Mattos Filho

Contracts and Project Development; Eletric Power; Infrastructure and Energy; Mining; Oil and Gas; Project Finance; Public Law; Aviantion; Admnistrative Law

Partner

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 vice-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 the only Brazilian on the board of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN).

Portuguese; English; Spanish

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).