Mr Ali El Hage Filho > Veirano Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Ali El Hage Filho
Work Department
Oil, Gas & Biofuels and Infrastructure & Projects
Position
Partner
Career
An experienced energy attorney with an extensive track record advising on multi-billion-dollar international oil and gas projects and operations, Ali Hage is a partner of the Firm’s Oil, Gas & Biofuels and Infrastructure & Projects practices, based in Rio de Janeiro.
Ali has worked across different businesses segments within the oil and gas industry, from natural gas distribution and transportation to the full life cycle of the upstream, from early licensing and exploration to production and decommissioning. He is extremely familiar in providing strategic advice to oil and gas businesses, leveraging on his strong legal and operational knowledge of the industry to add value on how transactions should be structured and how risks should be managed.
Ali has led and coordinated legal support to a variety of matters relevant to the oil and gas industry, from financing, M&A transactions and project development to critical issues closer to companies’ operations, including disputes, compliance, emergency response and procurement.
Prior to joining the Firm Ali worked for circa 13 years in senior in-house legal counsel roles for BG Group, based initially in São Paulo, then in Rio de Janeiro and lastly in Aberdeen, UK. More recently, he was the Vice President leading the Legal, Compliance and Contracts and Procurement areas of one of the most important business divisions of BG Group, responsible for the company’s UK and Norway oil and gas production.
Languages
English and Portuguese
Memberships
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), Rio de Janeiro Chapter – Oil, Gas and Biofuels Commission
- AMCHAM – Oil and Gas Committee
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
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- The Law Society of England and Wales
Education
- LL.M, Corporate Law, INSPER, São Paulo, 2007
- LL.M, International Economic Law, The University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 2003
- Post Graduation in Banking, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, 2002
- LL.B, Universidade Paulista (UNIP), São Paulo, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
(Leading individuals)At Veirano Advogados, the oil, gas and biofuels team acts for a varied client roster, ranging from refineries and distribution companies to midstream players, E&P clients and service providers. Though prepared to assist in the full array of matters relating to the hydrocarbons sector, the team is particularly adept in transactional and regulatory mandates. Ali El Hage Filho, a ‘partner in the oil and gas area with extensive in-house experience‘, manages a diverse workload where regulatory advice features alongside deals and commercial agreements. Associate Tito Rosa is another name to note for contractual matters, administrative proceedings and regulatory issues. The team was reinforced by the addition of Livia Amorim and Fabio Di Lallo from Souto Correa Advogados in October 2023. Former practice head Rogerio Campos left the firm in July 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Hydrocarbons Brazil > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition and antitrust
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- International trade
- Projects and infrastructure
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Wealth and succession planning
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Public law
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Venture capital
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Life sciences
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Intellectual property