
Overview
Vera’s practice concentrates on the development, financing, acquisition and disposition of energy, oil and gas, and infrastructure facilities and tax structuring for energy acquisitions and international project development. She has worked on energy, infrastructure and related projects in the U.S. and throughout Latin America, Africa and Asia. She has also advised commercial and multilateral lenders on a variety of structured and corporate finance transactions.
Her work in the area of international energy transactions has included advising U.S. energy companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, cross-border acquisitions, joint venture tax-planning, equipment sale and leasing transactions, and the development and financing of energy projects and acquisitions. In addition, Vera has assisted governments in a number of Latin American countries with the privatization of their energy industries and the restructuring of their energy regulatory frameworks. She has also advised clients, including state owned Chinese companies in the acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets throughout Latin America and Africa.
Vera has also represented private developers, manufacturers and suppliers in a variety of international commercial transactions, including acting as counsel in connection with major hotel acquisitions and management agreements in the Caribbean, and representing suppliers in the establishment of distribution and licensing arrangements under foreign investment laws in various Latin American countries.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- Recognized as a Leader in Banking & Finance in Latin America (2012-2025), Banking & Finance in the USA (2016-2019) and Projects in Latin America (2017-2018) and the USA (2013-2019), Chambers Global
- Recognized in the International category of Latin Lawyer 250, 2021, 2023-2025
- Named among Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers for Banking and Finance and Project Finance, Latinvex (2014-2020)
- Selected as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers, Latinvex (2016-2024)
- Selected as one of Latin America’s Top 50 Female Lawyers, Latinvex (2015-2021)
- Recommended for Energy Transactions: Conventional Power (2017-2018, 2020-2021), Project Finance (2016-2019, 2023), Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2014-2016) and M&A: Middle Market (2014-2015), Legal 500 United States
- Recognized as a Washington, DC Super Lawyer in International Law, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters (published in Washington Lawyer magazine) (2014-2019)
- Selected as “Energy M&A Attorney of the Year in Washington, DC,” Corporate Intl Magazine (2014)
- Profiled as one of the leading Banking and Finance (2012-2025) and Projects (2013-2018) lawyers in Latin America, Chambers & Partners Latin America: Latin America’s Leading Business Lawyers
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Profiled as one of the leading Banking & Finance (2013-2014; 2018-2024) and Projects & Energy (2013-2024) international lawyers in Latin America, The Legal 500 Latin America
Affiliations
Professional
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Inter/American Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Society for International Law
Insights
Events & Speaking Engagements
- January 21, 2025EventModeratorPower Finance and Investment in the Caribbean, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ 24th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- February 29, 2024Event
- January 31, 2024EventModeratorFinancing Sustainable Energy and Energy Resilience, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ 23rd Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- January 24, 2023Event
- June 28, 2022EventModeratorPower Finance and Investment in the Caribbean Region, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ 21st Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- June 16, 2021Event
- January 25, 2018Event18th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- June 15, 2017EventPlatts 20th Annual Central American Energy Conference
- June 16, 2016Event19th Annual Central American Energy Conference
- May 17, 2016Event5th Annual Central American Energy & Infrastructure Finance Forum
- January 28, 2016EventPlatts 16th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- June 11, 2015EventPlatts 18th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
- January 29, 2015EventPlatts 15th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- June 12, 2014EventPlatts 17th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
- January 20, 2014EventPlatts 14th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
- June 13, 2013EventPlatts 16th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
- January 24, 2013EventPlatts 13th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
Publications
- 6 Minute ReadOctober 12, 2013Publication
News
- 4 Minute ReadFebruary 13, 2025News
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- April 29, 2024Media Mention
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- 2 Minute ReadOctober 21, 2021News
- 2 Minute ReadOctober 19, 2021News
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- 1 Minute ReadAugust 26, 2021News
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- 2 Minute ReadDecember 30, 2020News
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- 2 Minute ReadNovember 7, 2019News
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- 2 Minute ReadDecember 7, 2018News
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- 2 Minute ReadFebruary 19. 2018News
- 1 Minute ReadJanuary 5, 2018News
- 2 Minute ReadDecember 8, 2017News
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- 1 Minute ReadNovember 15, 2016News
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- 2 Minute ReadJanuary 12, 2016News
- 3 Minute ReadOctober 29, 2015News
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- 3 Minute ReadOctober 28, 2014News
- 2 Minute ReadOctober 10, 2014News
- 3 Minute ReadJune 27, 2014News
- 2 Minute ReadApril 25, 2014News
- 2 Minute ReadMarch 21, 2014News
- 2 Minute ReadMay 6, 2013News
JD, The George Washington University Law School, 1985
BSFS, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service, 1979
District of Columbia
Maryland
- French
- German
- Spanish
Areas of Focus
- Banking and Finance
- Lending Services
- Energy
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Energy M&A
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Project Finance and Development
- Renewable Energy and Clean Power
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Biomass
- Geothermal
- Hydro
- International Renewable Energy and Clean Power
- Solar
- Wind
- Energy Finance and Securitization
- Structured Finance and Securitization
- Africa
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power
- Agency Finance
- Financial Services
- Hospitality