Partner of the energy area of Demarest Lawyers, one of the largest legal offices in Brazil. President of the Regulation Studies Committee of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Energy Law – IBDE. Coordinator of the Energy and Arbitration Committee of CAMARB – Business Arbitration Chamber. Arbitrator at CAMOB – Chamber of Measurement and Arbitration of Western Bahia.
Effective member of the OAB/SP Energy Law Commission. Lawyer specializing in regulatory matters related to the electricity sector with over 17 years of experience in the sector. He has extensive experience in Energy Purchase Contracts and judicial and arbitration litigation involving Generators, Traders, Distributors, Transmitters, Free Consumers, the Regulatory Agency and the Granting Authority. Bachelor of Law from Universidade Santa Cecília (UNISANTA) and Postgraduate in Civil Procedure and Constitutional Process from the Catholic University of Santos (UNISANTOS), with Specializations in Management in Electric Energy Business (FGV- SP). Administrative Law (SBDP) and Leadership for Lawyers (GVLaw).
He was a guest professor for several courses in the energy sector at the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE), National School of Judiciary, Preparatory course for arbitrators in the energy sector in partnership with CAMARB and gave several lectures on the sector. He began his career in the electrical sector in 2002 at Elektro Eletricidade e Serviços S/A (Energy Distributor) and for the last 8 years he has worked at the Electricity Trading Chamber – CCEE, and for the last 3 years he has held the position of Regulatory Legal manager .
Eng. Bernardo Marangon
He was Director of Generation at the Léros Group between 2016 and 2018, where he developed and was responsible for the construction of photovoltaic generation plants in the Distributed Generation (GD) modality. He worked at EDP Brasil between 2010 and 2015, working in the planning areas of Operation and Maintenance of Hydroelectric Power Plants (UHEs), in which he coordinated the failure analysis process, and in the New Business area, in which he participated in M&A transactions, whose values exceeded R$ 2 billion. He is currently a founding partner of Exact Energy, whose activities include investment in Generation, Sale of Energy on the Free Market and financial advice and management for Generators and Energy Traders.
He recently participated as a financial advisor for Grupo Energisa in the Valuation of Alsol, a company that operates in the distributed generation market (transaction R$ 11.7 MM and Cash commitment). Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Itajubá – UNIFEI (2009), has a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from UNIFEI (2011).
Mediator
Engineer Bruno Kikumoto de Paula
President of Canal Solar. Electrical Engineer (UDESC), Masters in Electrical Engineering (UNICAMP). Specialist in project management, inspection and commissioning of photovoltaic systems. More than 10 years of experience in the electronics industry in Brazil and abroad. Instructor of solar energy courses at UNICAMP. Specialist in design and commissioning of photovoltaic plants. Specialist and consultant in applications and consumers for the Free Energy Market.