Jon Paul Mouttet

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Leaders in Law endorses Jon Paul Mouttet as our exclusively recommended Energy expert in Trinidad & Tobago. If you wish to get in touch with Jon Paul, please use the contact information provided above.

Jon Paul Mouttet is a Senior Partner in the Commercial Department of Fitzwilliam, Stone, Furness-Smith & Morgan. Fitzwilliam, Stone, Furness-Smith & Morgan has been in existence for over 100 years and is one the largest and oldest full service commercial firms in Trinidad and Tobago. He joined Fitzwilliam, Stone, Furness-Smith & Morgan at the end of 2005 and was initially active in both the Litigation and Commercial Departments but now concentrates on commercial work and tax litigation. His practice primarily focuses on industrial foreign investment projects, energy and tax law.

His clients include international and local companies involved in oil and gas, power generation, commodity trading, industrial and manufacturing processes, quarrying, service companies and local conglomerates operating in various sectors.

Mr. Mouttet has over seventeen years of experience in the energy sector and regularly advises on petroleum related matters across the value chain, whether it be upstream, midstream, downstream or service related. He acts as local counsel to several international oil and gas companies concerned with upstream exploration and production work in Trinidad and Tobago and advises on a wide range of local issues; including petroleum legislation, exploration and production and other licences, production sharing contracts and sub-licence concessions issued by Heritage (formerly Petrotrin), Trinidad’s State oil company. He also actively advises on power generation matters and associated regulatory issues.

In terms of midstream and downstream energy related foreign investment he has advised on multiple prospective and actualized energy projects, including those involving gas sales and petroleum transportation issues, petroleum terminal optimization, metallics, LNG, CNG, polypropylene, polyethlyne and petrochemicals, the latest being the establishment of a methanol and di-methyl ether petrochemicals complex in La Brea. He has also advised on a number of sales and acquisition transactions involving power generation (electricity) assets and has represented power generating concerns (gas powered and renewable) in Trinidad, the latest power generating project being the ongoing development of the first ever industrial scale solar photovoltaic project in Trinidad.

Apart from his core energy practice he also advises on industrial regulation, tax, joint ventures, M&A transactions and other commercial/corporate matters and regularly represents both local and international clients before the Tax Appeal Board on contentious appeals against assessments made by the Board of Inland Revenue.

Jon Paul’s work often involves significant interface with personnel at various Government Ministries and bodies, including in particular, the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, the Board of Inland Revenue and several State Enterprises and he enjoys a good working relationship with the various personnel at these State institutions and companies.

Jon Paul has also contributed on Trinidad and Tobago law issues to various publications including the IBA Arbitration Newsletter (2008) and the World Bank’s Doing Business (2007 and 2012). His latest contributions relate to his co-authorship of the Trinidad and Tobago chapters of Chambers and Partners, Energy Oil & Gas (2019) and The Oil and Gas Law Review, 6th- 8th Editions (2019-2021).

Jon Paul also sits on several boards and is a member of the currently existing Energy Chamber Fiscal Reform Taskforce for the energy sector. He is also recognized by Global Law Experts and by Chambers and Partners, World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, having first been recognized by Chambers and Partners while he was still an Associate.

Areas of Expertise

  • Energy, Oil and Gas
  • Tax (contentious and non-contentious)
  • Commercial/Corporate
  • Foreign Investment
  • Health Safety and Environment (HSE)

Memberships

  • Trinidad and Tobago Law Association
  • Association of International Energy Negotiators (formerly AIPN)

Publications

  • The Oil and Gas Law Review, 6th, 7th and 8th Editions (2018 -2020), Trinidad and Tobago Chapter
  • Chambers and Partners, Energy, Oil & Gas 2019, Trinidad and Tobago Chapter.

Education

  • University of the West Indies – LL.B.
  • Hugh Wooding Law School – LEC
  • King’s College London – LL.M.

