Oil and Gas

The Brazilian oil and gas sector is attracting a lot of investment, especially after the discovery and exploitation of the pre-salt reserves, which today account for more than 50% of the country’s oil and gas production.

Sion Advogados has extensive experience in the sector, with strategic work in exploration, production and regulation.

We provide advice on environmental licensing, contracts, business structuring, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and due diligence, with a focus on mitigating environmental risks and liabilities.

testimonials

Alexandre is an outstanding student. During the time we studied together in Davis, California, I could realize that he is very disciplined, organized and is always looking for opportunities to learn and share knowledged with his colleagues. I should also mention his extra class behavior – he was perceived as a leader, organizing activities and always being available to help and cooperate with his classmates.

Tiago Achcar
VP & Assistant General Counsel, Americas at Rimini Street
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I can most certainly recommend Alexandre as a highly skilled and efficient lawyer who has deep knowledge in international commercial law and especially environmental law issues. As a person Alexandre is very outgoing and social with good teamwork skills.

Timo Ylikantola
Lawyer
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Highly focused and extremely dedicated, ALexandre is certainly one of the best in-house lawyers I have ever met. I strongly recommend him in the environmental law field.

Werner Grau
Partner - Pinheiro Neto Advogados
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I have had the satisfaction and privilege of consulting Alexandre and his firm for a number of years. In two different companies, we have faced some significant challenges and the mission has always been successfully accomplished. Alexandre is one of the few people who can brilliantly combine technical quality, a business partner profile, great relationships and the right amount of combativeness. He is a key strategic partner. Thank you for your partnership!

Zaíro de Pontes Netto
Legal - Vast Infraestrutura, ex-Ipiranga
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Alexandre is a great friend. He is an excellent professional and very determined in his goals. I’ve been following his professional life for 5 years now and I can say that his career is on the up and up. I recommend him highly!

Victor José Vidal M. Lima
Immunology Technical Consultant at AbbVie
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre Sion is one of the best professionals I have ever had the opportunity to work with. An in-depth student of environmental law, he has a mastery of the subject like few others, as well as an excellent strategic ability to handle high-profile cases.

Rodrigo Augusto Azevedo de Oliveira
Lawyer
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is a distinguished professional with whom I would like to have the opportunity to work again. In addition to his mastery of his field, he has a unique ability to manage teams and a natural ability to positively influence his colleagues. Dynamic and with a strong systemic vision of the business, Alexandre exceeds expectations with his commitment and dedication.

Vitor Benevides, PMP®
Former Raízen Director
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Alexandre is a very experienced legal advisor with a large number of successful cases. I also admire him for working in various fields of law with a focus on the results to be achieved.

Rodrigo Braga
General Legal Manager at VLI Logística, formerly Vale
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Alexandre is one of the most talented people I’ve ever met. He not only works hard, he also works smart. I strongly recommend him as the best lawyer.

Weifan Wang
Deputy General Manager at Innolux Corporation.
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is an experienced professional, dedicated and confident in his actions. He acts with excellence, committing himself in a unique way to the objectives for which he was assigned, standing out for the seriousness and quality of his deliveries. In addition to the added value with the shared knowledge, his participation was fundamental to the success in obtaining the intended business results.

Rodrigo Ruggeri
New Business Development | Contracts, Projects and Portfolio | Real Estate | Infrastructure | Oil & Gas | Energy RecoveryNew Business Development | Contracts, Projects and Portfolio | Real Estate | Infrastructure | Oil & Gas | Energy Recovery
aspas-depoimentos

We have had the great honor of counting on the legal support of Sion Advogados in matters of Mining and Environmental Law. The commitment, dedication and competence with which the team deals with the issues is outstanding, and they always come up with innovative and feasible proposals for dealing with the issues they are asked to deal with. I recommend the services provided by this team.

Rogério Santana
Legal Manager at Ipiranga, ex-Petrobras
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre and the whole team are fantastic professionals with focus and knowledge, who exhaustively and tenaciously seek solutions to their clients’ problems in a concrete and objective manner, always with great ethics, strategic vision and common sense. Thank you for all these years together on this journey!

