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The scope of application of Provisional Presidential Order No. 800/2017, popularly known as the Highways MP, became clearer with Ordinance No. 945/2017, published by the Ministry of Transport, Ports, and Civil Aviation on November 16. Published in...

The Municipality of São Paulo approved its Privatization Plan, which had been awaited since the first months of the new administration, when ideas about the privatization of municipal companies and other assets, as well as concessions for services...

Presidential Provisional Measure No. 800/2017, popularly known as the “Highways PM,” establishes rescheduling of investments as a new regulatory tool for federal highway concession contracts. Subject to future regulation by the Ministry of...

On July 25, Brazil’s federal government sent to the National Congress three provisional presidential decrees that reform the mining sector in Brazil. The proposal is to adopt a model that adjusts the reality of this industry in Brazil to the...

The São Paulo State Government forwarded to the State Legislature Draft Bill No. 659/2017, which provides for the corporate reorganization of Companhia de Saneamento Básico de São Paulo – SABESP (São Paulo Basic Sanitation Company). Sent on...

After a severe financial crisis, the shareholders of the concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos S.A. (ABV) decided to request the rebidding of the concession contract for the Viracopos Airport based on Law No. 13,488/2017. This will be the...

The recovery of the Brazilian economy necessarily requires resumption of industrial activities and investments in large infrastructure projects. It is not difficult to conclude that an essential condition for this goal is the agile and direct...

The Brazilian Electric Energy Agency – ANEEL is holding a reserve energy contract cancellation auction, or reverse auction, on August 28, 2017, at 10:00 am, in accordance with the rules of the competitive mechanism announcement published at the...

The attention of participants in the electric sector will be directed, until August 4, to discussions of Public Consultation No. 33/2017. It was launched by the Ministry of Mines and Energy with the ambitious purpose of discussing proposals for...

The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) settled an agreement at the end of June to share guarantees with public and private banks that act as guarantors in infrastructure projects. The measure allows for greater predictability...

The international green bonds market has been developing rapidly since the first issuances by the European Development Bank and the World Bank in 2007 and 2008, respectively. With these "green bonds", companies, investment banks, and governments...

Law No. 13,448 (conversion of Provisional Presidential Decree No. 752 or "Concessions MP") governs the procedure for re-bidding projects operated through public concession in the toll road, railway and airport sectors. What is re-bidding?...

Sanctioned on June 5, as the result of the conversion of Provisional Measure No. 752/2016 (MP 752), Law No. 13,448/2017 regulates the ordinary and early extension of railway and toll-road concessions. The law provides Ordinary extension is...

Six months after its publication, Provisional Presidential Decree - MP 752/2016 was officially converted into Law No. 13,448/2017, thereby incorporating the amendments approved by the National Congress, with some presidential vetoes. The text of...

Just over two years after the water crisis in Southeast Brazil, its effects still have repercussions on the concession instruments or programs in effect within the public sanitation services. Even with the normalization of the droughts, the level...

Infrastructure and energy

Ministry of Transport "broadens" scope of Highways Provisional Presidential Order

São Paulo's Privatization Plan

Highways MP gives more time for concessionaire to make investments

Reform in the mining sector

The Sabesp corporate reorganization project

Rebidding of Viracopos Airport: first case based on Law No. 13,488/17

Effects of the “fiduciary” security interest system on infrastructure projects in Brazil

Main rules for the bid notice for the reserve power contract cancellation auction

Under discussion: the new milestone in the Brazilian electric sector

BNDES has new risk allocation policy for the sharing of guarantees

The importance of green bonds for financing sustainable projects

Law No. 13,448/2017: procedure of re-bidding for public service concessions

Conversion of MP 752 confirms possibility of early extension of railroads and toll road concessions

Benefits of Law No. 13,448/2017 for the infrastructure sector

The impact of the water crisis on tariff review

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