Firm Description:

The Firm is one of the oldest and largest commercial law firms in Trinidad and Tobago and traces its origins to the practice of Oliver Fitzwilliam who first started practicing in 1912 after a gift of $5000 was bestowed upon him by his great uncle, Jules Larry. Oliver Fitzwilliam was later joined by Stanley Stone in 1919 after the end of World War I and this two man operation began carrying on their practice as “Solicitors and Conveyancers” under the name “Oliver Fitzwilliam & Co”. Their practice was one of the first firms in Trinidad and Tobago to formally register its business name in 1923 (its business name certificate is numbered forty four), pursuant to the passage into law of the then Registration of Business Ordinance in that same year.

Oliver Fitzwilliam & Co. was later succeeded by “Fitzwilliam, Stone & Alcazar” which, in 1979, was then renamed “Fitzwilliam, Stone, Furness-Smith & Morgan”. The Firm has steadily grown both in size and expertise over the course of its existence and today enjoys a well-established and enviable reputation in the legal profession.

The Firm has a large client base which includes numerous international corporations and financial institutions, as well as domestic clientele across multiple sectors. It is a full service commercial firm with expert capabilities in all major commercial areas of practice and is broadly organized into five practice areas, these being, Commercial, Real Estate and Land Development, Advocacy and Litigation, Intellectual Property and Estates and Trusts. The Firm’s departments and internal administration is generally overseen by its Managing Partner, which position is currently held by Kurt Miller, with each department having a further specific Partner head. The Commercial Department is also headed up by Kurt Miller and perhaps covers the widest range of practice areas. It has extensive resource centres in banking and finance, energy, oil and gas, downstream industries, foreign investment, non-contentious tax, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, securities, employment and labour, marine and other general commercial areas of law.

 

Adina Chilim-Dumitriu

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Leaders in Law endorses Adina Chilim-Dumitriu as our exclusively recommended expert in Romania. If you wish to get in touch with Adina please use the contact information provided above.

Co-head of the firm’s Public Procurement and PPP practice together with Adriana Gaspar and of the Corporate/M&A practice together with Gabriela Cacerea, Ruxandra Bologa and Adriana Gaspar, and Head of the Telecommunications and Media practice, Adina Chilim-Dumitriu is particularly experienced in the sectors requiring technical knowledge and abilities – public procurement, telecommunications and energy.

With over 23 years of experience at NNDKP, she is renowned for handling large mergers and acquisitions deals; has assisted various clients in respect of their participation to public procurement procedures, borrowers and lenders in connection with complex financing transactions and has developed particular expertise in the gas field, as well as in cross-border energy projects.

Her expertise covers:

  • public procurement both in relation to consultancy in public procurement projects – from analysis of award documentation requirements to assistance in drafting the offers, as well as regards challenges in front of the National Council for Settlement of Public Procurement Contracts (CNSC) and the competent courts of appeal)
  • privatizations
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • media and telecommunications law
  • energy (with particular expertise in natural gas projects, including trans-border energy projects)
  • contract negotiations
  • business transfers and outsourcing
  • project finance

Industry Focus

Education

  • University of Bucharest Law School, Law Degree
  • Certificate of international legal practice “Strategic Directions for International Practice”, New York City Bar Association
  • 8th School of Project Finance, Euromoney Legal Training, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK

Firm Description:

NNKDP has always been committed to outstanding legal and tax services and exceptional client relationship management. Guided by these principles, we learned along the years that geographical boundaries are no longer the limits of our interactions with clients. Thus, we joined forces with peers who share the same vision and approach when it comes to offering the most suitable legal and tax support to our clients’ business interests, anywhere these may arise.

Thanks to our firm’s reputation in this profession and to our standing in the domestic legal market, NNDKP is the exclusive member firm in Romania of:

  • Lex Mundi – the world’s leading network of premier independent law firms
  • World Services Group – the world’s largest multidisciplinary network of professional services firms
  • SEE Legal – the largest provider of legal services through the Southeastern Europe region

Testimonial to our global mindset, our affiliations are an integral part of NNDKP’s constant efforts to ensure for our clients access to:

  • genuine client-centric approach
  • capabilities across jurisdictions of interest
  • expert advice from first class lawyers worldwide

 

Juan Carlos Castillo Chacón

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Leaders in Law endorses Juan Carlos Castillo Chacón as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in Guatemala. If you wish to get in touch with Juan please use the contact information provided above.

