Thursday, 7 October 2021 – 9:00 Eastern US – 10:00 Brasilia – 14:00 London – 15:00 CET
The GW Law Government Procurement Law Program invites you to a free online webinar, Brazil’s Public Procurement Market: New Opportunities, New Challenges. The webinar will feature leading experts on U.S. and Brazilian public procurement law, who will discuss Brazil’s public procurement rules on socioeconomic preferences, procurement strategies, anti-corruption and compliance, and bid challenges. The panel will review Brazil’s recent application for accession to the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement — a dramatic turnabout from Brazil’s long-criticized protectionism — and Brazil’s sweeping new public procurement law (Law 14.133/2021/PT) (automated translation/EN) (Licks summary/EN) (KGV on presidential changes/EN) which addresses electronic publication of opportunities, arbitration, competitive dialogues, criminal bid-rigging, pooled construction information using “Building Information Modeling” (BIM), contractor compliance (Maeda Ayres & Sarubbi summary/EN), and environmental sustainability (De Paula Dias summary/EN) (Chambers summary/EN) — major developments which could fundamentally change Brazil’s posture in international procurement markets. Interpretation services will be provided. English-Portuguese translations of key terms.
Panelists
Ricardo Campello 
Victoria Christoff 
Marina Maciel 
Cristiana Fortini 
Jonas Lima 
Cesar Pereira
- Professors Christopher Yukins & Victoria Christoff (GW Law) – Introductions
- Jonas Lima (Jonas Lima Advocacia) — U.S./Brazil comparative overview and international bidding
- Cristiana Fortini (Carvalho Pereira Fortini) – Brazil’s new law – an introduction
- Cesar Pereira (Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini) – New law on criminal penalties and bid rigging
- Marina Maciel (BMA) — New law on environmental impact
- Ricardo Campello (Licks) – Brazil joining WTO Government Procurement Agreement
Moderator — Chris Yukins, GWU Law
This webinar is presented with the kind support of Grupo Negocios Publicos, a leading provider of public procurement training in Brazil.
