Upstream
In the upstream sector, our experience ranges from inception of new opportunities up to abandonment and close out of upstream assets. We have a substantial practice in advising and negotiating Oil & Gas structures and arrangements, including joint study and bidding agreements, concessions, production sharing agreements, risk service agreements, JOAs, multiclient seismic, seismic acquisition, drilling, exploration within production areas, unitizations, lifting, oil and gas trading and sales agreements, farm in/out, intragroup novations, withdrawals, indirect participating interests transfers, gas projects and FPSO and FLNG acquisitions and financing.
Midstream
Our midstream practice covers oil and gas storage, oil and gas pipeline and vessel transportation and gas liquefaction and regasification. Our team proficiently handles matters related to concessions and commercial agreements, licensing, regulatory approvals and tariffs regimes, as well as relevant finance documents and EPCs.
Downstream
In the downstream sector, we support refining and marketing. Our expertise includes drafting and negotiating distribution and supply contracts and advising on regulatory compliance and distribution networks M&A. We support clients optimizing their operations and expanding their market reach while complying with industry regulations.
New Technologies, CCS and Carbon Markets
As the energy landscape evolves, our firm has always been at the forefront of emerging trends and sustainable practices, namely supporting energy transition technologies. We offer specialized legal services in carbon capture and storage projects, as well as on carbon markets, helping clients to develop and implement carbon offset projects, secure and trade carbon credits and comply with international standards and new regulatory frameworks, including voluntary carbon markets. Additionally, we offer legal advice on new technologies for synthetic fuels, biofuels, biogas and sustainable aviation fuel, supporting clients transition to more sustainable energy sources. Our expertise includes advising on project development, regulatory compliance and market entry strategies to capitalize on new opportunities.
Expertise and Leadership
We present a new legal advice approach, taking advantage of substantial experience in in-house legal leadership in the energy sector. Our team comprises the former General Counsel and the former Head of Legal for Oil & Gas of a Portuguese IOC, who have been, over the last decade, actively involved in all types of energy transactions, including in the Oil & Gas businesses, in a variety of geographies such as Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Namibia, Morocco, East Timor, Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, in addition to Portugal and several other European countries. Our team is an effective extended arm of in-house counsel and de-risks in-house teams’ legal positioning through strategic legal design. Additionally, we have been leading transactions through the process of energy transition for Oil & Gas companies, power utilities and independent power producers for more than 2 decades.
Full-service
Through our multidisciplinary team, we apply our full-service capacity to the Oil & Gas sector, including:
- M&A
- Project finance
- IPOs
- JVs
- Commercial agreements
- EPCs
- Regulatory
- Tax
- Customs
- Competition law
- IP
- Compliance
- ESG
- Dispute resolution