Paulo Valois Pires
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 2 : Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Email address
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011-55-21-2114-1700Share profile
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About
Provided by Paulo Valois Pires
Practice Areas
O&G, Energy, Regulatory, M&A, Offshore Supply and Oilfield Services, Pipeline Construction, Operation and Finance, LNG Projects & REGAS terminals, FPSO, FSO, FSRU, FLNG Charter and Services Agreements, Private Placements, Project and Corporate Finance, Infrastructure.
Career
His practice involves the representation of IOCs, NOCs, private equities, suppliers in O&G, infrastructure and energy-related matters. He started his career as in-house counsel for Shell/Brazil. For the last ten years, he has been top listed by publications such as Chambers and Partners, Latin Lawyer, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, amongst others.
Professional Memberships
AIPN
Publications
Author of several articles and books.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Paulo Valois Pires is sought out for his strength handling complex M&A transactions. He offers significant experience in the upstream and midstream spaces.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paulo Valois is a very experienced lawyer and has deep knowledge of the oil and gas law. He is someone that makes himself available to the clients to discuss the matters we deal with."
"He is a professional of excellence. He has experience and a clear communication when explaining the matters."
"He was excellent in his work and contributed in an exceptional way to meet our expectations."
"Paulo Valois is a very experienced lawyer and has deep knowledge of the oil and gas law. He is someone that makes himself available to the clients to discuss the matters we deal with."
"He is a professional of excellence. He has experience and a clear communication when explaining the matters."
"He was excellent in his work and contributed in an exceptional way to meet our expectations."
Articles, highlights and press releases
5 items provided by Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira & Agel
Petrobras has published new rules for its Farm-out procedures
On April 26, 2018, the Presidency of the Republic published Decree No. 9.355/2018 (“Petrobras Decree”), which establishes the rules of governance, transparency and good practice for the assignment of exploration, development and production rights for oil and natural gas in Petrobras’s blocks. The Pe
Alteration of the calculation methodology of the petroleum reference price
The CNPE published, in the Federal Government Official Gazette on May 3, 2017, CNPE Resolution 5/2017, which establishes guidelines for changing the methodology of calculation of the “Petroleum Reference Price” by the National Petroleum Agency ("ANP"). It proposes that it should consider, not only p
CNPE authorizes the 3rd Round of the Pre-Salt Auction
On April 27, 2017, the CNPE published CNPE Resolution No. 9/2017 in the Federal Government Official Gazette authorizing the implementation of the 3rd Round of the Pre-Salt, by the ANP, under the Production Sharing Regime.
Petrobras' Preemptive Rights in Pre-Salt areas: a comparative advantage
Decree No. 9,041/2017, which regulates Law 12,351/2010 regarding Petrobras' preemptive rights to act as operator in the consortia formed for exploration and production of blocks under the production sharing regime, was published on March 3, 2017.
The TCU and Petrobras’s divestment program
By means of Decision No. 442/2017, taken on 03.29.2017, the Federal Audit Court (“TCU”) approved, in a plenary hearing, a Representation filed by the Oil, Natural Gas and Mining Infrastructure Inspection Department (“Seinfra-Petróleo”), that Petróleo Brasileiro S/A (“Petrobras”) should recommence fr
Petrobras has published new rules for its Farm-out procedures
On April 26, 2018, the Presidency of the Republic published Decree No. 9.355/2018 (“Petrobras Decree”), which establishes the rules of governance, transparency and good practice for the assignment of exploration, development and production rights for oil and natural gas in Petrobras’s blocks. The Pe
Alteration of the calculation methodology of the petroleum reference price
The CNPE published, in the Federal Government Official Gazette on May 3, 2017, CNPE Resolution 5/2017, which establishes guidelines for changing the methodology of calculation of the “Petroleum Reference Price” by the National Petroleum Agency ("ANP"). It proposes that it should consider, not only p
CNPE authorizes the 3rd Round of the Pre-Salt Auction
On April 27, 2017, the CNPE published CNPE Resolution No. 9/2017 in the Federal Government Official Gazette authorizing the implementation of the 3rd Round of the Pre-Salt, by the ANP, under the Production Sharing Regime.
Petrobras' Preemptive Rights in Pre-Salt areas: a comparative advantage
Decree No. 9,041/2017, which regulates Law 12,351/2010 regarding Petrobras' preemptive rights to act as operator in the consortia formed for exploration and production of blocks under the production sharing regime, was published on March 3, 2017.
The TCU and Petrobras’s divestment program
By means of Decision No. 442/2017, taken on 03.29.2017, the Federal Audit Court (“TCU”) approved, in a plenary hearing, a Representation filed by the Oil, Natural Gas and Mining Infrastructure Inspection Department (“Seinfra-Petróleo”), that Petróleo Brasileiro S/A (“Petrobras”) should recommence fr
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