Alexandre Bittencourt Calmon

Main Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Oil and Gas .

Professional Experience

Alexandre Calmon is a senior member of the infrastructure and natural resources group with Veirano Advogados. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre has practiced natural resources law for over a decade with a strong focus on M&A transactions throughout Brazil and general corporate/commercial and regulatory matters in the energy sector.

In 2010-2011 among other relevant transactions Alexandre has coordinated as local external legal counsel for Maersk Oil the acquisition of 100% of the Brazilian oil and gas assets of South Korean Corporation, one of the three largest deals ever in the Brazilian oil and gas industry. 

In his oil and gas practice Alexandre and his team advise oil and gas onshore and offshore Brazil asset acquisitions and divestments, share acquisitions and divestments involving local oil and gas companies, advising on concession contracts, product marketing, gas and crude purchase contracts, pipeline transportation matters, joint ventures and participation agreements, in addition to general administrative/regulatory matters with the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency - ANP and on general corporate/commercial, labor, tax, compliance and competition matters in connection with the local oil and gas industry.

Alexandre has strong international experience being for years a member of the global resources group of Macleod Dixon LLP, a major natural resources focused law firm with connections in Europe, Asia and South America, advising clients investing in the natural resources industry in South America.

Alexandre has also been recognized by Who's Who Legal, the independent research partner of the International Bar Association, as one of the world's leading energy lawyers in 2011. Alexandre is also listed as an leading practicioner for energy and natural resources law in Chambers Global publication, The World's Leading Lawyers since 2010, and in Chambers Global publication, South American Leading Lawyers since 2008.

Chambers of Commerce and Associations

• Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN);
• American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham-RJ);
• Brasil-India Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Internacional (RC de Copacabana).
• Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-RJ);
• British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (Britcham);
• Deutsch-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK);
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC);
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation; and
• World Service Group (WSG).

Academical Activities

• Professor of Commercial/Corporate Law (January 2004 – June 2005), Escola de Direito da Universidade Santa Úrsula; and
• Assistant Professor of Corporate Law (August 2002 - January 2004), Escola de Direito da Universidade Santa Úrsula.

Education

Supplementary course in Corporate Law and Capital Market (2003)
Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Supplementary course in the US Legal System (2002)
George Washington University

LL.B. (2001)
Universidade Candido Mendes

Languages

English, French and Portuguese.

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