The former chair of Paul Hastings’ office in Sao Paulo has walked away from the firm to take an in-house position with Marlim Azul Energia, a partnership between Shell and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems that is developing a power plant in Rio de Janeiro.

Roberta Bassegio began her new role as legal director of Marlim Azul earlier this month, according to her LinkedIn profile. She had served as Paul Hastings’ Brazil-based managing partner since late 2015 and was appointed chair of the firm’s Sao Paulo office when it opened in April 2016. She said at the time that Brazil was “ripe with opportunities.”

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