Rumo is a Brazilian logistics and transport company focused on freight rail operations, terminal services, and container logistics. Its network supports the movement of industrial goods, fuels, and agricultural commodities across thousands of kilometers of railway, with major terminals in Paraná, Mato Grosso, and Goiás. Rumo also provides multimodal container solutions with logistics partners and continues to develop its rail network through modernization, regional expansion, and initiatives focused on sustainability and decarbonization. Its hiring context spans the operational, technical, logistics, and corporate teams needed to run and expand a large-scale rail and supply chain business.
Senior Legal Litigation Specialist at Rumo
Senior legal specialist supporting Rumo, Brazil’s leading rail logistics operator. The role manages regulatory and criminal litigation and engages with public authorities.
Description
- Direct and technically supervise external counsel handling regulatory and criminal litigation in line with Rumo’s legal positions.
- Draft legal opinions and technical memoranda on ANTT resolutions, concession agreements, and amendments, assessing their operational implications.
- Represent Rumo before ANTT, municipal authorities, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and police authorities in administrative defenses and strategic negotiations.
- Support railway incidents on-site or remotely by coordinating legal strategy and collecting relevant information.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Environment, Safety, and other teams to reduce legal risks and inform executive decisions.
- Advise railway operations and corporate functions on regulatory, regulatory litigation, and criminal law matters.
- Maintain relationships with regulators, public authorities, and internal business teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law.
- Postgraduate qualification or specialization in Administrative or Regulatory Law and/or Infrastructure Law preferred.
- Strong knowledge of laws and regulations governing the railway sector.
- Knowledge of Law No. 10,233/2001 and ANTT resolutions.
- Experience reviewing concession agreements, contractual amendments, and regulatory matters.
- Experience handling regulatory litigation.
- Experience preparing legal opinions, technical memoranda, and administrative defenses.
- Knowledge of legislation governing freight transportation.
- Experience managing external law firms and tracking strategic proceedings.
- Previous railway-sector experience is advantageous.
- Experience with infrastructure, logistics, or transportation companies is advantageous.
- Experience managing crises and operational incidents is advantageous.
- Experience negotiating with regulators and public authorities is advantageous.
- Understanding of railway operations and the business effects of regulatory requirements is advantageous.
- English proficiency is advantageous.
Benefits
- Meal allowance
- Food allowance
- Transportation allowance
- Profit-sharing program (PPR)
- Railway safety bonus
- Private pension plan
- Credit union
- Payroll-deducted loan
- Wellhub
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Surgical instrumentation coverage
- Pharmacy assistance
- Life insurance
- Funeral assistance
- Pregnancy-to-postpartum support program
- Extended parental leave
- School supplies assistance
- Childcare assistance
- Christmas toy
- Christmas gift box
- Psychological, legal, and financial assistance program
- Benefits and discounts club
- Corporate university
- Hybrid work arrangement