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Colombia 2016

Maria Fernanda De Salvador

Legal Manager | Emerald Energy

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As the legal manager of the oil exploration company, Emerald Energy Colombia, Maria Fernanda De Salvador, along with her team, handles all the exploration and production contracts to ensure that...

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As the legal manager of the oil exploration company, Emerald Energy, Maria Fernanda De Salvador, along with her team, handles all the exploration and production contracts to assure that the short, medium and long term goals of Emerald are met. Before assuming her current position, De Salvador held a number of roles and responsibilities within Emerald’s legal department, including time spent as senior lawyer and deputy legal manager. When she joined the company, the legal department was a reactionary function that supported other teams across the business and was contacted on a matter-by-matter basis. As a result of De Salvador’s direct involvement, Emerald’s legal department has become a key asset to help materialise the company’s goals and challenges, participating in all stages of the operations and decision making process; a method that incorporates project execution and management according to applicable laws and regulations. In addition, under De Salvador’s direction the legal department has been able to establish and improve a ‘Law Risk Guard Mechanism’ that prevents and minimises legal risk, strengthening the department’s capacity to protect the rights of Emerald Energy. Along with colleagues from other divisions, De Salvador has helped establish a work culture that is driven by the mantra of ‘preventing risk today, means minimising remedies in the future’. Among a variety of achievements in her career, De Salvador is frequently praised for her participation in the negotiation of three different exploration and production blocks with the National Hydrocarbons Agency and four agreements with private partners, directly contributing to a rise in the company’s assets and financial results. De Salvador is also credited for her involvement in solving complex litigation and potential disputes that have minimised losses for the company in a period of oil price crisis, environmental and social issues. A major source of pride for De Salvador is the formation of a highly coherent team of professionals, being ‘very proud of leading an exceptional team of professionals that are efficient, effective, goal oriented and who understand the key role that an in-house counsel has in the strategy and daily operation of Emerald. They are always looking for alternative solutions to help make profitable, safe and responsible projects’.

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