Mayer Brown Adds Energy Expert

Global law firm Mayer Brown has appointed Jose Valera as partner in the corporate and securities practice based in Houston. Valera focuses on domestic and international energy transactions, and has more than 25 years of legal experience representing oil, gas and electric energy companies throughout the US, LatAm, Africa and Asia. He has worked on exploration and production contracts, investment agreements, upstream development projects, M&A, joint ventures, LNG regasification projects and thermal and renewable generation.