers Brazil, Latin Lawyer, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Análise Advocacia, 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.
PUBLICAÇÕES DO PROFISSIONAL
Publicações
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.