Prof. Eduardo G. Pereira

Profile

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Prof. Eduardo G. Pereira is a globally recognised scholar specialising in oil, gas, energy, and natural resources law. With more than 15 years of industry experience, he is a leading international expert on oil, gas, energy and natural resources contracts and regulations across more than 50 jurisdictions spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is a founding partner at both the International Energy Law Training and Research Company and the International Energy Law Advisory Group. Dr. Pereira earned his PhD in oil and gas joint ventures from the University of Aberdeen. He has conducted postdoctoral research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (University of Oxford, UK), the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (University of Oslo, Norway), the Institute of Energy and Environment (University of São Paulo, Brazil), the Canadian Institute of Resources Law (University of Calgary, Canada) and more recently at the Naval War College (Brazilian Navy). He holds multiple full-time, adjunct, and/or visiting professorships and fellowships at leading academic institutions globally. An active voice in legal scholarship, he serves as a series editor for the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, an associate editor for OGEL, and has authored and edited several definitive oil, gas, energy and natural resources textbooks and scholarly articles.

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Academic Positions Held

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Current Positions

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• Director at the International Energy Law Training Research Company (Portugal).

• Honorary Professor of Natural Resources and Energy Law at the Siberian Federal University (Russia).

• Foreign Professor at the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (China).

• Visiting Professor at the Kathmandu University (Nepal).

• Visiting Professor at the CEDIN (Brazil). 

• Adjunct Professor of Energy Law at University of Eastern Finland Law School (Finland).

• Visiting Professor at the Centre de Estudos de Ciencias Jurídico-Econômicas e Socias – Agostinho Neto University (Angola);

• Visiting Professor at Strathmore University (Kenya);

• Visiting Professor of Natural Resources and Energy Law at Externado University of Colombia Law School (Colombia)

• Adjunct Professor at the University of West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago).

• Associate Member of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (Scotland);

• Research Fellow at the IEE USP  (Brazil).

• Research Professor at FGV Energia (Brazil);

• Research fellow at CIRL (Canada)

• Series editor of the Global South Series at the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy

• Associate editor of OGEL.

 

Past Positions 

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• Adjunct Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law (USA).

• Associate Professor at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago)

• Visiting Professor at Reykjavik University, School of Law (Iceland).

• Visiting Professor at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (Mexico)

• Researcher at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Department of Petroleum and Energy Law - University of Oslo (Norway).

• Research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies (England).

• Research fellow at Centro de Estudos em Regulação e Infraestrutura - FGV (Brazil).

• Research fellow at Catholic Research for the Future of Law - Catholic University of Portugal (Portugal).

• Managing editor for UEF Law Review. 

 

 

Practitioner Positions held

 

Current Positions

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• Independent consultant and expert (Portugal/Brazil). 

• Head of Oil, Gas and Energy, Iron Capital 

• Founding Partner, International Energy Law Advisory Group (IELAG);

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Past Positions

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• Counsel, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados (Brazil);

• Counsel, Moraes Leitao, Galvao Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (Portugal);

• Managing Director and general counsel in several international companies belonging to the STR Group (including but not limited to STR PP Holding GmbH (Austria), Petra Holding GmbH (Austria), Petra BV (Holland), Al-Sudan Energia 1 Sarl (Sudan) and Petra Energia Magrihb Sarl (Morocco), among others);

• Corporate Director & Legal Counsel, Petra Energia S.A. (Part of STR Group – Brazilian entity);

• Legal Counsel, Oil M&S S.A. (Part of STR Group – Brazilian entity);