People

Overview

Joyce Adetutu is a member of the firm's Global Projects Department focusing her practice on assisting clients in understanding complex legal regimes governing the international trade of goods, services, and cross-border investments.

Joyce has experience representing clients at multiple regulatory agencies. In her international trade practice, Joyce has represented clients in matters involving economic and trade sanctions administered by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Joyce has also advised clients with regard to the applicability of U.S. export controls to their goods, software and technology.

Joyce's early experience with large-scale energy transactions gives her an understanding of complex commercial issues when counseling clients on matters related to international trade. Joyce counseled clients on a broad range of energy-related transactions, including upstream and midstream acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, as well as the structuring, negotiation and documentation of energy projects in the United States and South America.

Admission & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • J.D., University of Denver College of Law 2015
    Order of the Coif
    Order of St. Ives
    Member, National Trial Team
  • B.S., Business Administration, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 2012
    magna cum laude


Awards and Community

Awards

Recognized as "One to Watch" for Energy Law by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.), 2025