Partner serving as head of the Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking, and Finance departments of the firm.

Ranked amongst the three top lawyers in Guatemala for mergers and acquisitions by Latin American Corporate Counsel Association – LACCA.

Currently recognized as a top practitioner in the Guatemalan and Central American legal market.

Juan Carlos has participated in some of the largest and most important transactions in Guatemala.

He has a wide experience in counselling non-profit organizations.

Education

  • 1991 – Master of Laws by Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • 1991 – Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, by Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, Guatemala.

Professional Experience

  • 2007 – present Partner at Aguilar Castillo Love
  • 1999 – 2007 President of the Guatemalan Stock Exchange Market.
  • 1998 – Legal Advisor to the Government of Guatemala in the Privatization of Guatemala’s Seaports and Airports.
  • 1996 – Legal Advisor to the Government of Guatemala in the Privatization of Electric Power Generation and Distribution Companies.
  • 1993 – 2001 Head Professor of Public International Law at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala.

Publications

Judicial Independence in Guatemala: A Critical Analysis, published in Harvard Law School, 1991.

Awards and Recognition

Ranked as one of the three top lawyers in Guatemala for mergers and acquisitions by Latin American Corporate Counsel Association – LACCA.

Skills

Juan Carlos serves as “trusted advisor” to his clients. His comprehensive knowledge in business and Law gives his clients security and confidence that they will receive an accurate and honest legal advice. He invests time and effort understanding the priorities and needs of the client’s transaction and, as a result, obtains his clients’ loyalty. His experience and knowledge characterize him. Juan Carlos has successfully led the regional firm in a broad scope of Due Diligence Transactions.

The legal advices provided by Juan Carlos do not stop in making a profound analysis of the transaction to understand the Law’s implications, but they also comprise the context of the client’s transaction in order to provide a comprehensive solution.

He is a practical and efficient attorney, with great ability to critical analysis, an above-average analytical capacity, and the necessary tools to convey knowledge to the client. He is intuitive, attentive to detail, accurate, and has the ability to anticipate the needs and risks of the client.

Mr. Castillo is constantly described by clients as “the lawyer with the most capacity in this area in all of Central America” (speaking of the Finance area of practice, Legal500).

The integrity, knowledge and skills that characterize Juan Carlos has allowed him to participate in some of the biggest acquisitions in the history of Guatemala, such as the sale of Generation Assets of Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala, S.A.; the Sale of Shares (80%) of the same company; the acquisition of all the assets of Shell in Central America; and a percentage of the entity Royal Forest Holding (RFH) and its subsidiaries in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, among many other projects. He has also advised on some of the largest financing deals in Guatemala, recently, in the issuance of bonds by two companies in the energy industry for US$ 300M and US$ 450 M.

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Memberships

  • Guatemalan Bar Association
  • International Bar Association -IBA-
  • Harvard Law School Alumni Association

Firm Description:

Aguilar Castillo Love has always been at the forefront of legal change and landmark legal cases across Latin America. We have consistently redefined what it means to be a leading law firm and continue to provide the highest level of customer service and quality legal advice to a prestigious client base, domestic, regional and international.

We are one of the leading law firms in Latin America as recognized by directories such as Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500,  Latin Lawyer 250, and Latin Lawyer Elite. Our position is reflected in the fact that we work with some of the most highly regarded global law firms including many of the Global Elite and Magic Circle law firms such as Cravath, Linklaters, Freshfields, Slaughter and May, Wachtell Lipton and White & Case, among others.

Clients expect the best from us. We have built a reputation of providing the highest quality of legal advice as well as the highest level of personalized service. In addition, our reputation for transparency and business integrity through the law sets us apart from our competitors and continues to attract top talent to the firm.

History

Aguilar Castillo Love is the product of business and legal traditions that reach back for several centuries beginning in Guatemala and Costa Rica. We combine the best of what tradition and longevity has to offer with the innovative approaches and fresh perspectives of the new generations of lawyers at the firm. Our philosophy and culture have evolved over many generations. Bufete Aguilar was the first law firm in Costa Rica, founded by Don Manuel Aguilar Chacón in the 1820s. Don Manuel was known as the “the first Costa Rican lawyer”, making the name Aguilar the oldest still active in the Central American legal community. Castillo took part in the foundation of Guatemala, and the family created one of the region’s biggest business conglomerates.

