São Paulo, March 19, 2018 - Legal Director at EDP, Daniel Chen, was recognized last Thursday (15) with the award of "Best Labor Lawyer in Latin America", according to the Latin American Counsel Awards, which honors lawyers and legal departments at Latin American companies.

At the executive was selected from more than one thousand professionals and evaluated by legal partners themselves taking into account criteria such as effectiveness of communication, legal knowledge, commercial awareness and management skills.

"The recognition is the result of the work undertaken by the entire team in EDP legal area over the last few years which, with the leadership of Daniel Chen, managed to streamline and perfect internal processes, bringing the legal area nearer to our operations, contributing to its efficiency and mitigating legal risks, "says Henrique Freire, Vice President of Finance.

As a result of this award, Daniel Chen now competes for the Global Counsel Awards in a ceremony that will take place in June in New York (USA).

At the award has been awarded for eight years by Lexology, a global publication of legal articles, and by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), one of the largest entities in the world that brings together counselors.

About EDP Brasil

With over 20 years in operation, EDP Brasil is one of the five largest private companies in the electricity sector operating throughout the value chain. The Company, which employs more than 10,000 direct and outsourced collaborators, has 15 hydroelectric generation units and one thermoelectric power plant, and serves around 3.3 million customers in São Paulo and Espírito Santo, in addition to working in Transmission, Marketing and Energy Solutions. In Brazil, it is the benchmark in areas such as Governance and Sustainability, being in the B3 Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) for 12 consecutive years. Recently, it has stood out as a pioneer in the use of robotization and has acquired a stake in Celesc in Santa Catarina. It has a market value of about R $ 9 billion, three times more than in 2005, when it went public.