Tauil & Chequer Advogados

Tauil & Chequer Advogados offers full-service expertise across all oil and gas segments, blending ‘technical expertise and strategic insight’. Drawing on its association with Mayer Brown, the team is well positioned to advise on cross-border transactions, including sector-related M&A and divestments, and is equally strong in regulatory mandates,  and strategic partnerships and agreements. The team also handles disputes, including international arbitration and administrative proceedings before ANP, supported by an interdisciplinary approach that ’proactively foster[s] seamless collaboration among specialists’. Practice head Alexandre Chequer, based between Rio de Janeiro and Houston, is a market veteran in transactions, regulatory matters, project development, and dispute resolution. Bruno Belchior, who is ‘remarkably well-versed in industry-specific matters’, is recognised for his ’impressive command of regulatory aspects’. Tiago Macêdo draws on his experience at ANP to advise on infrastructure projects, M&A, privatisations, and auctions. Associate Bárbara Leite has extensive experience in the upstream and midstream segments, acting in complex cross-border transactions.