Partner

Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

+55 21 3231 8206

Highly regarded

Portuguese; English; Spanish


Bar admissions:

Brazil

Jurisdictions:

Brazil

Practice areas:

Banking
Capital markets
Project development
Project finance

Industry sectors:

Oil and gas
Social infrastructure


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)

  • M&A
  • Project finance
  • Project development

  • Energy
  • Oil and gas
  • Natural resources
  • Shipping
  • Mining

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).

  • 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)