Biography: Oil and Gas

Daniela Ribeiro Davila is a partner at Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados, where she coordinates the oil & gas/shipping-offshore practices. Daniela is a pioneer in oil regulatory law in Brazil. Daniela played a remarkable role in structuring a first-of-its-kind oil & gas project finance in Brazil, and providing legal assistance to Brazilian and foreign oil companies in connection with their participation in ANP's auctions.

Daniela combines a deep technical knowledge of the offshore industry with a solid legal experience. Daniela is well-known by her familiarity with many institutes and agreements pertaining to international oil practice, namely unitisation, JOA and farm-in/farm-out agreements, as well as contracts pertaining to international offshore practice, such as construction contracts EPC/EPCI/EPCIC, charter and operating agreements involving maritime rigs and FPSOs.

Chambers Global and Latin America has listed Daniela as a leading oil & gas practitioner in Brazil.

Daniela graduated in law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. She also attended the San Pablo Centro Educational Universitario - CEU of the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain and has an MBA degree in economy and corporations law from the Postgraduate School of Economy of Fundação Getúlio Vargas, as well as an MBA degree in petroleum business from COPPE Engineering School of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. Daniela is a member of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute - IBP and of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators – AIPN.

Daniela is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Other Practice Areas

Daniela Ribeiro Davila also features in the following practice areas:

• Energy