Brazil has experienced significant growth in the past decade but is now facing infrastructural challenges. Sustainable economic growth is not possible without adequate infrastructure. Investment in infrastructure celebrates another important stage in the profound economic changes that Latin America in general, and Brazil in particular, have experienced since the nineties. Macroeconomic stability and privatizations have been two convergent effects which have combined with the current situation to create a structural lever for development.  In this context, infra-structure contracts are very important, especially administrative ones, such as Concessions, Private Public Partnerships and procurement.

Although Brazil is a distant and exotic place for Asians, there are investment opportunities in Brazil, from tourism and services to roads and airports. This seminar explores Brazil’s need of continued reform and investment opportunities in Brazil especially for the Asian investors.

Professor Nobrega graduated from the Federal University of Pernambuco – Brazil with a PhD and Masters in law and a Bachelor’s in Economics, Business Administration and Law. He continues to develop his extensive research regarding infrastructure contracts, which was his focus during his post-doctorates in Harvard Law School (2008) and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011) (Senior Fellow). Professor Nobrega was also a visiting professor at Lisbon University (2012-2013).  He is currently a visiting fellow at the Centre of Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University, working on infrastructure, contracts and Public Private Partnerships.