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Work Department
Rio de Janeiro
Position
Partner - Ethanol and Biofuels, Infrastructure, Maritime and Oil and Gas
Career
Giovani’s practice focuses on energy, oil and gas and in particular on merger and acquisition transactions, financing and regulatory issues involving these industries. He was a legal counsel in the Houston office of Fulbright and Jaworski LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright). He is one of the founding partners and a board member of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE) and a chairman of the Oil & Gas Law Committee of the International Bar Association. He is licensed to practice law in Brazil, New York and England.
Languages
Spanish English Portuguese
Member
Board member of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE)
Education
Bachelor of Laws, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Master of Laws in Public Law, Universidade de São Paulo; Master of Laws (LL.M.), Stanford Law School
Brazil
Public law
Within: Public law
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados’ multidisciplinary team has notable experience in public procurement, administrative proceedings, administrative contracts and PPPs, and it also provides regulatory advice to infrastructure clients. Thiago LuÃs Sombra, Giovani Loss and Flávio Spaccaquerche Barbosa acted for Total Gas & Power before the Court of Accounts in proceedings concerning a strategic alliance for a power plant. Bruno Dario Werneck is recommended for public law matters and infrastructure projects, and Thiago Jabor Pinheiro specialises in compliance and corporate ethics. Rosoléa Folgosi has retired from practice.
Transport and shipping
Within: Transport and shipping
Highly regarded for its ship finance practice, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados counts Karoon, Elcano and Maersk Line among its clients. It assisted the latter in relation to regulatory issues involving the registration of foreign-flagged vessels in Brazil and related transfers of ownership. Giovani Loss and Pablo Sorj are recommended.
Brazil: Energy and natural resources
Hydrocarbons
Within: Leading lawyers
Giovani Loss - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Within: Hydrocarbons
Regularly handling a variety of oil and gas work including financings, regulatory matters and project developments, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados is ‘business-oriented and fast’. In 2017, the group assisted Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás on its acquisition of a 10% stake in the BM-S-8 Oil Block from Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção. It also advised Petróleo Brasileiro on the sale of 90% of its outstanding shares in Nova Transportadora do Sudeste. The ‘well-connected’ Giovani Loss is recommended alongside the ‘outstanding’ Felipe Rodrigues Caldas Feres.