PPP and investment law
The laws that govern PPP and concessions, investment guarantees, dispute settlement and legal terms, with links to the official texts.
Checked on October 23, 2026Information, not legal advice
Brazil has a federal PPP law (2004) for sponsored and administrative concessions and a general concessions law (1995). Brazil is not an ICSID member, so international disputes go to commercial arbitration, with awards enforceable under the New York Convention.
English title: Law 11,079/2004 on Public-Private Partnerships
A PPP takes the form of a sponsored concession (concessão patrocinada) or an administrative concession (concessão administrativa). Ordinary concessions remain under Law 8,987/1995.
English title: Concessions Law
The general law on concessions and permissions.
We have not yet checked a separate foreign investment or investment screening law for this jurisdiction against an official source, so we do not summarise one here.
The constitutional property provision has not yet been checked against the official text, so we do not summarise it here.
Brazil is not an ICSID member, so international disputes go to commercial arbitration. Awards are enforceable under the New York Convention.
Not a signatory
Party
No bilateral investment treaty
How the law names each party, in the original language. Useful when reading tender documents and contracts.
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