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Victoria Gallo
Davies

Position
Partner
Office
New Orleans

Victoria Davies is a partner on the commercial transactions team. Victoria is a member of the Construction Team and co-leads the aerospace and aviation team and mining team of the Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Team. She represents companies doing business in a variety of industries on capital projects and day-to-day commercial transactions, with a focus on the construction, mining, and energy industries.


Victoria’s experience includes drafting and negotiating construction agreements, design-build agreements, engineering procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, architect agreements, and engineering agreements on behalf of owners, contractors, subcontractors, and design firms. Her construction contracting experience includes revising and negotiating contracts on the major construction industry contract forms, including the AIA and ConsensusDocs, as well as drafting and negotiating custom contracts to suit her clients and specific projects.

Victoria also routinely prepares and negotiates general services agreements and procurement agreements, including master services agreements, consulting agreements, product supply agreements, and purchase order terms and conditions.

Her commercial transactions experience also includes aircraft purchases, sales, leases, and charters of personal and business aircraft.

Noteworthy

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Construction Law (listed annually since 2023)
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," Business/Corporate (2017 and 2018)

Experience

  • Represented a leading mechanical contracting company in the Gulf South in the negotiation of its mechanical subcontracts with prime contractors on large hotel, university housing, and hospital projects
  • Represented an energy exploration company in the negotiation of an EPC agreement with a major South Korean EPC contractor for the construction of a floating production system to be installed in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Represented an international mining company in the negotiation of an EPC agreement with a major Japanese EPC contractor for the construction of a copper smelter in Indonesia
  • Represented an international mining company to develop and update its procurement and construction agreement templates, including EPC, CM, and construction agreements, for use on mining projects in the United States, Peru, and Indonesia; negotiated various agreements with large engineering and construction firms for the company’s mining projects
  • Represented one of the largest independent petroleum refiners and suppliers in the United States to develop and update its procurement agreement templates
  • Represented an international mining company in connection with the sale of copper concentrate produced at the company's mines in the United States, Peru, and Indonesia
  • Represented private individuals, family offices, and companies in connection with the purchase, sale, lease, and charter of personal and business aircraft

Publications

  • "Choice of Law Provisions in Construction Contracts," ConsensusDocs, September 12, 2024
  • "Owner's Builder's Risk Insurance: Are you an insured?" ConsensusDocs, September 8, 2023

Presentations

  • "Building Strong Agreements: Navigating Construction Contracts and Key Clauses," LSBA CLE Seminar, Building for Success: Construction Law Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 10, 2024

Memberships

  • Louisiana State Bar Association, Member, Fidelity, Surety and Construction Law Section
New Orleans
201 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
D: 504.582.8396
F: 504.589.8396
Emailvdavies@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Tulane University Law School
    JD, magna cum laude, 2009
    Order of the Coif
  • Vanderbilt University
    BA, Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude, 2006

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana

Related Practices

  • Aerospace & Aviation
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Construction
  • Offshore Energy

Related Industries

  • Construction Industry
  • Industrial, Petrochemical & Advanced Manufacturing
  • Aerospace & Aviation
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