| Speakers |
| Jason Bennett Partner Baker Botts LLP – Lex Mundi member firm for USA, Texas Jason Bennett is a partner and the Deputy Department Head of the Global Projects Group at Baker Botts in Houston. He concentrates on oil, gas, LNG, and liquids projects, and transactions in the energy industry. Jason’s extensive experience in the energy industry includes assisting clients with the structuring, development, construction and launch of greenfield liquefaction projects and related upstream developments, regasification facility projects, LNG shipping matters and the development of LNG trading platforms and investments. He also advises clients with the development and structuring of upstream and midstream investments, joint ventures, production sharing arrangement and acquisitions of interests in LNG, oil and natural gas, pipeline and nonconventional energy projects. Jason holds a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center and a BA in Economics from the University of Texas. | |
| Martin Lythgoe Deputy General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Martin Lythgoe is General Counsel for Duke Energy International (DEI). He leads DEI’s strategic and tactical legal initiatives and oversees the legal support that DEI receives in each of the regions where DEI operates, including the United States. Martin was appointed for his current position in June 2014. Previously, he served as Associate General Counsel, a position that he held since 2010. Before that, Martin worked for top tier firms in the United States and Argentina. Martin is admitted to practice law in New York and Argentina. He graduated as attorney from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and obtained a degree in Master in Business Law from Universidad Austral, Argentina, and in Master of Laws in Energy, Environment and Natural Resources from the University of Houston, United States. | |
| Luis Ribeiro De Almeida Partner Demarest Advogados – Lex Mundi member firm for Brazil João Almeida is a partner at the Rio de Janeiro office of Demarest Advogados and his wide-ranging practice includes transactional work in oil and gas, infrastructure, maritime law, M&A and corporate restructuring. João graduated from Universidade de São Paulo Law School in 2002 and was admitted to the Brazilian Bar (OAB/SP) in the following year. He has completed a postgraduate course in Tax Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and in 2007, he earned an LLM in Corporate Law from the New York University. João was admitted to the New York Bar in 2008 and spent one year as a foreign associate with the law firm Sidley Austin, in New York. He has attended courses in International Oil & Gas Law, Contracts, and Negotiations offered by Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and has also completed a postgraduate course in Oil & Gas Business and Law at the Brazilian Institute of Oil & Gas in partnership with University of the State of Rio de Janeiro | |
| Miguel Rivero Partner Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque – Lex Mundi member firm for Venezuela Miguel Rivero is a partner at Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque in Caracas, Venezuela since 2007. He has a broad track record in energy and natural resources, as well as in project financing. Miguel is a law graduate from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and also holds an LLM in Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy from the University of Denver, USA. | |
| Dee Sekar Editor Chambers and Partners Dee Sekar is a UK qualified solicitor and Editor at Chambers & Partners. Dee trained and worked at two London city firms before moving to Chambers & Partners 4 years ago. Her main focus has been establishing a network of relationships with in-house counsel across the globe. Dee works very closely with numerous in-house lawyer groups. She successfully launched the Chambers General Counsel seminars in Latin America and Asia while continuing to strength the programme in the USA. Dee is also head of Chambers Diversity which is a global programme that provides a platform to the most outstanding lawyers who have shown a real commitment to advancing diversity in the law. Chambers Diversity investigate the recruitment, retention and promotion of diverse lawyers in companies, law firms and barristers' chambers and will monitor this progress over time. | |
| Juan Carlos Serra Partner Basham, Ringe y Correa, SC – Lex Mundi member firm for Mexico Juan Carlos Serra is a partner at Basham, Ringe y Correa in Mexico City. His extensive experience includes joint-ventures, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, investments, acquisitions, and solid experience participating in national and international public bidding as well as extensive advice in energy and mining issues. Juan Carlos is an active member of the Mexican Bar (Barra Mexicana del Colegio de Abogados), Institute of Energy Law, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, as well as The International Bar Association (IBA). He is a graduate from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and has a Master´s Degree from Georgetown University (Fullbright Scholarship). | |
