Francisco Caputo is a founding partner of CBS based in Brasilia. He acts in high-risk cases and advises companies and financial institutions on a range of public and private matters. He is a Federal Counselor of the Brazilian Bar Association - OAB (2019 - 2022) and a member of the National Council of Justice - CNJ. He is former president of the Federal District Bar Association - OAB/DF (2010-2012) and was a member of the Council of the Republic (2018-2021). From 2007 to 2010, he was Regional Director of the Center for the Study of Law Firms - CESA and legislative advisor to the National Confederation of Industry Council - CNI. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Assis Chateaubriand Foundation.

Postgraduate degree in Labor Law from the Association of Labor Judges of the Federal District — AMAGIS/DF Graduated in Law from the University Center of the Federal District - UniDF

Portuguese and Italian

His strong role in Judicial Litigation is recognized, especially with regard to the intensity with which he dedicates himself to complex litigation and emblematic cases. He conducts leading cases for various business segments. He acted to consolidate the understanding to recognize the absolute lawfulness of outsourcing in the energy distribution sector in public civil actions regarding the impact of civil works to contain erosive processes, on the protection of hydroelectric power plant slopes, and in litigation related to the delivery of transmission lines. His knowledge has been asserted in civil liability and litigation cases in contracts and areas of shopping centers, doctor-hospitals, and media companies.

Postgraduate Degree in Business Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation — FGV Post-Graduation in Procedural Law from the Brazilian Institute of Procedural Law — IBDP Graduated in Law from the University Center of the Federal District - UniDF

Portuguese, English, and Spanish

He has been working with complex litigation and emblematic cases of large banks for over 30 years. He is recognized for his deep experience before CADE, Federal Courts, and Superior Courts. He has already been appointed by the Brazil/DF Bar Association to make up the list of the Fifth Constitutional Court for Judge of the Federal District and Territories Court of Justice — TJDFT.

Postgraduate degree in Civil and Criminal Procedure Law from the Federal District Unified Education Association - AEUDF

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Wagner Ferreira, 44, is a lawyer and referee. He has been working in the electricity sector for 17 years in the legal, regulatory and institutional aspects. He is a guest professor in courses related to energy law, an arbitrator by the FGV Mediation and Arbitration Chamber, a member of the Camarb Energy Committee, a member of the Fiscal Council of the Forum for the Environment and Sustainability of the Electricity Sector, and a member of the management committee of the consumer.gov platform of the Ministry of Justice. He is also a member of the Brazilian Energy and Environmental Law Association and of the Energy Committee of the São Paulo Law Institute and the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers. He was the institutional and legal director of Abradee (Brazilian Association of Electric Energy Distributors). Wagner is the author of articles on specialized works in the energy sector.

Postgraduate degree in Tax Law, Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies MBA in Business Management, FGV Leadership Certification, Dom Cabral Foundation

Lawyer with an MBA in Electric Energy currently at IDP. Since 2021, Mariana has been working in the area of regulation of natural and energy resources. She is a Researcher at the Sectorial and Regulatory Law Center of the Law School of the University of Brasília (UnB) and a Guest Researcher at the Mackenzie Center for Advanced Studies in Public Policy and Integrity (Mackenzie-SP) focusing on research in the mining, energy, energy transition, ESG and biofuels sectors.

Postgraduate student in the MBA in Law and Regulation of Electric Energy at IDP — 2024 Bachelor of Laws from the University of Brasília (UnB) — 2023

Portuguese and English