The modern law firms that were the immediate predecessors of Aguilar Castillo Love were established in the 1960s: John Aguilar & Asociados, (a re-establishment of Bufete Aguilar by John Aguilar Osborne in Costa Rica), and Bufete Castillo Love (founded by Francisco J. Castillo Love in Guatemala). By the time they came together, both firms already had a long history of serving major regional and international businesses in complex commercial transactions and dispute resolution in Central America.

An agreement to embark on a joint regional venture was made between the current senior partners, John Aguilar Quesada and Juan Carlos Castillo Chacón, whilst at Harvard Law School where they both obtained their LLM degree. This journey began in 1991 and evolved into the first truly Central American initiative and law firm. It concluded with a formal integration in February 2006.  Aguilar Castillo Love has consistently championed women in the legal profession being one of the first firms to name a female partner in Nicaragua, and subsequently in other countries of the region.

Our vision for our role as a law firm is born of our above described heritage, a continued emphasis across the years on ensuring we lead the industry, leveraging our longevity and trust in the market and with clients, to introduce new ideas and concepts that address current day challenges. Our ethos is drawn from many models, realities, and lessons. It has been long tested. The decisions we make in the present have a direct impact on our clients’ futures. In a world of noise, distraction, short-termism and volatility, in a world that demands ‘modernity’ for modernity’s sake, we know the value of knowing who we are and the value we bring. It doesn’t mean we don’t move with the times. Quite the opposite, it qualifies us to lead. Proof of the foregoing is the many recognitions the law firm has received over the past few years including, the recognition by the Women Economic Forum 2019, Latin America, as one of the “Iconic Companies Creating a Better World for All”, for the work the firm hands for the non-profit She Is (www.she-is.org)  in Central America. She Is works with high-risk women in severe economic need- helping to turn crafts and services into businesses.

 

François Ferrari

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Leaders in Law endorses François Ferrari as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in France. If you wish to get in touch with François please use the contact information provided above.

François Ferrari is heading ACTAH and takes care of the team in charge of Energy Law. 

Noteworthy

  • Secretary of Regional Medef
  • Professor at State « Ecole des Mines »
  • Member of Economic Chamber
  • Founder of Managers Club
  • Skipper of “Voiles de l’espoir”

Firm Description:

Our Philosophy

Your lawyer is your counsel.

Prior to any litigation and regardless of any dispute, you can consult it to make sure of the strategy to adopt in your professional and commercial relations current or occasional operations.

Treat

Before any litigation, we undertake to carry out with you the finest analysis of the problem submitted, to submit the strengths and weaknesses of your situation.

You will be given the procedure to take if necessary but also the strategy allowing you to avoid a procedure when possible. In any case, you will be informed of the exact cost of each option in terms of fees.

You will make your decision knowing full well.

Act

Some situations can not be settled amicably. Sometimes it is necessary to resort to legal proceedings to assert one’s rights. It is not uncommon that such a procedure is then interrupted at the request of your opponent to compromise.

If you choose to initiate the action, our entire firm and, if applicable, its correspondents are mobilized to take the necessary steps in the shortest possible time.

Harmonize

The role of the lawyer is also to harmonize the positions of the parties, ie to agree on initially divergent points of view.

As a copywriter, we will bring you our experience of litigation to exclude from your written agreements any clause that may be interpreted. Thus, in case of inevitable litigation on the said act, you have clear benchmarks on its outcome.

 

Federico Rodríguez

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Leaders in Law endorses Federico Rodríguez as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in Chile. If you wish to get in touch with Federico please use the contact information provided above.

Federico Rodríguez leads the Energy and Natural Resources practice area at Baraona Fischer & Cia and provides advice on corporate business matters to clients from various industries. He has vast experience in regulatory and transactional matters. He has been involved in cross-border transactions in the mining, energy and salmon industrial sectors, venture capital, private placements, IPO, mergers and acquisitions in the main international stockmarkets including Canada, Great Britain, Australia and the United States. During the last years, he has been involved in relevant transactions mainly related to the generation of clean energy, in the first projects of electric mobility in Chile and exploitation of lithium.

