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Marcos Portela-Barreto

Marcos Portela-Barreto

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Marcos is specialized in public law and public economic law.

He is involved in major PPP projects, concessions, complex public operations and economic development of public owned real estate. He has developed a particular knowledge in infrastructures (ports and airports), telecommunications networks, waste and wastewater treatment and road sectors.

Marcos is also active in public competition law (state aids, mergers, etc.), regulatory law and in public/ mixed capital companies.

He intervenes in consulting and practice of litigation.

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Since 2019 Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2009 Admitted to the bar, Paris
2009 Master's degree Public Litigation, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

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Since 2019 Counsel, Taylor Wessing

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2009 Admitted to the bar, Paris
2009 Master's degree Public Litigation, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

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Taxation applicable to Public-Private Partnership contracts in Latin America - Newsletter #2 -January 2026

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Taxation applicable to Public-Private Partnership contracts in Latin America - Newsletter #1 - December 2025

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