Miguel Strauss is a highly experienced lawyer in the oil and gas industry, with over 20 years of legal experience, 13 of which were in the oil and gas industry. Miguel has extensive experience in negotiating and advising on complex, cross-border, upstream joint ventures, acquisitions, investments, and commercial contracts worldwide. He has been involved in negotiations covering diverse types of assets and projects, including venture capital, oil sands, shale gas, shale oil, deep offshore, and extra heavy oil. For the last 10 years, he has held various positions in Equinor's legal department, providing legal support to Equinor's internationalization efforts. His expertise includes leadership and direction, negotiations, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, international joint ventures, compliance, project financing, and strategy, among others. Besides, previously working with the Venezuelan National Oil Company, PDVSA, and Davis Polk & Wardwell as a member of the Latin America and Spain Group, focusing on project finance, securities, and M&A, he is admitted to practice law in Venezuela and New York.