Mr. Rodríguez earned his Law Degree from the Diego Portales University, has a Diploma in Tax Planning from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and LL.M. of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been a partner of Baraona Fischer & Cia since 2013 and previously was Legal and Compliance Director at Asesorías e Inversiones Benjamín S.A.; Director of SalmonChile AG Director; and Chairman of the Board of Australis Seafoods S.A., of Hampton Mining Limited, among many others.

Practice areas

  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Venture Capital
  • Private Equity
  • General Corporate Practice
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Firm Description:

Baraona Fischer & Cia offers a unique combination of tax expertise, business experience, creativity and innovation to provide customized solutions for our clients.

Our team stands-out for understanding in detail the needs of each client, to deliver integral solutions through our tax, business and financial practice.

Our clients include national companies, foreign institutional and private investors, family businesses, and their owners. Our portfolio is made up of clients in diverse areas of the industry, such as the financial and banking sector, fishing and aquaculture, mining, production, food, energy, services and commerce, among others, both in the private and public areas.

 

Adnan Amkhan Bayno

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Leaders in Law endorses Adnan Amkhan Bayno as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in Bahrain. If you wish to get in touch with Adnan please use the contact information provided above.

Adnan, a Chartered Arbitrator, is a highly experienced international lawyer and international arbitration practitioner, both as counsel and arbitrator. He has developed a reputation for his extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of international law, international energy law, the Energy Charter Treaty and Middle Eastern investment and commercial laws. Adnan served as Head of the Legal Affairs Department of the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels from 2000-2004, during which time he was heavily involved in the negotiation of the Transit Protocol and the drafting of Model Agreements on the transportation of energy.

Before and after his time at the Energy Charter Secretariat, Adnan has advised governments, international organizations, multinational corporations and private clients on a wide range of issues relating to international law, energy law, international investment law, international commercial arbitration, Energy Charter Treaty, and Middle Eastern and Islamic laws. Adnan has given expert legal opinions before domestic and international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

Most recently, Adnan was a member of an international legal team that advised the Government of Bahrain on the implementation of BICI’s recommendations.

In addition to his practice, Adnan has extensive academic experience: he has taught and supervised postgraduate students in a range of courses including energy security, international law, international economic law, international and European energy law, international investment and commercial arbitration, and the commercial laws of the Middle East.

Firm Description:

Mena Chambers Bahrain is a boutique law firm, a branch of the Mena Chambers group with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Mena Chambers Bahrain provides advice to governments, companies, banks and private individuals on issues pertaining to the laws of Bahrain and other Arab jurisdictions.

Practice Areas

  • BCDR-AAA Disputes
  • Corporate, Commercial & Investment Law
  • Constructions & Real Estate Disputes
  • Energy Disputes
  • International Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation

We are committed to providing our clients with first class legal assistance and support. Our commitment to existing and potential clients is driven by our core principles and values: trust, professionalism, transparency & integrity.

 

Ismaail Askerov

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Leaders in Law endorses Ismaail Askerov as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in Azerbaijan. If you wish to get in touch with Ismaail please use the contact information provided above.

Ismail is the Managing Partner of MGB Law Offices with over 23 years of experience in corporate, project finance, telecom and aircraft finance. He has been representing oil and gas corporations, export credit agencies and international financial institutions (such as EBRD and IFC) on cross border financing and high profile M&A projects. His experience also extends to advising consortium of international and investment banks and credit agency in downstream financing in connection with a multi-million facility for the development, construction of a major refinery in Turkey (“Project Star”) as well as syndicated finance of the foreign lenders on the well-known BTC pipeline project. He has been regularly advising oil and gas service companies on creation of joint venture companies and strategic alliances with Azerbaijani companies.

