About
Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe
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.
