F Lobo

The firm

F. LOBO Advogados is a boutique law firm focused on dispute resolution and strategic cases

With relevant performance in Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Compliance, Infrastructure Projects, Regulatory and Civil Claims.

Our structure is highly specialized and efficient. We provide personalized services, with high quality standards and optimized costs. We assist and represent national and foreign clients in advisory, transactional, pre-litigation and litigation matters, including administrative, arbitration, and judicial proceedings.

Our purpose is to provide accurate and effective legal solutions, adding value to our clients. We act with ethics, zeal, technical rigor, strategy and energy to win, always searching for the best results.

Professionals

F. LOBO Advogados is led by its founding partner, Fernando Rissoli Lobo Filho (Fernando Lobo)

A lawyer with extensive academic and professional experience in Public Law and Strategic Litigation (in civil and public law disputes).

Fernando Lobo holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), a master’s degree in State Law from the University of São Paulo Law School (USP), and an LL.M. in Government Procurement Law from George Washington University (GWU). During his studies abroad, he was part of the Field Placement Program at The World Bank’s Office of Suspension and Debarment, in Washington, DC.

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With more than 13 years of experience at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, a prominent firm in Brazil, he has accumulated experience in complex projects and highly relevant advisory and litigation cases. He was also a member of committees of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP), such as the Special Commission on Infrastructure, Logistics and Sustainable Development, and the Special Commission for Studies on the Fight against Corruption and Administrative Improbity. He is currently an effective member of the Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo (IASP) and the Association of Lawyers of São Paulo (AASP), in addition to being a lawyer registered with the OAB/SP (original registration) and the OAB/DF (supplementary registration).

He is the author of several publications. Click on News and Publications to learn more about his academic production.

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In addition to the founding partner and the administrative team, we have a specialized legal team, encompassing experienced Professors of Law as Of Counsels, Associate Lawyers, and Interns.

We work in an integrated and collaborative manner to offer strategic and effective legal solutions to our clients.

Our firm is headquartered in São Paulo (SP) and has a wide network of partner firms across Brazil and abroad, ensuring comprehensive and specialized legal support.

Profa. Maria Sylvia Zanella Di Pietro

Of Counsel

Retired Full Professor at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP). Associate Professor, PhD and Master in State Law from the Faculty of Law of USP. She was a Public Attorney of the State of São Paulo. Holder of Chair No. 5 of the Brazilian Academy of Legal Letters. Author of the work Administrative Law, which, in 2025, is in its 38th edition, and, among others, of the books: Partnerships in Public Administration; Administrative discretion in the 1988 Constitution; Private use of public property by a private entity. Expert Lawyer.

Profa. Christianne Stroppa

Of Counsel

Professor and Master at PUC-SP. Former Cabinet Advisor at the Court of Auditors of the Municipality of São Paulo. Member of the Brazilian Institute of Administrative Law, the Institute of Administrative Law of São Paulo, the Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo, the National Institute of Public Procurement and the Institute of Brazilian Administrative Sanctioning Law. Guest professor of the postgraduate courses in bidding and contracts at the General Coordination of Specialization of PUC-SP, PUC-PR, the Minas Gerais School of Law, the Pólis Civitas College, the Bahia Law School and the CERS College. Author of several articles and speaker in the area of public procurement. Lawyer and consultant in Bids and Administrative Contracts.

Prof. Thiago Marrara

Of Counsel

Professor of Administrative Law at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Law School (USP/FDRP). Associate Professor in Administrative Law from the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP), PhD in Public Law from the Ludwig Maximilians Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, as well as Master and Bachelor of Laws from USP. Author of the work Manual de Direito Administrativo, among other books. Specialized legal consultant, Expert and Arbitrator.

Profa. Irene Patrícia Nohara

Of Counsel

Associate Professor, PhD and Master in State Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (USP), from which she graduated. Professor-Researcher of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, where she teaches at the Undergraduate level. Member of the International Association of Administrative Law – AIDA. Arbitrator in infrastructure contracts at CCI. Author of the work Administrative Law, which, in 2025, is in its 14th edition, and, among others, of the books: Fundamentals of Public Law, Bidding and Contracts, State and Lindb in Public Law. Expert Lawyer.

Practice areas

Administrative, Infrastructure and Regulatory Law

Constitutional law

Compliance

Civil Claims

Publications

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07/04/2025

The anticorruption law and the sanctioning administrative regime

“[…] recently, Law No. 12,846, of August 1, 2013, known as the Anti-Corruption Law or the Clean Company Law, was enacted, providing for the […]

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03/04/2025

New Bidding Law

“The New Law of Bids and Government Contracts has transformed the scenario of government procurement in our country. It introduced a new modality, that […]

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03/04/2025

State-owned companies

“State-owned companies is a work that represents the synthesis of forces of two articulated visions on the subject of state-owned companies: (a) vision of […]

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