Maria Fernanda Soares

Partner

+ 55 21 3572-3039
Area of practice
Financing and infrastructure projects / Energy / Oil and gas
Maria Fernanda is specialist in infrastructure projects, especially in the O&G industry. Her practice is mainly focused on clients interested in the development of natural gas projects, being actively engaged in the discussions and developments related to the opening of Brazilian gas market, involving both private companies and public authorities. Her experience includes legal assistance for the structuring, negotiation, review and implementation of projects and transactions, as well as assistance with regulatory matters involving the agents of such industry. In addition, her expertise in maritime law is also synergic and strategic for the needs of the offshore industry.

Associations

Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil
IBA – International Bar Association
Member of the Maritime and Transport Law Committee of IBA
Member of WISTA – Woman’s International Shipping and Trading Association.

Recent acknowledgments

Recommended by The Legal 500, edition 2021, in Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons

Education

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil (LL.B., 2009).
IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta (LL.M. in International Maritime Law, 2017).
ESEADE, Argentina (Master Juris in Corporate Law, 2013).
IBMEC, Brasil (LL.M. in Corporate Law, 2012).
International Foundation for the Law of the Sea – International Maritime Tribunal - Hamburg – 2017 (International Law of The Sea and Maritime Law Summer Academy)
Colorado College – 2008 (Especialization em Political Sciences)

 

Recent publications

Petrobras opens natural gas processing to third parties
Brazil's Machado Meyer Advogados has helped state-owned Petrobras strike a deal with the local...[+]
ANP regulates procedures to control flaring and loss of oil and natural gas
Resolution No. 806/2020 of the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels)...[+]
Draft Gas Bill: main changes proposed in the legal framework of the sector
After more than six years under discussion, Bill No. 6,407/13 (the Gas Bill) was approved by...[+]
Importation of LNG into Brazil: key issues involving the delivery of cargo at the destination port
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has become an increasingly important backup source of natural gas...[+]
ANP presses for advances in the opening of the natural gas market
In a letter sent to Cade, ANP analyzes measures necessary to promote competition in the natural...[+]
Draft legislative decree seeks to modify Antaq's regulations on FSRUs
A draft legislative decree (PDC) is pending before the National Congress which scope is to...[+]
Decree No. 9,616 amends the Gas Law bringing advances in the natural gas industry
On the eve of the end of the government and with frustrated expectations regarding the advance...[+]