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Rafael Baleroni

Rafael Baleroni

Work Department

Banking and Finance, Contracts and Project Development, ESG & Impact, Infrastructure and Project Finance, Oil & Gas and Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Partner

Career

Rafael represents financial institutions, multilateral agencies, state and privately owned companies, sponsors, and investors in transactions and regulatory matters in the oil & gas, offshore, maritime, and energy sectors.

His expertise includes structured, project, and asset-backed financings; M&As, asset purchases and divestments, joint ventures, privatizations, debt restructuring, project development, and commercial contracts (construction, offtake and supply, operation and maintenance, charter, and services agreements). His ESG & Impact practice focuses on sustainable finance and energy transition.

He was an international associate at one of New York’s most prestigious firms in 2010.

Languages

English and Portuguese.

Memberships

Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) International Bar Association (IBA), Oil & Gas Committee Legal Committee of Norwegian Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), former chair and vice-chair Oil, Gas and Biofuels Law Committee of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Specialist in Oil & Gas Law (Merit-based scholarship from the Brazilian Oil Agency) and in Regulation of Gas Markets (Florence School of Regulation) Master of Laws (LL.M.) – University of Chicago Law School Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Law – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Personal

Author of +50 legal publications on Oil & Gas Law, International Law, Project Finance

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