Ismail has also extensively assisted his multinational clients on various legal matters including energy, data protection, franchising/distribution and aircraft finance/lease  matters. For many years he has been providing practical regulatory advice in heavily regulated industries, such as oil and gas, banking, insurance, aviation and pharmaceuticals. Ismail is Leading Lawyer and highly recommended by Legal 500, IFLR and Chambers Global.

Education

  • Diploma in Law, , Moscow Academy of Economics, Finance and Law1989
  • Academic Study in Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, University of London, 1994

Admitted to Practice

  • Azerbaijan and Russia – 1989
  • Member of the Collegium of Advocates of the Republic of Azerbaijan entitles, inter alia, to appear before the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan), since 2004
  • Member of International Bar Association, since 1992

Professional Honors

  • Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate, 2016-2017
  • Leading Lawyer, Legal 500 EMEA 2017
  • Highly Ranked Lawyer, Chambers Asia Pacific, 2017

Practice Areas

  • Corporate and M&A
  • Project Finance 
  • Oil and Gas
  • Contracts Aviation

Firm Description:

Established in 1995, MGB Law Offices is an independent full practice business law firm based in Baku, Azerbaijan. Our team of experienced attorneys offer specialist support that prioritises accuracy, reliability and consistency. We offer legal advice on corporate and business transactions in Azerbaijan, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate investments, cross-border finance, tax aviation and telecommunication matters, as well as intellectual property and technology licensing issues. 

Our expertise span a range of industry sectors, with recent clients including blue-chip multinationals, international financial institutions, insurance companies and businesses involved in energy, consumer goods and retail, healthcare, telecoms, transport and logistics. We have also become one of the first practices in Azerbaijan to provide comprehensive legal support for foreign investors, cooperating successfully with both English and American law firms. And our strong team of litigation lawyers regularly represent international clients on their commercial, tax and employment related disputes before local courts.

Our in-depth knowledge of the local business environment has made us one of the leading firms in Azerbaijan. Our dedication to offering a high quality and cost-effective service has meant that we have consistently ranked as the top tier law firm by the IFLR1000 and Legal500, and by Chambers and Partners as the leading practice.

 

Martin Klapper

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Leaders in Law endorses Martin Klapper as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in Australia. If you wish to get in touch with Martin please use the contact information provided above.

Martin is a strategic and big picture thinker and his clients value the whole of project expertise he offers. His lengthy career has seen him advise on the development of legislation, negotiate with governments and regulatory bodies, and in many cases, break new ground in his work on many ‘first-of-its-kind’ projects or agreements. He is a skilled negotiator and a very accomplished legal adviser.

Martin is a former President of Australia’s Resources and Energy Law Association (AMPLA), a chair of the Queensland Law Society Mining and Resources Committee, and a member for the Queensland advisory board for AMEC (Association for Mining Exploration Companies).

Martin was included in The Best Lawyers™ in Australia 2021 for Energy Law; Mining Law; Oil and Gas Law.

Firm Description:

We solve legal and commercial problems by bringing together the right people with the skills and experience required to navigate the issues at hand. When required, that will be a very large team from across our practice, but more often than not, it’s a much smaller team than our clients expect. That means we deliver the solutions that our clients are looking for in a way that keeps value high and costs low.

 

Joao Bravo da Costa

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Leaders in Law endorses Martín Bensadon as our exclusively recommended Intellectual Property Law expert in Argentina. If you wish to get in touch with Martín please use the contact information provided above.

João Bravo da Costa is a Professional Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2021 in the Corporate and M&A and Finance areas of practice, working in several jurisdictions, with a focus on Angola, and with a strong experience in major international transactions in Africa and United Arab Emirates.

João Bravo da Costa has a professional path dedicated to the Angolan market, but also with strong legal experience in the African market and in the United Arab Emirates.

He has advised several multinationals, in restructuring and M&A operations, in international trade transactions and in foreign exchange issues, involving various sectors such as Finance, Mining and Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and Distribution. On his track record, he has several international and multi-jurisdictional investment contracts.

João Bravo da Costa is a Lawyer admitted in the Angolan and Portuguese Bar Association and is also a candidate for the New York State Bar Association.

