Cescon Barrieu

Infrastructure and Project Finance, Oil & Gas, Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency and ESG & Impact

Partner

He represents domestic and foreign clients, including financial institutions, multilateral agencies, state and privately owned companies, sponsors and other investors in a wide array of transactions and regulatory matters in the industries of oil & gas, offshore, shipping & maritime and energy, such as structured, project and asset-backed financings; M&As, asset purchases and divestments, and joint ventures; privatizations; debt restructuring and other special situations; project development; commercial contracts (such as construction, offtake and supply, operation and maintenance, charter and services agreements, inter alia). His ESG & Impact practice involves sustainable finance and energy transition matters.

Portuguese and English.

Member of AIEN – Association of International Energy Negotiators Member of IBA – International Bar Association, Oil & Gas Committee Member of the Legal Committee of NBCC – Norwegian Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, and former chair and vice-chair Member of the Oil, Gas and Biofuels Law Committee of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association Member of ABDM – Brazilian Association of Maritime Law Founding-member of IBDMar – Brazilian Institute of the Law of the Sea Member of the Brazilian Institute of Studies in Energy Law (IBDE) Former Director of ABCE – Brazilian Association of Consulting Engineers

Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B.) - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Specialist in Oil & Gas Law (Merit-based scholarship from the Brazilian Oil Agency) Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) - University of Chicago Law School Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)