Band 3
Provided by Alexandre Bittencourt Calmon
Energy and Natural Resources (Oil and Gas), Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
Alexandre is a renowned lawyer with over 20 years of career in the energy and mining industries.
He focuses his practice on regulatory, contractual, commercial, and transactional matters involving large operations for clients in the natural resources industries. In addition to this, Alexandre has significant experience in M&A, having represented leading companies in the Oil & Gas and natural resources industries in some of the largest transactions in Brazil.
Alexandre has extensive experience in Oil and Gas concession contracts, both for onshore and offshore environments, production sharing contracts, JOAs, farm-in and farm-out operations, JBAs, commercialization contracts, as well as in Oil projects and Gas related to midstream (including the divestment of Petrobras refineries) natural gas transportation contracts and natural gas purchase and sale contracts.
Alexandre has published papers regarding oil and natural gas legal and regulatory frameworks and gives lectures and presentations at different levels for public and private institutions in Brazil and abroad.
He is also an active participant in groups that provide free legal assistance to minorities and people in a position of vulnerability in Brazil and an enthusiast of initiatives that seek to expand the diversity of the legal services industry in the country.
- Member of Houston-based AIPN
- Active member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation – RMMLF
- Co-Chair of the International Committee of the RMMLF
- Co-Chair of the O&G Committee of the RMMLF Special Institute on International Mining and Oil and Gas Law, to be held in Mexico, 2023
- Co-chair of the host committee of the RMMLF Special Institute on International Mining and Oil and Gas Law, Brazil, 2019
- Member of the Oil and Gas program committee of the RMMLF Special Institute on International Mining and Oil and Gas Law, Ecuador, 2017
- Co-chair of the Oil & Gas program of the RMMLF Special Institute on International Mining and Oil and Gas Law, Colombia, 2015
- Member of the AIPN Model Contract Committee for Farmout Contracts – 2004 Revision
- Professor of Commercial/Corporate Law, Escola de Direito da Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro, 2004 – 2006
- Assistant Professor of Corporate Law, Escola de Direito da Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro, 2002 – 2004
- Professor of Decommissioning, Refining Law, Regulatory Aspects of Data Acquisition and Regulatory Aspects of Oil & Gas Transportation of the Oil & Gas MBA, Instituto de Pesquisa, Educação e Tecnologia da Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, 2020-2021
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
He has deep knowledge in his area of expertise and differentiates his assistance by making sure that customised advice is delivered, considering applicable laws and best practices of the industry.
I thought his work was very satisfactory and if I had to choose an oil and gas lawyer again, it would be Alexandre.
He has deep knowledge in his area of expertise and differentiates his assistance by making sure that customised advice is delivered, considering applicable laws and best practices of the industry.
I thought his work was very satisfactory and if I had to choose an oil and gas lawyer again, it would be Alexandre.
