Danielle Gomes de Almeida Valois
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 2 : Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
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About
Provided by Danielle Gomes de Almeida Valois
Practice Areas
Energy, Mining, Petrochemical and Infrastructure; Public and Regulatory Law - Projects
Career
Danielle Valois is Trench Rossi Watanabe's partner and heads the firm's Oil & Gas e practice group. For the past two decades, she has focused on high-end transactional work, international disputes involving oil and gas development projects and compliance matters involving energy companies. Her transactional experience includes acquisitions and divestitures (both negotiated and auction sales), joint ventures, financing and structuring and implementation of development projects. She has also been quite active in the policy making and advocacy of the emerging energy transition legislation and regulation.
On the dispute side, she has been acting as co-counsel in leading arbitration cases of the Brazilian E&P and shipbuilding industries, including ICC and UNCITRAL procedures. On the compliance side, Danielle has acted in complex internal investigations, elaboration of risk management policies, structuring and implementation of compliance programs for energy companies.
Professional Memberships
Newly elected Latin America & Caribbean Regional Chapter Director of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)
Director of Institutional Relations of the Brazilian Association of Hydrogen (ABH2)
Board Member of the Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão (IDG)
Board Member of Instituto Trench Rossi Watanabe
Chambers Review
Brazil: Industries & Sectors
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"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."
"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."