Environment
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 2
About
Provided by TozziniFreire Advogados
Launched in 1997, our Environmental Law team is prepared to offer legal services in a wide range of issues covered by Brazilian environmental legislation. With solid experience, the team is made up of highly skilled professionals who are exclusively dedicated to the environmental practice.
The area represents clients in the most relevant cases in the country and provides strategic advice to companies that aim at achieving business success with legal certainty. We put into practice the principle of sustainable development by enabling economic activities that are compatible with the protection of the environment.
Besides acting in preventive measures and greenfield projects, we assist companies from the most diverse segments with consultations, administrative proceedings before environmental authorities, and lawsuits filed by the State and Federal Public Prosecutor Offices, NGOs, and third parties. We also have strong expertise in assisting clients to manage environmental accidents, crises, contaminated sites, and other critical situations that require communication, engagement with stakeholders, and negotiations of commitments, among others.
Chambers Review
TozziniFreire Advogados is a renowned full-service firm well equipped to assist with high-level regulatory and contentious environmental matters. It provides counsel on routine issues, including due diligence, licensing and infrastructure projects, in addition to complex cases involving waste disposal management, reverse logistic systems and land contamination cases. The team also benefits from the firm's capabilities in other capital cities in Brazil.
Work Highlights
- TozziniFreire provided advice to BayWa r.e. Solar Systemson the acquisition of 100% of the control of Ribeiro Solar, a solar distribution company, owned by Hok Participações.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"This is a highly capable and prepared team to face adversity, conduct issues intelligently and keep them on the path to success. They offer great availability and are open to dialogues."
"TozziniFreire always brought us all the scenarios and pros and cons, which helped us in the final decision."
"The team is highly skilled in environmental management and legal matters, with a strong grasp of relevant legislation and technical reports."
"This is a highly capable and prepared team to face adversity, conduct issues intelligently and keep them on the path to success. They offer great availability and are open to dialogues."
"TozziniFreire always brought us all the scenarios and pros and cons, which helped us in the final decision."
"The team is highly skilled in environmental management and legal matters, with a strong grasp of relevant legislation and technical reports."
Notable Practitioners
Adriana Mathias Baptista boasts a stellar reputation and is a top-tier choice for sophisticated contentious and non-contentious environmental mandates, as well as ESG advice and licensing.
"Adriana is fantastic."
"Adriana is a highly skilled professional with a wealth of experience in her field. Her expertise and dedication have consistently contributed to the success of our deals."
"Adriana is one of the best professionals I have had the privilege to work with. She is outstanding, excellent, very senior in what she does, knowledgeable and fully competent."
Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli takes on a wide variety of environmental mandates and has considerable expertise in biodiversity matters, licensing and litigation.
"She was extremely professional, with deep knowledge of the cause and great skills and flexibility to lead the issues to a correct and balanced solution. She really surprised in a very positive way."
"Bianca is an excellent professional, very experienced and knowledgeable."
"Bianca is an outstanding lawyer."
Danilo Lambert Vieira de Sousa is an up and coming partner, noted for his broad knowledge of the environment space.
"Danilo is very experienced. He is an excellent professional. He is knowledgeable and has great analytical skills and good strategic thinking."
"Danilo has a lot of knowledge and brings all the possibilities on both sides. He always finds ways to translate the technical issues into lawyer language."
Ranked Lawyers at
TozziniFreire Advogados
Brazil
Members
Provided by TozziniFreire Advogados
Head of Department
Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli
Head of Department