Roberto Emil karlburger junior
Executive Director - Zona da Mata Mineração, ex-BEMISA, ex-Anglo American, ex-MMX
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We hired Sion Advogados for an extremely sensitive issue, and with a great deal of skill and knowledge in the environmental mining sector, the result was just the start of a great partnership. Alexandre is a professional who gets involved in the issues together with his team, and has a vision of the company that is very important for developing excellent results. As well as extreme technical ability, he has a great interpersonal relationship that facilitates communication and support for companies.

Natalia Vilela Nunes Leite
Operational Lawyer at Ipiranga Produtos e Petróleo.
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I had the pleasure of getting to know Alexandre’s excellent work […] when his company provided relevant legal support in the administration of contracts with international companies, […] he showed vast knowledge of international law, ethics and fidelity, competence and excellent quality in his defenses.

Olavo Cesar Silva
Former Contracts Director at Mendes Júnior.
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During our years studying together, Sion was one of the most intelligent, prepared and dedicated student, if not the best one. I was really glad to know that he has been approved in the bar exam with great grades and that he started to work in respectful companies for the last years. I can easily say that whoever decided to be represented by him, will be in very good hands.

Lakshmi Saboia
Legal Advisor to the Public Prosecutor's Office
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Alexandre has extensive experience in managing corporate legal processes. It has a deep understanding of the legal matters and recognized leadership to conduct high-level team and focus on results

Leonardo Moretzsohn
Partner - MANGALARGA CONSULTING AND INVESTMENTS
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Alexandre is very dedicated, attends to his clients in real time, helpful and attentive, a good professional ?

Luciana Nogueira de Aguiar
Contract Manager - TSE - Full-time
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Alexandre was an excellent working partner and very dedicated in his field. He was always a legal reference for all of us.

Karla Santos
Simak Rent
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Sion is a competent and multifaceted professional. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Salamanca, Spain, he has proven to be an innovative and dedicated researcher; as a teacher, I had the opportunity to be his student on the Environmental Law course, he has a great ability to transmit knowledge, to capture everyone’s attention with a dynamic and participatory class and to foster the creation of a network of professionals among his students.

Laís Locatelli
Lawyer
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In addition to great technical competence, zeal and punctuality, I would like to draw attention to a very important characteristic of the firm, which is that it knows how to reconcile and mitigate legal risks with the business interests involved in the most complex claims submitted to it.

Marcelo Luiz Pereira
Legal Coordinator at Concessionária da Rodovia MG 050 S.A (Atlântia Bertin Nascentes das Gerais).
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I had a pleasure to have contact with Alexandre, as a client when we’re had worked on the same company, whoose is a very competent and skillful professional, principally on matter of process and international law respecting commercial agreements.

Maria Lucia Rodrigues Araujo
Administrative consultant
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In my opinion, Alexandre is one of the most complete Brazilian lawyers in the areas of mining and environmental law. I have had the opportunity to rely on his experience in these areas and therefore strongly recommend both him and his firm.

Marcelo Martins Neto
Former Director at Vicenza Holding. Director at Xingu Capital.
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Alex is a natural leader. Not only did he stand out among the students while we were at UC Davis, but also encouraged and supported everyone else to be excellent. I would strongly recommend him and he is in the top of my list for legal advice in Brazil.

Maria Paola D’Onghia
Assistant to Managing Director & Information Security Officer Confinity Solutions GmbH
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is an outstanding student. During the time we studied together in Davis, California, I could realize that he is very disciplined, organized and is always looking for opportunities to learn and share knowledged with his colleagues. I should also mention his extra class behavior – he was perceived as a leader, organizing activities and always being available to help and cooperate with his classmates.

