»Practices

Performance of environmental audits (due diligence) in corporate, financial and real estate transactions.

Legal support in the conception, implementation and improvement of environmental compliance programs, management systems and corporate policies.

Practice of judicial environmental litigation (specially in Public Civil Actions and in judicial challenging of Environmental Violation Notices), with the performance of all measures pertaining to the process, at all authority levels.

Preparation of administrative defences and appeals against Environmental Violation Notices.

Follow-up of Civil and Criminal Inquiries involving environmental issues and legal assistance in the preparation of the applicable manifestations.

Legal assistance in the analysis of liabilities and in the compliance with the phases of the management of contaminated sites and of Degraded Areas Recovery Plans.

Legal guidance for the conception and implementation of Emergency Response Plans and Dam Safety Plans, as well as in the response against environmental accidents, including support in the formulation of communication strategies.

Monitoring of sector environmental legislation, specially in the segments of energy, oil, gas and biofuels, mining, industries, civil construction, transportation and agribusiness, with the identification and clarification of the obligations applicable to the entrepreneurs. Assistance in the formulation and follow-up of environmental bills and regulations.

Legal assistance in the environmental licensing of undertakings and activities, including the analysis of potential conflicts of authority, the review of Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Impact Reports (EIA/RIMA), the preparation and follow-up of public hearings and the support in the relationship with environmental agencies and potentially affected communities.

Legal support in the negotiation of Consent Decrees involving environmental agencies and the Public Prosecution Office.

Legal guidance for compliance with the environmental legislation on the control of air emissions.

Analysis of responsibilities associated with the mitigation and adaptation of climate change. Legal structuring of projects in the context of the carbon market, including assistance in the preparation and negotiation of agreements for the purchase of certified carbon emission reductions.

Legal consultancy on environmental restrictions to the use of the land associated with conservation areas, permanent preservation areas, legal reserves, watershed protection and recovery areas and other specially protected areas. Legal assistance in the environmental regularization of rural properties and real estate undertakings.

Legal advice on the management of solid waste (waste management plans, reverse logistics and extended liability).

Legal assistance in activities involving the use of water resources (impoundment of water and release of effluents) and in the management of conflicts for the use of water.

Legal guidance for the conception and implementation of projects involving the payment for environmental services and in the constitution of environmental easements in rural estates.

Legal support to companies in the access and use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, with the purpose of scientific research, bioprospection or technological development. Follow-up of processes with the Genetic Heritage Management Council (CGEN – Conselho de Gestão do Patrimônio Genético). Legal assistance in the sharing of benefits.

Legal assistance with legislation on biosafety and the commercial release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with the follow-up of processes with the Technical National Commission of Biosafety (CTNBio – Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança).

Legal advice in the management of products in all of its life cycle, considering health and environmental impacts, specially in the chemical, petrochemical and agrichemical sectors.

Preparation, analysis and negotiation of agreements with environmental implications, especially in the transportation of hazardous cargoes, waste management, use assignment or leasing for mining activities or forestry/agricultural exploitation, including the conception of clauses for the limitation of environmental liabilities.

Identification and legal analysis of environmental barriers in international trade and its developments with the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Performance of in company presentations and trainings about aspects of the environmental legislation.