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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Brazil
Practice Areas:
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Oil and gas
Social infrastructure
Biography

Giovani focuses his practice on energy, oil & gas, and in particular, on merger and acquisition transactions, financing and regulatory issues involving these industries. He previously worked at the Houston office of Fulbright and Jaworski LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright). Licensed to practice law in Brazil, England and New York, Giovani is a founding partner of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE) and a former chairman of the Oil & Gas Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Practice areas
  • M&A
  • Project finance
  • Project development
Sector specialisations
  • Energy
  • Oil and gas
  • Natural resources
  • Shipping
  • Mining
Association memberships

Giovani is a founding partner of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE) and a former chairman of the Oil & Gas Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Academic qualifications
  • Bachelor of Laws, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
  • Master of Laws in Public Law – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Stanford Law School, USA
  • Doctoral Degree in Energy Analysis and Planning – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Address:
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Tel:+55 21 3231 8206 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.mattosfilho.com.br/