Souto Correa has solid experience in consultancy and litigation matters in Public Law & Regulatory, especially in the fields of oil, natural gas, mining, sanitation, road infrastructure, telecommunications, civil aviation, ports, airports, and railroads.

The firm’s scope of work includes:

• Counselling in bidding processes for the procurement of goods, services and delegation of public services, including legal representation in bidding processes, drafting of appeals and objections, and strategic litigation;
• Counselling in managing administrative contracts, especially in sanctioning processes, price revision and escalation, economic-financial recovery and contract termination;
• Acting in strategic constitutional actions, as well as administrative and court litigation;
• Acting in mediations and arbitrations involving the Government;
• Representation before Audit Courts, Regulatory Agencies and Ministries;
• Defense in investigations, public civil actions and administrative misconduct actions;
• Consultancy in understanding regulated sectors, interpreting normative acts and drafting rules, including support in the scope of public investigations and legislative debates;
• Legal counseling on licenses, certificates and permits required for the operation of the regulated activity; and
• Acting in structuring projects and modeling concessions and public-private partnerships, especially in expression of interest (EOI) procedures.