In the firm since its foundation, the partner DANIEL BENTO DUARTE has more than a decade of experience as a litigation and advisory lawyer in Administrative, Constitutional, Regulatory and Infrastructure Law, acting in both administrative and judicial proceedings as well as in national and international arbitrations. He has vast experience in infrastructure sectors such as Oil & Gas, Ports, Railways, Highways, Airports, Telecommunications, Electricity and Basic Sanitation.

He has a Master’s Degree in Public Law from the Rio de Janeiro State University – UERJ and is a professor on Port Regulation, Railroad Regulation and the Legal Regime of Public Monopolies at CEPED-UERJ’s lato sensu postgraduate course in Regulatory Law. He is also a professor at the “Escola Superior de Advocacia Pública – ESAP” of the “Procuradoria Geral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – PGE-RJ”, as well as a researcher for the Infrastructure Administrative Law Project at the University of São Paulo Law School – USP (2023).

He has also had the opportunity to structure and teach an elective at UERJ’s graduation program called Infrastructure Regulation, in which he was able to teach classes on various regulated sectors, such as ports, railroads, highways, airports, telecommunications, electricity, basic sanitation, oil and natural gas.

He has a Bachelor’s Degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio, with exchange studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.