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Commodities Trading News and Trends • Issue 4

By DLA Piper on September 16, 2021

Posted in Latin America, Oil and Gas, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure, Renewables

We invite you to read the issue 4 of Commodities Trading News and Trends, aiming to help commodity market participants identify and adapt to the market news and legal developments that impact their commodity…
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The energy transition and renewable energy in Chile: Top points for foreign investors

By DLA Piper on October 8, 2020

Posted in Chile, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

Felipe Bahamondez

Chile has been an oil import-dependent country for more than 50 years, but now is in the midst of an energy transition away from fossil fuels to a new order. Green energy

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New measures threaten investments in the Mexican energy sector

By DLA Piper on July 14, 2020

Posted in Infrastructure, Construction and Transport, Mexico, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure, Renewables

By: Kate Brown de Vejar | Marcelo Páramo Fernández | Carlos Enrique Guerrero Alarcón

Recent regulatory changes in the Mexican electricity sector, announced in late May and June 2020, have given rise to additional concerns…
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Mexican renewable energy projects affected by new measures

By DLA Piper on May 19, 2020

Posted in Coronavirus COVID-19, Mexico, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

By: Kate Brown de Vejar | Marcelo Páramo Fernández

On April 29, 2020, Mexico’s National Center for the Control of Energy (Centro Nacional de Control de Energía, or “CENACE”) issued a Resolution to…
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Distributed generation in Brazil: The bright future of Brazilian renewable energy

By DLA Piper on August 30, 2019

Posted in Brazil, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

By: Fabiano Gallo and Flavia Cerutti Alves Pinto

Overview

In April 2012, the Normative Resolution No. 482/2012, issued by ANEEL, came into force and established the initial rules for the development of electricity distributed generation…
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Brazil – Oil and Gas Chapter (Latin Lawyer 2019)

By DLA Piper on July 29, 2019

Posted in Brazil, Oil and Gas, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

By: David L Meiler, Barbara Bittencourt and Luise Helena de Moura

Please visit Latin Lawyer’s webpage to read the most recent chapter on Brazil: Oil and Gas authored by lawyers at Campos Mello Advogados
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US government sanctions Petróleos de Venezuela, authorizes US persons to engage in certain limited transactions

By DLA Piper on January 30, 2019

Posted in Oil and Gas, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

By: Ignacio E. Sanchez and Melanie Garcia

The United States government has issued new sanctions in response to the growing unrest in Venezuela. On January 23, the United States recognized Juan Guaido as the new…
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CHILE: TDLC rejects request to eliminate restrictions on the integration in the electricity market

By DLA Piper on January 7, 2019

Posted in Chile, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

By: Felipe Bahamondez and Carolina Bawlitza

Chile’s Tribunal for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) rejected the plea of Celeo Redes Chile Limitada, which had requested that the government modify “the legal precepts necessary to…
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New Rules for Bidding Rounds of Production Sharing Agreements – Regulation of Petrobras’ Priority Rights

By DLA Piper on May 24, 2017

Posted in Brazil, Oil and Gas, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

Brazil’s Decree No. 9,041/2017, which is now in force, regulates Law No. 13,365/2016, which changed the current criteria for investments and operations in the Brazilian pre-salt areas.

Such alterations came at a critical moment and…
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DLA Piper’s Implications of Oil Price Fluctuations Teleconference Series

By DLA Piper on September 14, 2016

Posted in Oil and Gas, Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

On September 8, 2016, we hosted a teleconference to discuss the legal outlook for companies operating in the energy sector in Mexico. Javier Estrada, former Commissioner with the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) and the Energy…
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