Taciana Peão Lopes is a mozambican lawyer and an independent energy/Oil&Gas legal expert focused in energy projects in Mozambique.
She has been advising developers, sponsors, investors, multinational lenders and commercial banks to develop, construct and finance power plants ranging in size from 30 MW to 600 MW utilizing diverse technologies as natural gas, coal and hydroelectric, as well as alternative technologies such as solar and wind, by guiding the clients through a challenging regulatory regime.
She has been representing the major upstream oil&gas companies based in Mozambique.
Taciana has been involved in the first LNG export project in Mozambique, which is one of the largest LNG projects worldwide. Her expertise in LNG includes the drafting and negotiation with the Government of the Republic Mozambique of the legal instruments required for the creation of a new legal framework for the implementation and financing for LNG in Mozambique.
After graduating from Coimbra Law School, she participated in several research projects in Mozambique. She has been specializing in the energy sector for the last five years and she has recently attended the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation International Oil&Gas Law and Contracts in Houston. She lives with her husband, a Mozambican musician, and their four children in Maputo, and enjoys music, culture, and a variety of sports.
Taciana has been advising the major mining companies acting in Mozambique (Vale Moçambique and Rio Tinto), and some of the major oil&gas players (Sasol, Eni, Mitsui, ENH and Wentworth Resources).
1998 Junior Researcher Centre for Social Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal; 2003 Researcher at the Centre for Judiciary and Judicial Training, Mozambique; 2004 Associate Lawyer at Monteiro, Graça & Associados; 2011 Partner and Head of the Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure at Couto, Graça & Associados; 2014 Independent Energy / Oil&Gas Legal Expert.
Taciana was the Head of the Public Practice at Monteiro, Graça & Associados for two years and the Head of the Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Practice at Couto, Graça & Associados for the last three years.
Taciana Peão Lopes & Advogados Associados (TPLA) is a Mozambican boutique law firm focusing its practice in core areas where it can absolutely guarantee the quality of the services and where it can aggregate value to their clients, by delivering legal service in oil & gas, mining, energy and infrastructure projects.
The practice in these sectors is focused on the following areas:
assistance in all aspects related with petroleum operations, upstream, midstream and downstream, including the review and drafting of relevant Petroleum legislation;
assistance in all aspects associated with drafting and negotiation of concession agreements, namely PPPs, and obtaining approvals and licensing with local authorities;
drafting and negotiation of power generation concessions related contracts, such as power purchase agreements, facility agreements, off take agreements, transport agreements and procurement contracts; and
assistance in all corporate related issues.
