Paula Azevedo

Practice Areas

Crisis Management and Mining Law.

Career

Paula has over 20 years of experience in mining law and provides complex legal counsel to some of the largest mining companies operating in Brazil. She advises both domestic and international clients on regulatory, crisis management, and transactional matters. Her practice covers brownfield and greenfield mining projects, dams, hydroelectric plants, railways, pipelines, transmission lines, and industrial units.

She is recognized for her expertise in the regulation of mining tailings dam safety across various uses.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Legal Committee of the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM)

Chair of the Mining Law Committee at the Bar Association of Minas Gerais (OAB/MG) from 2022 to 2024

Member of the Legal Committee of Women in Mining

Coordinator of the book Direito Minerário Contemporâneo: Desafios jurídicos e Perspectiva para o setor, in her capacity as Chair of the Mining Law Committee at the Bar Association of Minas Gerais (OAB/MG) from 2022 to 2024, and author of both the foreword and Chapter 1: O panorama global dos minerais críticos para a transição energética: produção, tendências de mercado e desafios geopolíticosMember of the legal committee of Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração (IBRAM)

Co-coordinator of the Mining Law publications launched annually by Cescon Barrieu since 2022, and co-author of several articles.

Languages Spoken

English

Personal

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – Faculdade de Conselheiro Lafaiete (FDCL)

Post-graduate in Legal Regime of Mineral Resources- Faculdade de Direito Milton Campos (FDMC)

Business and Economic Law MBA – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)

International Executive MBA – Ohio University

Executive MBA at Fundação Dom Cabral (ongoing)