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Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices

Pinheiro Neto Advogados
RUA HUMAITÀ, 275
16° ANDAR
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ 22261-005
Brazil
Visit website 55 11 2506 1600 55 11 2506 1660

Mr Francisco Werneck Maranhão

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+55 21 2506 1600 fmaranhao@pn.com.br

Work Department

M&A, Oil and Gas and Telecommunications.

Position

Partner.

Career

Francisco Werneck de Albuquerque Maranhão advises domestic and international clients in several industries, with extensive experience in oil & gas matters. His areas of practice comprise regulatory matters, corporate restructurings, financing operations, joint ventures and M&A deals, especially in the oil & gas and infrastructure segments. Francisco has represented a broad range of investors in the oil & gas sector, including Trident Energy in acquiring ten oil fields in the Campos basin (the first finance transaction in Brazil similar to reserve based lending), and Perenco in acquiring three oil fields in the Campos basin (the first sale of mature fields signed by Petrobras). He was also deeply involved in recent privatization processes, having represented Energisa S.A. in the acquisition of two power distribution companies from Eletrobras.

International experience: Slaughter & May, UK.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil (Amcham).

Education

LL.M. from the University of London;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons

Pinheiro Neto Advogados’ versatile practice has a strong reputation for handling complex and high-value transactions involving oil and gas assets. The firm, which is present in all hydrocarbons segments, also attracts instructions from domestic and foreign players in relation to regulatory matters concerning the reorganisation of the Brazilian oil and gas industry in the wake of Petrobras’s divestment plan. Marcelo Viveiros de Moura has worked on several multi-jurisdictional and local transactions on behalf of major IOCs. The ‘brilliant‘ Marcello Lobo is a key point of contact for clients from the hydrocarbons sector, who are engaged in M&A, joint ventures and financing deals with regulatory implications. Other names to note include Francisco Werneck Maranhão, who brings together expertise in regulatory issues, corporate reorganisations and financings, and Raphael Moraes Paciello, another reference in the team for M&A and joint ventures in the oil and gas space.

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