Rafael Baptista Baleroni

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance, Contracts and Project Development, ESG & Impact, Infrastructure and Project Finance, Oil and Gas, Shipping and Public Law.

Career

Rafael represents financial institutions, multilateral agencies, state and privately owned companies, sponsors, and investors in transactions and regulatory matters in the oil & gas, offshore, maritime, and energy sectors.

His expertise includes structured, project, and asset-backed financings; M&As, asset purchases and divestments, joint ventures, privatizations, debt restructuring, project development, and commercial contracts (construction, offtake and supply, operation and maintenance, charter, and services agreements). His ESG & Impact practice focuses on sustainable finance and energy transition.

He was an international associate at one of New York’s most prestigious firms in 2010.

Professional Memberships

Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)

International Bar Association (IBA), Oil & Gas Committee

Legal Committee of Norwegian Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), former chair and vice-chair

Oil, Gas and Biofuels Law Committee of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association

Author of +50 legal publications on Oil & Gas Law, International Law, Project Finance

Publications

Authored numerous articles and is a recurring speaker on topics of Oil & Gas, Project Finance, Foreign Investment and International Law.

Personal

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Specialist in Oil & Gas Law (Merit-based scholarship from the Brazilian Oil Agency) and in Regulation of Gas Markets (Florence School of Regulation)

Master of Laws (LL.M.) – University of Chicago Law School

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Law – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Languages Spoken

English