"Henrique Rojas is proficient in cross-border asset acquisitions and projects"
The Legal 500, 2024

Overview

Henrique Rojas is a senior associate in the Corporate/M&A and Energy practices of Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown in the Rio de Janeiro office. He advises domestic and foreign energy, oil and gas and infrastructure companies on corporate, regulatory and contractual matters, including prominent cross-border M&A transactions, asset acquisitions and project development.

Experience

  • Seconded in 2021 to a global major energy company, where he held the position of Senior Counsel, based in London, and represented the company in the negotiation and acquisition of a number of strategic assets worldwide.
  • Advised Petronas on the acquisition from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras of 50% working interest in two major offshore oil production assets in Brazil (Tartaruga Verde and Module III Espadarte fields).
  • Advised GE Energy Financial Services in the modeling and implementation of a gas-to-power project in the State of Sergipe, Brazil with investments over BRL5 billion.
  • Advised Norsk Hydro in the structuring of an LNG project, which consists in the importation of LNG to be regasified in an FSRU terminal or a regasification plant, which will provide gas to an alumina refinery and potentially to other customers, including thermo power plants.

Recognition

  • "Henrique Rojas is proficient in cross-border asset acquisitions and projects" – The Legal 500, 2024
  • "Henrique Rojas stand out" – The Legal 500, 2024
  • LACCA Approved – 2024: Voted by members of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) as being among the region’s leading business lawyers recommended for Energy.
  • Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in Energy at Latin Lawyer 250, 2024
  • “Bruno Belchior, Victor Galante and Henrique Rojas are also integral figures here and, along with Chequer, come recommended in LACCA Approved” – Latin Lawyer, 2024
  • LACCA Approved – 2023: Voted by members of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) as being among the region’s leading business lawyers recommended for Energy.
  • Recognized as a "Recommended Lawyer" in Energy at Latin Lawyer 250, 2023

Education

  • The University of Chicago, LLM
  • University of California, Berkeley, Business Law Certificate (Mergers & Acquisitions)
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, MBA, Oil & Gas
  • Universidade Candido Mendes, Post-graduate Degree in International Law
  • Federal University of Minas Gerais, Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)

Admissions

  • Brazil

Languages

  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Spanish

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Regional Manager, Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Mozambique – CCIABM
  • Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators – AIEN
  • Member, Minas Gerais State Bar – OAB/MG
  • Member, Rio de Janeiro State Bar – OAB/RJ
Share