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Giovani Loss
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Experience
Giovani focuses his practice on energy, oil & gas, and in particular, on merger and acquisition transactions, financing and regulatory issues involving these industries. He previously worked at the Houston office of Fulbright and Jaworski LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright). Licensed to practice law in Brazil, England and New York, Giovani is a founding partner and chairman of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (IBDE), a former chairman of the Oil & Gas Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), and member of the executive committee of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN).
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG);
Master of Laws in Public Law – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Stanford Law School, USA;
Doctoral Degree in Energy Analysis and Planning – Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
Recognitions
Legal 500 Brazil Awards – Oil and Gas Lawyer of the Year (2025);
Chambers Brazil – Oil & Gas: Star Individual (2012 – 2025); Projects (2012 – 2022) and Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro (2022 – 2025);
Chambers Global – Oil & Gas (2012 – 2026); Foreign Expert USA: Oil & Gas (2011 – 2026); Foreign Expert UK: Oil & Gas (2026); Projects (2012 – 2022); Foreign Expert USA: Projects (2018) and Expert Based Abroad USA: Energy & Natural Resources (2016);
LACCA Approved – Energy: Thought Leader (2020 – 2026); Corporate/M&A (2020 – 2024) and Project Finance (2016 – 2023); Infrastructure (2016 – 2023);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Corporate and M&A (2020 – 2026); Project Finance & Infrastructure (2020- 2026); Energy (2020 – 2026);
Legal 500 – Energy and Natural Resources: Hydrocarbons: Hall of Fame (2023 – 2026) Leading Individuals (2012 – 2022) and Shipping: Leading Individuals: (2014 – 2016);
Análise Advocacia – Oil & Gas (2014 – 2015, 2017 – 2022); Energy (2020) and Rio de Janeiro (2017 – 2022);
Euromoney Expert Guides – Best of the Best Latin America: Energy and Natural Resources (2016, 2022);
Finance Monthly – Dealmaker of the Year (2021);
IFLR 1000 – Banking; Capital Markets; Project Development; Project Finance: Highly Regarded (2018 – 2025), Banking; Capital Markets; Project Finance: Leading Lawyer (2015, 2017) e Energy and Infrastructure; Project Development: Leading Lawyer (2015 – 2016);
Lexology Index Brazil – Energy (2014 – 2025); M&A (2022 – 2025) e Thought Leaders Brazil: Energy (2023);
Lexology Index Global – Project Finance (2024) Energy: Power Eletricity (2023); Energy: Oil & Gas (2023) e Thought Leaders: Energy Oil & Gas (2018 – 2024);
Lexology Index Awards – Energy Lawyer of the Year: First lawyer in Latin America to be recognized (2018).
Brazil’s ANP permits suspension of concession contracts in the exploratory phase
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Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy sets standards and guidelines for offshore electricity generation
Brazilian Energy Policy Council authorizes royalty rate reduction for marginal fields
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Public consultation for new resolution on seismic data opens in Brazil
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Oil & Gas: small and medium-sized companies set to benefit from reduced E&P royalty rates
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DEAL: Ecopetrol acquires stake in Brazil’s Brava Energia
Mayer Brown LLP in Houston and its affiliated Brazilian firm Tauil & Chequer Advogados have helped Colombian state-owned oil company Ecopetrol acquire a stake in Brazil’s Brava Energia.
To fund these transactions, it is obtaining a bridge loan. Mattos Filho is advising the lenders in that deal.
Click here to access the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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DEAL: J&F buys Brazilian thermoelectric plant from EDF for US$268 million
Bichara Advogados has helped Brazilian company J&F acquire Usina Termelétrica Norte Fluminense from French energy group EDF for 1.4 billion reais (US$268 million). Mattos Filho assisted EDF on the sale.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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DEAL: Petrobras and TotalEnergies snap up oil assets in Namibia
Mattos Filho in São Paulo has helped Cayman Island-based company Eight Offshore Investments Holdings sell a share of its exploration licence for an oil block off the coast of Namibia to Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and France’s TotalEnergies.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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