Latin America & Caribbean Chapter Event "Legal Certainty in Energy Contracts"

Artur Watt Neto, Chief Legal Counsel at Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA). Author of “Economic Law - Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels” by Editora Saraiva. Bachelor at Law and Master in International Law (UERJ), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIARB). Experience: Energy Law Scholar at the University of Houston (2014), Federal Attorney at the Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU), Deputy General Attorney at ANP, General Attorney at ANTAQ, Director of Natural Gas at the Ministry of Mines and Energy and Arbitration Lawyer at AGU.

Bárbara Bittencourt, works as a Chief Legal Officer at Maha Energy, which is an Energy, Utilities & Waste company with an estimated 80 employees; and founded in 2013. They are part of the Legal Executive team within the C-Suite Department and their management level is C-Level. Bárbara graduated from Faculdade de Direito Milton Campos in 2007 and is currently based in Calgary, Canada.

Matias de Oliveira Lopes, graduated from Rio de Janeiro Catholic University, with a Tax Law degree from Cândido Mendes University and an International Law degree from the Academy of American and International Law. He worked for White Martins, Michelin, Texaco, Chevron and Shell in the corporate-tax-legal areas. He has also worked as the Executive Director of Applied Tax Studies Group - “GETAP”. Currently, Matias is the Tax & Legal Executive Manager for Exploration and Production areas at the Brazilian Petroleum Institute.