Mr João Almeida > Demarest Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mr João Almeida

+55 21 3723 9804 jalmeida@demarest.com.br View profile

Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions and Oil and Gas

Position

Partner

Career

Partner of Demarest’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Oil and Gas areas, João Luis Ribeiro de Almeida holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law from New York University, a post-graduate degree in Oil Law and Business from IBP in partnership with UERJ and in Tax Law from FGV. He also holds a degree in International Oil & Gas Law, Contracts and Negotiations from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (USA). He has a strong presence in the transactional area, representing large companies, especially in the energy sector. João also has international experience as a foreign associate at Sidley Austin’s New York office and was approved by the New York State Bar.

Languages

Portuguese, English and Spanish

Education

–Post-graduate course lato sensu in Law and the Oil Business from the Brazilian Institute of Oil (IBP), in partnership with the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012)

• Extension course in International Oil & Gas Law, Contracts and Negotiations at Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Colorado, United States (2011)
  Master’s degree in Corporate Law from New York University, New York, USA (2008)
• Post-graduate course in Tax Law from Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), São Paulo, Brazil (2003)
• Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil (2002)