21 Aug 2026
Cascione Advogados adds Renata Villela as partner
"Cascione Advogados hires Renata Villela as partner in its Public Law, Infrastructure and Regulation practice in São Paulo, focusing on regulated industries, notably railway transport and energy."
Villela has developed her career across both the public and private sectors, handling advisory and contentious matters in regulated industries with particular focus on railway transport and energy. Her work couples legal expertise in regulated environments with an understanding of institutional and economic aspects of infrastructure projects, addressing strategic regulatory issues and relations between private players and public authorities in both advisory work and complex disputes.
On the academic side, Villela holds a PhD and a master’s degree in State Law from the University of São Paulo (USP), a specialization in Constitutional Law and Constitutional Procedure from the Escola de Direito do Brasil (EDB), and a bachelor’s degree in Law from USP. She has taught in postgraduate programs, participated in examination boards, and published academic and opinion pieces on infrastructure, political representation and democracy.
Villela’s arrival forms part of Cascione Advogados’ broader effort to strengthen its presence in regulated and infrastructure-related sectors, expanding the firm’s capacity to advise companies on projects, regulatory matters and strategic disputes in coordination with its other practice areas.