Peter McNally is Managing Counsel for Chevron Australia, based in Perth, Western Australia. He is a member of the Chevron Australia leadership team and is responsible for legal support across the company’s upstream portfolio, including the Gorgon and Wheatstone natural gas developments – two of Australia’s largest LNG projects. Together, these projects account for approximately 6.5% of global LNG supply and deliver around 40% of Western Australia’s domestic gas needs.
Peter leads Chevron Australia’s upstream legal function, providing strategic advice on major capital projects, complex regulatory frameworks, joint venture arrangements, and high-value commercial matters. He has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector and has developed deep expertise in LNG and large-scale upstream developments in Australia and internationally.
Since joining Chevron in 2006, Peter has supported a broad range of upstream business activities. He also served as Law Manager in Chengdu, China, from 2017 to 2021, where he led legal support for Chevron’s upstream business activities in the country.
Prior to joining Chevron, Peter worked at Woodside Energy Ltd and a leading national law firm.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry and Extractive Metallurgy) from Murdoch University.
Peter is an active member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) and a member of the Australia-Pacific Regional Committee, contributing to the broader energy legal and commercial community.
Gabriela Bezerra Fischer is a partner at Trench Rossi Watanabe in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focusing on the oil and gas and energy industries. With over a decade of experience advising domestic and international clients across the upstream, midstream and downstream segments, Gabriela has built a comprehensive practice that combines deep knowledge of the sector’s business, commercial and legal/regulatory specificities with hands-on experience in complex cross-border transactions.
Her practice covers M&A deals, joint operating agreements, farm-in and farm-out transactions, consortium structuring, and the negotiation of the full range of industry contracts. Gabriela also provides specialized regulatory advice on matters before the National Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels agency and other Brazilian authorities, and represents clients in high-profile disputes involving the oil and gas sector, including construction and public law disputes. Building on her extensive experience in the gas and biofuels sectors, Gabriela leads and advises on a wide range of projects across the full spectrum of low-carbon solutions and emerging technologies driving the energy transition. She is also an active voice in policy-making and advocacy efforts shaping the regulatory frameworks of these emerging markets.
Gabriela coordinates the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Brazilian Hydrogen Association (ABH2) and is a frequent speaker on energy and infrastructure matters at industry conferences in Brazil and abroad. She regularly advises international oil companies, national oil companies, investors and service providers on cross-border projects and transactions, working closely with counterparts across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.
An active AIEN member since the early stages of her career, Gabriela currently serves as the Young Negotiator Representative for our Latin America & Caribbean Chapter. In this role, she helps engage and support the next generation of energy professionals across the region. She also coordinates the new energies events within Brazil and is actively involved in the Women Negotiators Group, where she leads initiatives aimed at fostering female leadership across the industry. She has also served as a mock negotiation facilitator at AIEN’s Negotiation Skills Workshop, helping to equip the next generation of professionals with the knowledge and skills required for successful deal-making.
