GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - United Arab Emirates
Diego Felix of Mubadala
Diego Felix joined Mubadala in 2012 as senior counsel, and was appointed general counsel of Mubadala Petroleum in 2016. Mubadala Petroleum is an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company and a “crucial part” of the Mubadala Group.
Sources say Felix “has come up through the ranks and has done an amazing job.” He is noted, in particular, for leading the company through strategic transactions, including the 2017 merger of Mubadala Development and International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC).
Felix wins praise for his “great legal skills and command of negotiations” and is described by his peers as a “top-class individual” who is “very sharp, very organised and very thoughtful.” They go on to highlight his “resilience and perseverance.”Prior to joining Mubadala, Felix worked at Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Company in Qatar and Occidental Exploration and Production Company in Ecuador. He holds an LLM from Harvard Law School in the United States.