Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 3
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Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe
Trench Rossi Watanabe is at the forefront of the Brazilian Oil & Gas sector and has been doing high-profile work in the country for over 20 years. The Firm's Oil & Gas practice stands out due to its strong multidisciplinary team, which counts on over 30 specialized legal professionals across Brazil.
The practice is trusted by leading domestic and international companies on a broad range of industry-related matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A and investments, development projects, industry-specific ESG matters, compliance investigation and internal policy making, international tax planning, as well as highly sophisticated regulatory issues and leading industry litigation cases.
The group has been working on many remarkable projects and advising clients on some of the biggest litigation cases in the Brazilian upstream and midstream industries. The practice also has a long history of assisting oil and gas companies with international trading of crude oil and by-products, placing the Firm among the few law offices with true expertise in the commodities trading.
It has been instrumental in actively contributing to the improvement of the regulatory framework of the New Natural Gas Market, advising key industry associations in leading cases of the main regulatory controversies in the Brazilian natural gas industry. In the context of energy transition, the Oil & Gas group has been actively participating in the policy making for the hydrogen industry.
Chambers Review
Internationally savvy firm Trench Rossi Watanabe maintains a strong oil and gas department with a track record of assisting players in the market with complex regulatory issues, high-profile transactions and litigation work. The firm is particularly noted for providing strategic regulatory advice for companies from the upstream and midstream segments, as well as for its involvement in discussions relating to the new Brazilian gas market. Clients further benefit from the team's expertise in ESG matters.
Work Highlights
- Trench Rossi represented ATGás in a public consultation and public hearing proceedings hosted byANP to debate a potential agreement proposed by the ANP in connection with the Subida da Serra pipeline.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I have excellent opinion about them. I would give them the highest possible level of score in terms of client relationship and technical knowledge."
"The firm has extensive knowledge of the subject, bringing comparisons to structures in European countries and the US as references."
"I have excellent opinion about them. I would give them the highest possible level of score in terms of client relationship and technical knowledge."
"The firm has extensive knowledge of the subject, bringing comparisons to structures in European countries and the US as references."
Notable Practitioners
Danielle Gomes de Almeida Valois is well equipped to handle complex oil and gas transactions as well as regulatory advisory work, and offers further strength in contentious matters. She has additional expertise in ESG consultancy.
"She is a professional with expertise in several sectors of the energy field. She meets the strategic and transactional requirements of the company."
"She has mastery over the national oil & gas market in all aspects."
"She is very experienced and knowledgeable, very easy to work with, supremely responsive and practical.I have great comfort and confidence in the advice she provides."
Associate-to-watch Gabriela Bezerra Fischer has experience in assisting clients with transactional and regulatory oil and gas matters.
"Her attention to risks and schedules are a high note. She shows a deep comprehension."
"She is very efficient. She will always be a point of reference for me in this area. She is detail-oriented and has a deep knowledge of the subject."
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