With the relaxation of state monopoly on gas and oil markets, the flow of private investment to these sectors has increased significantly.
Business opportunities arise in almost every segment, requiring complex regulatory analyses, sophisticated corporate and financial designs, as well as the structuring of detailed contractual frameworks among the various agents involved.
Knowing the relevant regulations, administrative and judicial procedures, Marcelo Lucas Advocacia provides advice to national and foreign clients in structuring ventures in this sector.
- Acting before the Ministry of Mines and Energy, ANP, IBAMA and ICMBio in administrative processes related to the authorization and licensing of activities and products derived from oil, natural gas and biofuels;
- Assistance in the negotiation of oil exploration and commercialization contracts, as well as in the essential clauses of production sharing contracts concluded with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and managed by Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A (PPSA);
- Administrative defense and filing of administrative appeals against acts by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, ANP, PPSA and IBAMA;
- Monitoring the audits carried out by PPSA in the execution of projects for exploration, evaluation, development and production of oil, natural gas and other fluid hydrocarbons;
- Monitoring the monitoring, auditing and public hearings procedures conducted by PPSA for the fixation of costs and investments made in production sharing contracts;
- Partnerships between national and foreign companies (Joint Ventures, Joint Operating Agreements – JOAs – Special Purpose Company – SPE) in oil, natural gas and hydrocarbon activities;
- Acting in Middle Eastern countries;
- Monitoring and advising in bids and concepts of mature and marginal fields.
