Juliana Ramalho

Languages Spoken

Portuguese;

English;

Spanish.

Practice Areas

Business & Human Rights; ESG; Education; Energy Transition; Environmental Law & Climate Change; Social Impact & Philanthropy.

Career

Juliana is one of the partners responsible for the formation of the ESG practice of the firm in 2020. She has more than 20 years of legal experience with socio-environmental matters, focusing on a wide range of subjects, including Private Social Investment, business and human rights, and ESG strategy, offering clients guidance to minimize the risk of litigation and enhance their reputation.

Juliana also works with corporate governance and several projects involving legal due diligence with broad ESG and human rights scope. She supports companies to meet ESG oversight expectations and mandates of regulators, institutional investors and markets.

Juliana is a member of the Global Compact’s Corporate Governance Committee, the Brazilian Association of Publicly-Held Companies’ (Abrasca) ESG Committee, Laboratório de Inovação Financeira’s ESG Risk Management and Transparency Working Group, and the Instituto Ethos’ Human Rights and Companies group. She previously practiced as an international attorney at the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Education

Practice Areas

ESG; Education; Energy Transition; Business & Human Rights; Social Impact & Philanthropy.

Career

Juliana has been working with foundations and associations for over 20 years, applying her extensive experience in corporate, administrative, contractual, tax and social security consulting to areas such as education, health, culture and social welfare. She also supports families and companies seeking to consolidate their private social investments.

Juliana works in Mattos Filho’s ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) practice area – a pioneer in the Brazilian legal market – with a particular focus on social and governance matters.

Juliana is a member of the Global Compact’s Corporate Governance Committee, the Brazilian Association of Publicly-Held Companies’ (Abrasca) ESG Committee, Laboratório de Inovação Financeira’s ESG Risk Management and Transparency Working Group, and the Instituto Ethos’ Human Rights and Companies group. She previously practiced as an international attorney at the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Languages Spoken

English, Portuguese and Spanish.