LAWYER PROFILE

Danielle Gomes de Almeida Valois

Brazil 2026

Trench Rossi Watanabe

Ranked in 1 practice area

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

Brazil

18 years ranked

About

Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe

Brazil: Industries & Sectors

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

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas - Brazil

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Danielle Gomes de Almeida Valois comes highly recommended to handle complex oil and gas transactions, as well as regulatory advisory work. Valois offers further strength in contentious matters and additional expertise in ESG consultancy.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Danielle provides an exceptional level of client service. She is highly engaged, creative, accessible and has a result-oriented mindset that ensures we feel supported at every stage of a matter. Her ability to anticipate issues and proactively guide the client adds significant value and distinguishes her service level from peers.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Danielle Valois has a keen strategic vision for building relationships and engaging market players. She excels in prospecting and forging strategic alliances, complemented by a deep understanding of the market and its dynamics. Valois also has a unique ability to transcend traditional sector boundaries to enable the adoption of new technologies.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Daniela is very good at providing solutions to highly complex problems and has extensive know-how in the oil and gas sector.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Danielle Valois is a unique lawyer, an excellent professional with strong business acumen and exceptional expertise.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors