Search Results for: Petrobras
Top former A&O partner charged in Petrobras probe
December 23rd, 2015
The Allen & Overy partner who used to be head of its Dutch practice has been charged by the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office in relation to the long-running investigation into oil giant Petrobras. Sietze Hepkema was also the global ...
Petrobras scandal: Brazil billionaire Andre Esteves arrested
November 26th, 2015
One of Brazil’s richest businessmen and a top senator have been arrested as part of the sweeping corruption probe into state oil giant Petrobras. Andre Esteves was arrested at his home in Rio de Janeiro. Documents were seized both ...
Petrobras Investors Claim PwC Ignored Red Flags of Fraud
March 31st, 2015
Investors in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-run oil company at the center of a kickback scandal in Brazil, expanded their lawsuit against the company by adding claims that auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP turned a “blind eye” to the fraud and ...
Brazil’s Galvao goes bust following Petrobras scandal
March 27th, 2015
One of Brazil’s biggest engineering companies, Galvao Engenharia, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of the Petrobras scandal. The state-run oil company has cut off payments to Galvao. Grupo Galvao, the firm’s parent company, said it was ...
Former Petrobras CEO Weighs In on Corruption Probe
February 12th, 2015
Gabrielli Says He Feels Like ‘David Fighting Goliath,’ Denies Any Wrongdoing José Sergio Gabrielli, the former chief executive of Petróleo Brasileiro SA, presided over one of the brightest periods in the state-owned oil giant’s history. During his tenure, from 2005 to ...
US city files suit against Brazil’s Petrobras for securities fraud
December 30th, 2014
The City of Providence, Rhode Island filed a class action suit against Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges Petrobras engaged in a fraudulent ...
Fitch: Petrobras Corruption Scandal Pressuring Credit Quality
December 3rd, 2014
Recent allegations of corruption scandals in Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.’s (Petrobras) contracting practices hold the potential to affect its credit quality to the extent it slows production growth, affects access to debt capital markets, and receives monetary penalties according to ...
Petrobras Official Takes Leave in Possible PwC Resolution
November 5th, 2014
A senior Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4) executive cited in a corruption investigation took a leave of absence, clearing the way for the company to report earnings and debate a fuel-price increase. Sergio Machado, head of the state-run oil producer’s transport unit ...
Four More Years Of Pain For Petrobras
October 29th, 2014
Brazil’s incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled off a victory on Oct. 26 in a runoff election, and the markets are not too happy about it. As recently as September, President Rousseff was not seen as the preferred candidate. In ...
Brazil’s Petrobras Ramps Up Production of Pre-Salt Oil
August 12th, 2014
After several years of very little progress, Brazil is finally beginning to extract oil from ultra-deep water. Brazil’s economy grew at an astounding pace from 2005 to 2010, thanks to a commodity boom that sent exports of things like ...
