Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 3
Contact number
+55 31 3261 6656About
Provided by Azevedo Sette Advogados
The Mining Law Team of Azevedo Sette Advogados is widely recognized for its expertise in advising national and international mining companies in all matters concerning Brazilian Mining Law. Azevedo Sette has participated in several projects and transactions related to this sector in the past 50 years.
In Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions matters, we have been involved in the some of the most important deals in Brazil in recent years, advising buyers and sellers. Also, our team led several joint ventures and transactions involving Brazil’s antitrust regulator and other competition-related agencies.
Given the environmental constraints and the complex regulation of the mining sector, the exploration of natural resources is increasingly dependent on qualified legal advice. The firm is traditionally well-known by its ability to successfully analyse the legal aspects of potential and current mining projects and operations developed in Brazil, in order to evaluate the possible economical risks that might impact their respective investments.
Partners Leonardo Lamego, Ana Paula Terra, Fernando Azevedo Sette, Luis Miraglia, and Leonardo Farinha Goulart have over 20 years’ experience advising clients on complex cases, and senior associates Gabriela Salazar, Svetlana Miranda and Cynthia Cardoso are considered as true “associate watch” in the practice. The main clients are some of the largest international and national Mining companies operating in Brazil.
Chambers Review
Azevedo Sette Advogados is a well-regarded firm with proven skills in tackling mining matters on behalf of domestic corporations. The team possesses expertise spanning both the contentious and non-contentious spheres, assisting clients with litigation relating to environmental damage as a result of tailings dam collapses, as well as advising on environmental regulatory issues. The team also benefits from experience acting on sector-related M&A and mining agreement negotiations.
Work Highlights
- Azevedo Sette assisted Samarco with lawsuits involving fines applied by IBAMA (Federal Environmental Agency) regarding the tailings dam collapse in Mariana/MG in 2015.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They perform excellently. The team are quite experienced and have good knowledge."
"They were very good and attentive."
"They perform excellently. The team are quite experienced and have good knowledge."
"They were very good and attentive."
Notable Practitioners
Partner Leonardo Pereira Lamego possesses the knowledge required to advise clients on regulatory and transactional mandates, including those related to environmental law.
"We think of Leonardo as an extension of our team and we do not hesitate to contact him when we have a need that fits his practice area."
"He was very precise in his work. He is assertive and when we needed him he was available."