Environmental Law
We assist our clients in developing efficient and appropriate strategies for the solution of environmental issues and in cost-benefit assessments, contributing to their decision-making process.
We provide services in projects from various sectors, especially companies operating in infrastructure, energy (oil, gas, and electricity, including renewables and biofuels), sanitation, mining, as well as financial institutions, chemical industries, pulp/paper, agribusiness, consumer goods, food, and tourism and entertainment.
With the increasing role of companies and financial institutions in the agenda for implementing and monitoring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices, we also operate in this segment for several sectors, notably financial institutions and companies in the infrastructure, sanitation, and energy sectors.
Our department has a highly specialized and multidisciplinary team, with lawyers who have additional training to their law degree, to handle both consulting and litigious legal matters related to environmental law.
Our services include:
- Consulting related to environmental case law and federal, state, and municipal environmental regulations.
- Environmental legal risks analysis.
- Coordination and follow-up of environmental licensing processes.
- Drafting, negotiation, and revision of contractual clauses (mergers and acquisitions, financing, service provision, real estate contracts, among others).
- Conducting environmental procedures in both administrative and judicial spheres.
- Negotiation of terms of adjustment of conduct and commitment (TACs/TCs).
- Interaction with stakeholders (Prosecution Office, environmental agencies, NGOs, etc.).
- Environmental requirements for financing and investments and analysis and mitigation of environmental and social responsibility risks of financial institutions.
- Legal due diligence on environmental issues.
- Advice on management, real estate operations, and risk assessment and mitigation of liabilities involving contaminated areas.
- Advice on structuring and taking advantage of opportunities in payments for environmental services.
- Consulting services for financial institutions and companies that intend to act on issues related to the carbon market and climate change.
- Consulting in the implementation, analysis of corporate environmental risks, and monitoring of ESG programs.
The Environmental Law department acts in close connection with the other areas of the firm, including collaboration with the following:
Banking and Financial Services
Real Estate and Urban Development
Corporate, M&A and Capital Markets
