Practice Expertise

  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust and Competition Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure & Natural Resources

Areas of Practice

  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust and Competition Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure & Natural Resources
  • Litigation
  • Mining
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WSG Leadership

  • Antitrust Group - Member
  • Energy Group - Member
  • Mining Group - Member
  • Public Procurement Group - Member
  • WSG Coronavirus Task Force Group - Member
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Profile

Mauro Hiane de Moura concentrates his practice on Administrative & Regulatory Law, Competition Law and Dispute Resolution. Since joining the firm, he has specialized in complex administrative and judicial litigation - especially in matters of Public Law, governmental contracts and regulated industries. In his activities, he allies a solid academic background to a wide practical experience. Clients value the combination of analytic precision, empirical knowledge and strategic reasoning offered by him.

Bar Admissions
Brazilian Bar Association, Rio Grande do Sul

Education
LL.M., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 2012
P.G. Dip., Economics for Competition Law. King's College London, 2007
Specialist in Business Economics (UFRGS), 2006
LL.M., The University of Chicago, 2004
LL.B., summa cum laude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 2000

Areas of Practice

  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust and Competition Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure & Natural Resources
  • Litigation
  • Mining

Professional Career

Professional Associations
  • American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
  • German-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil
Seminars/ Presentation
"The Rise of Presidential Power in the Lula da Silva and Rousseff Administrations (2003-2016)". Advanced Workshop on the Resurgence of Executive Primary in the Age of Populism, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2018
"Motive and Motivation of Administrative Acts and Decisions", Administrative Law course promoted by the Rio Grande do Sul Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association, promoted by the Rio Grande do Sul Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association, 2013
"Regulatory Agencies", Administrative Law course promoted by the Escola Superior de Advocacia da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, 2013


Articles

Additional ArticlesBrazil, The Government Procurement Law Review, 6th edition. London: Law Business Research Ltd., 2018
The Public Administration's Contractual Autonomy. Rio de Janeiro: Editora GZ, 2014
Financing Energy Projects in Brazil: Political and Regulatory Risks, Executiveview.com, 2010
Private Antitrust Litigation: Construing Article 29 of Federal Statute. Revista Trimestral de Direito Civil, n. 37, 2009
Comment to the decision rendered by the Supreme Federal Court in the Extraordinary Appeal. Revista Trimestral de Direito Civil, n. 33, 2008
The Normative Authority and the Independence of Regulatory Agencies. Revista de Direito Administrativo, n. 246, 2007
The Abuse of Rights Theory: an Alternative to Understand American Jurisprudence About Refusals to Deal. Revista do IBRAC, vol. 14, n. 6, 2007
Taking Incentives Seriously: Redefining the Controls Applied to Regulatory Agencies. Revista de Direito Administrativo, n. 245, 2007

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