Danielle Gomes de Almeida Valois

Energy, Mining, Petrochemical and Infrastructure; Public and Regulatory Law - Projects

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.

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