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By Natalie Posgate
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
Energy law giant Baker Botts opened an office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Wednesday – the Houston firm’s first office in Latin America in almost 50 years.
The new office will significantly facilitate the firm’s access to Latin America’s vibrant energy market and other significant sectors. It is the firm’s ninth international office and 15th worldwide.
“Latin America is a natural area of growth for us since it touches on so many strengths of Baker Botts, including energy, project development, financing and disputes,” firm managing partner Andrew Baker said in an online Q&A.
Leading the new office are Rio resident partners John White and Hannah Longley. Both attorneys are members of Baker Botts’ global projects practice group and have a heavy focus on various kinds of oil and gas projects, including LNG, upstream and downstream work. Longley also has an expertise advising in complex commercial arrangements, including joint ventures, gas sales agreements and corporate and asset acquisitions and disposals.
The Rio office will operate as a foreign legal consultancy. White and Longley will advise Brazilian clients and assist foreign companies interested in entering the Brazilian market. Baker Botts will also work in conjunction with a select network of Brazilian-qualified lawyers and law firms for matters requiring specific Brazilian-law input.
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