Biography: Energy

Guilherme Guerra D'Arriaga Schmidt has an extensive practice in energy, infrastructure, arbitration, M&A, tax and corporate transactions. From 1990 to 1993, he worked for Shell in Brazil as a tax lawyer. He joined Veirano Advogados in 1993 and worked until 2000, first as a lawyer and then as a partner acting in commercial contracts, infrastructure and regulatory law.

He was a former visiting associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, from 1998 to 1999. For six years he was a partner of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, responsible for matters involving commercial contracts, infrastructure, regulatory law and arbitration. He was nominated as a leading lawyer in energy and natural resources by Chambers and Partners in the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions, in corporate/M&A in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions, and projects in the 2008, 2009 and 2011 editions. He was listed as one of the "leading lawyers" in the area of energy and natural resources by the Expert Guides in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He was also listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in 2010 and 2011, in the oil and gas sector. Further to this, he was nominated as a "most admired lawyer" by Análise Advocacia 2010, in infrastructure.

He graduated from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in 1989 and has a postgraduate degree in tax law from the Universidade Candido Mendes (UCAM), under the coordination of the Brazilian Financial Law Association (ABDF). He is an arbitrator at the Câmara de Arbitragem Empresarial, Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais.

Biography: Oil and Gas

Guilherme Guerra D'Arriaga Schmidt has an extensive practice in energy, infrastructure, arbitration, M&A, tax and corporate transactions. From 1990 to 1993, he worked for Shell in Brazil as a tax lawyer. He joined Veirano Advogados in 1993 and worked until 2000, first as a lawyer and then as a partner acting in commercial contracts, infrastructure and regulatory law.

He was a former visiting associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, from 1998 to 1999. For six years he was a partner of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, responsible for matters involving commercial contracts, infrastructure, regulatory law and arbitration. He was nominated as a leading lawyer in Energy and Natural Resources by Chambers and Partners in the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions, in Corporate/M&A in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions, and Projects in the 2008, 2009 and 2011 editions. He was listed as one of the "leading lawyers" in the area of Energy and Natural Resources by the Expert Guides in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He was also listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in 2010 and 2011, in the oil and gas sector. Further to this, he was nominated as a 'most admired lawyer' by Análise Advocacia 2010, in infrastructure.

He graduated from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in 1989 and has a postgraduate degree in tax law from the Universidade Candido Mendes (UCAM), under the coordination of the Brazilian Financial Law Association (ABDF). He is an arbitrator at the Câmara de Arbitragem Empresarial, Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais.