Toledo Marchetti Advogados announces new equity partner

 

 

We are very pleased to announce the promotion of João Paulo Pessoa as an equity partner.

 

João Paulo has extensive experience in Public Law in the infrastructure sector, focusing his activities on PPPs (Public Private Partnership) and concessions’ projects.

 

He holds doctorate and a master’s degree in State Law from PUC/SP, where he teaches on the Postgraduate Course, is a Director of the Basic Sanitation Division of The Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP), member of the Special Commission on Basic Sanitation and Water Resources of the CFOAB, the Brazilian Institute of Legal Studies in Infrastructure (IBEJI), and the Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDiC).

 

According to Marcelo Marchetti, a founding partner who also works in the practice, “João Paulo has been working at the firm since its opened and has been playing a very relevant role, contributing to the evolution and growth of the area and in the office. The trend is that this practice becomes one of the most relevant of Toledo Marchetti, as it is very strategic for the infrastructure sector”.

 

Strategic growth focused on the infrastructure sector

 

In March, we celebrated three years of the firm has opened, and it has been expanding in different times. Last semester, we started to work in the Environmental area, with the entrance of the partner Ana Claudia Franco. In 2021, in addition to the promotion of João Paulo Pessoa as an equity partner, five lateral hiring of lawyers will be necessary, as the demand is increasing.

 

These advances reflect of our growth strategy, reinforcing our objective of becoming the main reference in the Brazilian market of a law firm focused exclusively on the infrastructure sector.