Brazil Guide 2026 : Brazil
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Trench Rossi Watanabe's Environmental and Sustainability team, created by naming partner Kazuo Watanabe over 35 years ago, has been a trusted advisor for companies in their most sensitive matters due to its high qualifications and experience in several aspects, such as complex lawsuits, class actions, negotiations, infraction notices, licensing matters, management of contaminated areas, EPR schemes, crisis management, sustainability, forestry, REDD+ and NBS projects, solid waste, biodiversity, ESG, effluents, air emissions, oil & gas and climate change.
The team’s experience and specialization in the management of critical contaminated areas is a strength highly recognized by clients, peers and the market. Other significant cases in which the firm has been involved are related to the implementation of the carbon market in Brazil, discussions about the voluntary market and structuring of take back schemes.
The Group’s legal expertise is not limited to the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It provides legal assistance to clients in several Brazilian states, such as Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Pará and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Combining traditional Environmental Law practices with specialties that focus on the product life cycle, sustainability, biodiversity, climate change, and others, the firm's team acts in an integrated manner to adapt the business opportunities to the legal obligations, helping clients to comply with the applicable rules in an efficient manner.
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Trench Rossi Watanabe is a distinguished full-service firm with solid expertise assisting with regulatory mandates arising from the environment law arena. It is known for servicing an array of domestic and international clients, including players in the mining, oil and gas and agribusiness areas. It is highly experienced advising on oil spill accidents, licensing and the due diligence of major M&A transactions and infrastructure projects.
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Trench Rossi Watanabe assisted Biomas – Serviços Ambientais, Restauração e Carbono with the structuring of the Muçununga Project, an initiative focused on the generation of high-integrity certified carbon credits.
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Trench Rossi Watanabe’s environmental practice is distinguished by its strong combination of technical excellence, deep subject-matter specialisation and a highly proactive approach. The team demonstrates an ability to anticipate regulatory trends, enforcement priorities and risk scenarios, often identifying issues before they materialise and allowing for preventive and strategic decision-making.
Trench Rossi Watanabe provides excellent legal advice, with dedicated professionals who are well equipped to address complex legal challenges and are readily accessible, ensuring prompt communication whenever needed.
Trench Rossi Watanabe provides excellent and innovative legal advice, supporting our company on our expansion journey.
Trench Rossi Watanabe's team demonstrates an ability to anticipate regulatory trends, enforcement priorities and risk scenarios, often identifying issues before they come to live and allowing for preventive and strategic decision-making. They stand out for its capacity to engage in high-level strategic discussions, translating complex legal and technical matters into clear, concise summaries and actionable guidance for decision-makers. Rather than limiting its role to issue identification, the team consistently proposes practical and well-structured solutions aligned with business objectives.
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Renata Amaral is a distinguished partner well regarded for her broad and active practice assisting clients on a vast array of environment law matters. She has developed a reputation as a carbon market expert, being frequently retained by big players to structure their carbon credit-generating projects.
Renata Amaral is extremely competent, with sharp technical expertise. She is easy to work with, highly reliable and consistently delivers excellent results. She has been at the forefront of climate change and the carbon credit market. I have nothing but praise for her.
Combining solid legal expertise with a pragmatic and solution-oriented approach, Renata demonstrates a clear ability to manage complex matters and to engage effectively with multiple stakeholders.
Renata Amaral is a well regarded lawyer in the market who displays excellent communication skills. She has a lot of experience, is very didactic and highly competent.
Giovani Tomasoni is a notable partner highlighted for his expertise advising on environmental compliance, disputes and ESG-related matters.
An excellent partner, Giovani is highly proactive and well regarded among our stakeholders.
Giovani Tomasoni is a tremendous partner in biodiversity matters. He is very easy to work with, excellent in his deliverables and inspires a lot of confidence.
Giovani Tomasoni provides highly competent legal support and delivered services that significantly benefited our company.
Manuela Demarche Mello is an up-and-coming environment practitioner noted for her active performance dealing with both contentious and consultancy work, as well as assisting with ESG and carbon market-related matters.
Manuela is a highly technically skilled lawyer.
Manuela Demarche Mello's expertise in environmental matters is very evident. She is also a highly accessible partner.
Manuela Demarche Mello is very approachable, inspires a lot of confidence and coordinated the evaluation part of our project. She demonstrates in-depth and specific knowledge for what we needed.
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