His academic record include an LL.M. from the Fordham University School of Law in Banking Corporate and Finance Law and a postgraduate degree in Management and Corporate Law from the Faculty of Economics of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

He was nominated a 2021 Rising Star, by the Expert Guide, for her exemplar work in Corporate/M&A/Private Equity.

Practice Areas

Industries

Languages

  • English
  • French

Education

  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Law Degree (2005)
  • Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Postgraduate Degree in Management and Corporate Law (2007)
  • Fordham University School of Law – LL.M. Banking Corporate and Finance Law (2011)

Firm Description:

From offices to practices, talents and capabilities, we create an ecosystem that brings each project to life.

At Abreu there is a team that matches every client.

Through a close and clear relationship, we translate legalese to the language you want to speak.

At Abreu we speak everything from Latin to JavaScript so nothing is left up to interpretation.

Through a culture of transparency, we are pioneers of gender equality and diversity.

Abreu has an open door policy, because ideas have no hierarchy and debate crosses all areas and generations.

Through constant monitoring, we anticipate global changes in minds and markets.

At Abreu we have specialists focused on innovation and new technologies.

 

Mary Mackintosh Allan

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Mary Allan is a partner in the firm’s Muscat office. Her practice focuses on energy and infrastructure projects and privatisations. She has extensive experience in the Arabian legal marketplace having lived and worked in the region for over 20 years, including three years in Egypt, four years in Dubai and over ten years in Oman.

Ms Allan has a particular specialty in the power and water sectors, having advised both public and private sector clients over the last 10 years in relation to the Arab region’s ongoing programme of independent power projects. She also advised the Oman government with respect to the region’s only independent desalinated water project to date.

Ms Allan also has an extensive client base in the energy sector (both upstream and downstream), and regularly advises clients in relation to acquisitions and sales of interests in oil and gas production sharing agreements, and additionally in relation to oilfield services. Having lived and worked in Oman for over ten years, Ms Allan has also developed a particular expertise in relation to Oman commercial law, particularly as applicable to energy and infrastructure projects and privatisations.

Ms. Allan is recommended as a leading lawyer in the field of Projects & Energy in Oman by Legal 500 EMEA. She is noted for bringing her pedigree to a range of infrastructure matters, particularly in the power, electricity and water sectors. Chambers Global also recognizes Ms. Allan, whom is described as an extremely well-respected lawyer in the energy and infrastructure sector, as a leading Corporate/Commercial lawyer in Oman.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost:

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, founded in 1830, is one of the first U.S. law firms to develop a truly international practice. Dedicated to counseling clients involved with some of the most challenging transnational transactions and complex multijurisdictional disputes, Curtis represents multinational companies, international financial institutions, governments and state-owned entities, family and other privately held businesses, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals. With 17 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and East Asia, we are located in the key business centers in which our clients need us most.

Curtis lawyers come from diverse backgrounds, are multilingual and have been educated at some of the finest schools worldwide. Our lawyers bring a global perspective, incorporating a deep understanding of political and cultural sensitivities in addressing our clients’ legal needs, and exemplifying what it means to be international business lawyers.

Curtis prides itself in providing more than just high-quality legal counsel. Our lawyers work tirelessly to forge strong business relationships with our clients. In addition, our knowledge of the commercial and strategic aspects of our clients’ industry sectors provides us with a clear understanding of each matter’s particular economic drivers, risks and opportunities.

Clients value our ability to offer creative, sophisticated, yet pragmatic solutions to their many challenges. Our client teams, led by a relationship partner, are made up of lawyers who collectively have the requisite skill set and experience to meet the client’s needs. Matters are staffed efficiently and cost-effectively with teams comprised of both senior and junior lawyers who leverage the firm’s collective capabilities and international platform, while deploying the most current and secure communications technology. Clients receive updates on legal developments in a variety of ways, including in-house seminars, client alerts and blogs.

Our culture emphasizes respectful and constructive collaboration and communication not only with our clients, but also with counterparties and their advisors. Curtis lawyers strive to ensure the success of complex, fast-moving transactions and high-stakes disputes that typify today’s global business environment. For over 180 years, our dedication and commitment has earned us the confidence and trust of our clients, many of which have been turning to the firm for advice for decades.