Rafael Baptista Baleroni

Practice Areas

Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and Project Finance, Banking and Finance, ESG & Impact and Cannabis

Career

Rafael is a partner at Cescon Barrieu focusing on Oil & Gas, Infrastructure & Project Finance, ESG & Impact, Banking & Finance, and Bankruptcy & Restructuring.

He represents domestic and foreign clients, including financial institutions, multilateral agencies, state and privately owned companies, sponsors and other investors in a wide array of transactions and regulatory matters in the industries of oil & gas, offshore, shipping & maritime and energy, such as structured, project and asset-backed financings; M&As, asset purchases and divestments, and joint ventures; privatizations; debt restructuring and other special situations; project development; commercial contracts (such as construction, offtake and supply, operation and maintenance, charter and services agreements, inter alia). His ESG & Impact practice involves sustainable finance and energy transition matters.

In 2010, Rafael worked as an international associate at one of the most prestigious law firms of New York. He has authored numerous articles and is a recurring speaker on topics of Oil & Gas, Project Finance, Foreign Investment and International Law.