Areas of Practice
- Management of Contaminated Sites
- Environmental Licensing
- Mergers & Acquisitions / Due Diligence
- Litigation at the Administrative and Judicial Levels
- Criminal Environmental Law
- Regularization of Rural Property under the Forest Code and Related Legislation
- Sustained Use of Brazilian Biodiversity (forest products, lumber, genetic assets)
- Prevention and Management of High Risk Social-Environmental Assets
Environmental Law
Criminal Environmental Law
Jointly with strategic partners specialized in Criminal Law, we work in the prevention and solution of environmental contingencies of companies involved in criminal investigations and lawsuits based on the Environmental Crimes Act and other legal criterion of potential corporate environmental criminal liability. Our engagement includes support to criminal law professionals to integrate the issues object of criminal investigations with the company´s global sustainability management and practices, identification and coordination of technical specialists in the handling of expert assessments and other forms of technical clarification of the issues that are being investigated, implantation of solutions negotiated with the District Attorney (MP) and the client’s representation in criminal lawsuits.