Environment

What the team is known for

Tauil & Chequer Advogados is a highly regarded full-service firm boasting strong experience advising significant players from the agribusiness, mining and oil and gas industries. It is respected for its ability to manage high-profile environmental crises, in addition to matters concerning indigenous areas and solid waste management. The team offers complementary capabilities representing clients in administrative proceedings before the relevant authorities. Gemini Energy and Tereos Sugar & Energy Brazil are new client wins. Tauil & Chequer's environmental team is based in Rio de Janeiro.

Strengths

A client says: "Their service is incredibly good," going on to assert: "There is never a loose end in their work, which is perfect and of very high quality, I really trust them."

Work highlights

Tauil & Chequer assisted Gemini Energy with a judicial dispute involving new regulations on environmental offsetting.

Notable practitioners

Luiz Gustavo Bezerra offers experience across a range of different contentious and non-contentious environmental mandates and is particularly noted for his expertise in biofuels, sustainability and climate change. A client says: "Luiz has a very practical approach and a strong litigation practice," going on to assert: "He is very hands-on and delivers perfect and high-quality work."Another interviewee notes: "He is excellent, very diligent, dedicated and has in-depth knowledge."

Paulo de Bessa Antunes is held in high esteem by clients and peers alike. He has a fantastic history as one of the pioneers in the sector and remains active assisting major clients with sophisticated mandates covering a broad spectrum of environmental matters. An interviewee attests: "He is an authority in the field." A client says: "He is excellent in terms of technical knowledge, assertive decision making and practical experience, just excellent."