Tiago Achcar
VP & Assistant General Counsel, Americas at Rimini Street
aspas-depoimentos

I can most certainly recommend Alexandre as a highly skilled and efficient lawyer who has deep knowledge in international commercial law and especially environmental law issues. As a person Alexandre is very outgoing and social with good teamwork skills.

Timo Ylikantola
Lawyer
aspas-depoimentos

Highly focused and extremely dedicated, ALexandre is certainly one of the best in-house lawyers I have ever met. I strongly recommend him in the environmental law field.

Werner Grau
Partner - Pinheiro Neto Advogados
aspas-depoimentos

I have had the satisfaction and privilege of consulting Alexandre and his firm for a number of years. In two different companies, we have faced some significant challenges and the mission has always been successfully accomplished. Alexandre is one of the few people who can brilliantly combine technical quality, a business partner profile, great relationships and the right amount of combativeness. He is a key strategic partner. Thank you for your partnership!

Zaíro de Pontes Netto
Legal - Vast Infraestrutura, ex-Ipiranga
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is a great friend. He is an excellent professional and very determined in his goals. I’ve been following his professional life for 5 years now and I can say that his career is on the up and up. I recommend him highly!

Victor José Vidal M. Lima
Immunology Technical Consultant at AbbVie
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre Sion is one of the best professionals I have ever had the opportunity to work with. An in-depth student of environmental law, he has a mastery of the subject like few others, as well as an excellent strategic ability to handle high-profile cases.

Rodrigo Augusto Azevedo de Oliveira
Lawyer
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is a distinguished professional with whom I would like to have the opportunity to work again. In addition to his mastery of his field, he has a unique ability to manage teams and a natural ability to positively influence his colleagues. Dynamic and with a strong systemic vision of the business, Alexandre exceeds expectations with his commitment and dedication.

Vitor Benevides, PMP®
Former Raízen Director
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is a very experienced legal advisor with a large number of successful cases. I also admire him for working in various fields of law with a focus on the results to be achieved.

Rodrigo Braga
General Legal Manager at VLI Logística, formerly Vale
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is one of the most talented people I’ve ever met. He not only works hard, he also works smart. I strongly recommend him as the best lawyer.

Weifan Wang
Deputy General Manager at Innolux Corporation.
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre is an experienced professional, dedicated and confident in his actions. He acts with excellence, committing himself in a unique way to the objectives for which he was assigned, standing out for the seriousness and quality of his deliveries. In addition to the added value with the shared knowledge, his participation was fundamental to the success in obtaining the intended business results.

Rodrigo Ruggeri
New Business Development | Contracts, Projects and Portfolio | Real Estate | Infrastructure | Oil & Gas | Energy RecoveryNew Business Development | Contracts, Projects and Portfolio | Real Estate | Infrastructure | Oil & Gas | Energy Recovery
aspas-depoimentos

We have had the great honor of counting on the legal support of Sion Advogados in matters of Mining and Environmental Law. The commitment, dedication and competence with which the team deals with the issues is outstanding, and they always come up with innovative and feasible proposals for dealing with the issues they are asked to deal with. I recommend the services provided by this team.

Rogério Santana
Legal Manager at Ipiranga, ex-Petrobras
aspas-depoimentos

Alexandre and the whole team are fantastic professionals with focus and knowledge, who exhaustively and tenaciously seek solutions to their clients’ problems in a concrete and objective manner, always with great ethics, strategic vision and common sense. Thank you for all these years together on this journey!

Roberto Emil karlburger junior
Executive Director - Zona da Mata Mineração, ex-BEMISA, ex-Anglo American, ex-MMX
aspas-depoimentos

We hired Sion Advogados for an extremely sensitive issue, and with a great deal of skill and knowledge in the environmental mining sector, the result was just the start of a great partnership. Alexandre is a professional who gets involved in the issues together with his team, and has a vision of the company that is very important for developing excellent results. As well as extreme technical ability, he has a great interpersonal relationship that facilitates communication and support for companies.

Natalia Vilela Nunes Leite
Operational Lawyer at Ipiranga Produtos e Petróleo.
aspas-depoimentos