Jose Valera

Jose L. Valera is a partner in the Houston office of Mayer Brown and co-head of the firm’s oil and gas practice. He focuses his practice on domestic and international energy transactions and project development, with more than 25 years of legal experience representing oil, gas and electric energy companies throughout the United States, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He represents oil and gas companies on exploration and production contracts, investment agreements, upstream development projects, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. His practice also includes the representation of electric companies in the development of thermal and renewable generation projects, financing, mergers and acquisitions. Jose’s LNG practice includes liquefaction services, regasification services, development of regasification terminals, and purchase and sale of LNG. Jose has counseled the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Peru and Iraq on energy legislative reform matters, development of shared hydrocarbon resources, and privatization transactions related to the electric and oil and gas industries. · Mayer Brown

United StatesOil and Gas, Energy TransactionsEnglish, Spanish, French

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Jose L. Valera is a partner in the Houston office of Mayer Brown and co-head of the firm’s oil and gas practice. He focuses on domestic and international energy transactions and project development, with more than 25 years of experience representing oil, gas and electric energy companies. His practice includes exploration and production contracts, investment agreements, upstream development projects, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, LNG (liquefaction, regasification, terminal development, purchase and sale), and the representation of electric companies in thermal and renewable generation projects, financing, and M&A. He has counseled the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Peru and Iraq on energy legislative reform, development of shared hydrocarbon resources, and privatization transactions.

Practice areas

Oil and GasEnergy TransactionsProject DevelopmentExploration and ProductionMergers and AcquisitionsJoint VenturesLNGRenewable EnergyEnergy RegulatoryPrivatization

Office

United States

Mayer Brown · Jose L. Valera is a partner in the Houston office of Mayer Brown and co-head of the firm’s oil and gas practice. He focuses his practice on domestic and international energy transactions and project development, with more than 25 years of legal experience representing oil, gas and electric energy companies throughout the United States, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He represents oil and gas companies on exploration and production contracts, investment agreements, upstream development projects, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. His practice also includes the representation of electric companies in the development of thermal and renewable generation projects, financing, mergers and acquisitions. Jose’s LNG practice includes liquefaction services, regasification services, development of regasification terminals, and purchase and sale of LNG. Jose has counseled the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Peru and Iraq on energy legislative reform matters, development of shared hydrocarbon resources, and privatization transactions related to the electric and oil and gas industries.

United States

Expertise

Oil and gas transactionsEnergy project developmentExploration and production contractsInvestment agreementsUpstream development projectsMergers and acquisitionsJoint venturesLNG liquefaction and regasificationRenewable generation projectsEnergy legislative reform

Education

Catholic University of Peru, BA 1977
Catholic University of Peru, JD 1982
South Texas College of Law, JD 1986

Languages

EnglishSpanishFrench