Hélène de Neuville-Pangas
Hélène de Neuville-Pangas
Of Counsel
HDN@duncanallen.com
Duncan & Allen
1575 Eye Street NW, Ste 300
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-8400
Fax: 202-289-8450
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Hélène has been an attorney with Duncan & Allen since 1998 in the energy
and international mining practices of the firm.
Hélène has represented and advised electric municipalities and cooperatives
and handled litigation and settlement negotiations before the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC), the U.S. Federal Court of Claims and state courts in various matters
such as FERC jurisdiction, rate discrimination, transmission rates, transmission
requests and pricing, hydro licenses, contract interpretation and reformation of
existing contracts.
With respect to the firm’s international mining practice, Hélène has drafted the
mining laws and regulations for the governments of several countries in Africa such
as Angola, Madagascar, Mauritania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hélène has also drafted related mining regulations in the areas of foreign
investment (Madagascar), health and safety (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
and environment (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
For the World Bank, Hélène has contributed to the drafting of the Mining Sector Reform
and Investment Results of a Global Survey (2001), the Strategic Review of the Mining
and Metallurgy Sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2001) and written An Analysis
of the Legal Framework of the Mining Law and Regulations of Tanzania (2004).
- Bar Admissions
- New York
- Education
- Sainte Marie de Neuilly, Paris, France (B.A. 1990)
- Tulane University School of Law (Master of Law in Common Law (1995))
- Tulane University School of Law (Master of Law in Maritime Law (1996))
- Professional Associations and Memberships
- Energy Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- French Chamber of Commerce
- Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish