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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

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Environment - Brazil

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

TozziniFreire Advogados is a renowned full-service firm well equipped to assist with high-level regulatory and contentious environment law 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 has been retained by CEBDS to provide a legal assessment on the bills of bioeconomy laws to the Brazilian Government.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Adriana Mathias Baptista
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Adriana Mathias Baptista
Head of Environment
1
Band 1

Adriana Mathias Baptista boasts a stellar reputation and is a top-tier choice for sophisticated contentious and non-contentious environment law mandates, as well as ESG advice and licensing.

Adriana is a very direct and assertive lawyer who's always available. She has deep knowledge not only of our business but of core environmental engineering due to her time in this field.

Adriana is astonishing in meetings. Her grasp on the matter is such that my engineers speak directly with her.

Adriana is exceptional and technically unimpeachable. I really like the way she handles our matters.

The fact that Adriana can identity what's really important in a dispute and hold her own even against a disagreeing counterpart is a standout aspect of her work.

A highly skilled professional, Adriana shows strategic vision when addressing issues.

Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli
2
Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli
Head of Environment
2
Band 2

Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli takes on a wide variety of environment law mandates and has considerable expertise in biodiversity matters, licensing and litigation.

A great partner of our environmental team on complex legal issues. Bianca knows our business and communicates very well with our internal and external stakeholders.

Bianca goes beyond our expectations when it comes to availability, expertise and technical knowledge in environment law.

Bianca's level of knowledge and commitment is noteworthy. She is also very accessible and I can see she's really passionate about her field. Her enthusiasm is very important to us.

Bianca is an unique figure. She has an impressive legal knowledge and navigates the corporate world really well. She doesn't stick to legalese, speaking to executives in a simpler way.

Danilo Lambert Vieira de Sousa
U
Danilo Lambert Vieira de Sousa
U
Up and Coming

Danilo Lambert Vieira de Sousa is a very active partner, cherished by clients for his direct approach to service and his deep knowledge of environment law.

I've known Danilo for a long time and know how extremely committed he is. He has a deep knowledge of environment law.

Danilo is a very assertive lawyer who's always available. He answers you quickly and straight to the point, without resorting to legalese.

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Environment

Adriana Mathias Baptista
1
Adriana Mathias Baptista
Head of Environment
1
Band 1
Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli
2
Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli
Head of Environment
2
Band 2
Danilo Lambert Vieira de Sousa
U
Danilo Lambert Vieira de Sousa
U
Up and Coming

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