Gedham Medeiros Gomes

Practice Areas

Environmental

Career

Gedham Gomes advises and represents clients in connection with all sorts of matters involving socioenvironmental, climate change and ESG issues. When providing counsel on preventive or pre-litigation consulting, Gedham assists domestic and foreign companies in navigating the complex Brazilian regulatory frameworks applicable to their businesses and most sensitive and strategical matters, such as those involving critical environmental licenses, contamination management, human rights, carbon markets and Nature-based Solutions, supply chains and general environmental and climate compliance and liabilities. When litigating, Gedham represents companies in administrative investigations, class actions and crisis management, particularly by conducting negotiations with opposing counsel, government agencies, public prosecutors, and other stakeholders, such as NGOs and indigenous communities.

Gedham also advises and represents clients in the context of transactions – both buy-side and sell-side – by providing counsel on risks assessment, liability allocation and limitation, and negotiation of relevant contractual provisions. He also holds a master’s degree in urban law, allowing him to assist clients in urban-related infrastructure matters, such as urban licensing and urban impact assessments, smart/sustainable city technologies and mobility. Companies in a variety of industries rely on Gedham’s expertise, particularly in the energy, infrastructure, and agribusiness sectors. He has a long track record of assisting and representing global companies with businesses in Brazil, including oil and gas, ports and shipping, mining, power, food processing and grain trading.

He has served dozens of Fortune 500 companies.

Professional Memberships

Member of Brazilian Institute of Urban Law (IBDU).

Publications

Gomes, Gedham; Bezerra, Luiz Gustavo. More Mobility and Less Emissions: Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of the Transport Sector in a World in Transition. Energy Law Journal, 2022.

Languages Spoken

- English;

- Portuguese.

Education