Barbara Benrot Martorana

Director of Contracts at NextDecade

Houston, Texas, United States

About

Experience

  • Director of Contracts at NextDecade
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Sempra Infrastructure (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Contracts Manager for ECA LNG Project
      Sep 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Contracts Manager for Cameron LNG Phase 2
      Jul 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior Contract Administrator
      Sep 2020 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Senior Contract Specialist at Cameron LNG via Competentia
    Dec 2017 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    1. Providing assistance to Project Management team in interpretation of terms and conditions of the EPC Agreement, Procurement Agreements and contract-related matters. 2. Verifying and supervising contract compliance by the EPC Contractor. 3. Preparing and reviewing Standard and Non-Standard Service and Procurement Agreements, NDA, Task Authorizations. 4. Preparing official communication on behalf of the Project Management to the EPC Contractor. 5. Managing the process of liens and notices of non-payment from lower tier contractors, maintaining related files and logs, interfacing with the EPC Contractor in the resolution process. 6. Interfacing with the legal team in contract compliance and contract-related matters. 7. Performing internal audits. 8. Preparing Project Closeout process, including internal procedures and supporting documents, assisting Project Management team in the review of closeout requirements, deliverables, interfacing with the EPC Contractor.

  • Contract Administrator at Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi
    Nov 2014 - Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Advising project management team in handling contract strategies with subcontractors and vendors, drafting and negotiating contracts, overseeing contracts execution.

  • Legal Advisers’ Law Office (6 yrs 8 mos)
    • Legal Adviser
      Sep 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr

      1. Corporate law 2. Investment process / contracts preformance 3. Legal representation in civil court and administrative proceedings

    • Legal Adviser Trainee
      Jan 2008 - Aug 2013 · 5 yrs 8 mos

      1.Providing legal assistance with the contract "Malczyce - the construction of the barrage on the river Oder” in relations with investor, subcontractors, suppliers in all contractual aspects; 2. Comprehensive legal support with the contract for execution of structures within the framework of investment project for construction and commissioning of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal (Polish & English language) - Negotiating of terms and conditions of the work contract, - Supervising over all formal and legal actions of the client, - Supervising and preparing official letters in behalf of the client toward the investor and subcontractors regarding all the contractual and formal aspects, - Supporting, advising and consulting the Management Board and the Project Management in all formal aspects regarding work contract such as the correct interpretation of the contracts, negotiation for contract amendments, issues relating to change orders and/or claims, disputes handling and resolutions, 3. Legal support of entities in contractual matter (Polish & English language) - Negotiating, preparing of legal opinions and commercial contracts, including contracts for comprehensive execution of investments in field of civil engineering and infrastructure, supply contracts, sales contracts, - Preparing letters of intent, preliminary agreements, - Conducting comprehensive and limited due diligence for specific legal issues. Identification of risks and advice of how to reduce or eliminate them. 4. Legal support of entities in corporate matter (Polish & English language) - Establishing of new legal entities, including partnerships and capital companies, foundations and associations, - Providing legal assistance in preparing company constitutional documents, legal assisting to corporate bodies, including preparing documents for shareholder meetings, management and supervisory boards, - Providing legal assistance in mergers, divisions and other transformations of entities.