Vera De Brito de Gyarfas

Vera de Gyarfas joined NextDecade as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in July 2021 and is responsible for all legal, contractual and regulatory matters affecting NextDecade. Vera is a skilled corporate attorney with more than 30 years of experience in the areas of energy and natural resources, LNG, general corporate law, contract negotiations, negotiations with host governments, and mergers and acquisitions. Before joining NextDecade, she was a partner in Mayer Brown’s Houston office and a member of the Oil & Gas industry group. Previously, Vera was a partner at King & Spalding in the global transactions practice group, where she focused on the development and financing of LNG projects. She was also a partner at Travieso, Evans, Arria, Rengel & Paz, a large Venezuelan law firm. Vera was recognized in 2025 under the GC Powerlist Texas by Legal500, and in 2024 as a Distinguished Negotiator by the U.S. Chapter of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN). She was AIEN’s U.S. Regional Director in 2020 through 2022 and was named a 2016 Women in Energy Honoree by Texas Lawyer. Vera holds a Juris Doctor from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela) and a Master of Laws from the University of Houston. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and is a frequent author and speaker on energy topics.