Rafael Bussière joins Campos Mello Advogados as Real Estate partner

DLA Piper announced today that Rafael Bussière has joined Campos Mello Advogados (CMA), which has a cooperation agreement with DLA Piper, as a partner in the Real Estate practice. He will be based in the Rio de Janeiro office.

Bussière recently served as Secretariat of Coordination and Governance of the federal government’s real estate assets for Brazil’s Ministry of the Economy. During his term of office in the Executive Branch, Bussière contributed to modernizing the legal framework governing the process for selling federal real property and lands.

Bussière also brings 10 years of experience in real estate law at CMA prior to his government role, during which time he advised on projects related to the 2016 Rio Olympics and the revitalization of Rio de Janeiro’s port area, known as Porto Maravilha – Marvelous Port. He also worked with domestic and international companies interested in developing large-scale real estate projects, including hospitality and leisure, built-to-suit, construction and infrastructure.

“Campos Mello is the firm where I grew professionally and acquired the entire base of knowledge on real estate law that I have and was able to apply at the Ministry of the Economy,” Bussière said. “Returning to CMA is like returning home, but now I am bringing along a great deal of federal administration knowledge and experience to apply to the private market. This will certainly contribute to the success of our clients’ projects.”

“We are sure that Rafael’s vast experience, gathered over years as a partner at CMA, has helped place his knowledge of the private market at the service of proposals which have resulted in simplifying the new rules for the sale of federal immovables. This knowledge will now contribute to his strong ability to advise our clients. We are very happy that he is joining us," said Fabio P. Campos Mello, managing partner of Campos Mello.