
VdA
João Afonso Fialho

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Projects - Portugal
Foreign Expertise in Angola
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General Business Law: International Firms - Angola
Expertise Based Abroad in Angola
"I enjoy working with him - he is knowledgeable in Angolan law and responsive."
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Practice Areas
Oil&Gas, Mining
Career
João Afonso Fialho joined VdA in 2015. Partner and Head of Practice Oil&Gas, João has been involved in the last 25 years in all sort of oil&gas projects and transactions in various jurisdictions, such as Timor-Leste, Angola, Portugal, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, DRC, Guinea Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe. He is mainly focused on the energy (oil&gas upstream/downstream and power projects) and mining industries.
Frequent speaker in international oil&gas upstream and downstream events, he has a detailed and comprehensive understanding of all typical projects and transactions of the industry, from production sharing agreements, participating agreements, JOAs, operating agreements, field unitisation agreements, the full range of service contracts, FPSO contracts, pipeline transportation agreements, storage, gathering and interconnection agreements, engineering, construction and procurement agreements, to distribution and sale and purchase agreements. In particular as concerns the oil&gas sector, he has been involved in the abovementioned jurisdictions on behalf of both operators and a wide-range of drilling and oilfield service companies.
Professional Memberships
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.
Board Member of World Initiative of Mining Lawyers (2014-2017).
Chairman of Portuguese Law Firms Association (2014-2017).
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