Environment
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 4
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(55 91) 4005-1000About
Provided by Silveira, Athias, Soriano de Mello, Bentes, Lobato & Scaff - Advogados
Advice for the Implementation of Projects in Amazonia:
The firm has extensive experience in advising on the implementation of economic projects, in addition to having knowledge of the singularities of the region. It has a multidisciplinary team that deals with different areas of law and always with a view to serving the entrepreneur’s interests within sustainable development standards.
Environmental, Land & Mining Law:
The firm has experience in handling environmental and mining issues in general and in Amazonia in particular, with extensive practice in actions related to the implementation and operation of mining projects, genetic resources, whether or not associated to traditional knowledge, forest management, fishing, agrarian and agroindustrial issues, with the effective participation in the follow-up of administrative procedures, including administrative defenses, environmental licensing processes, public hearings, implementation of mineral easements and mining rights in general, as well as those with judicial nature, always with a focus on the results obtained and the objectives of its clients.
Chambers Review
Silveira, Athias, Soriano de Mello, Bentes, Lobato & Scaff – Advogados is a Belém-based department often retained by significant players from the energy and natural resources sector to assist with environmental matters in the North Region of Brazil, offering particular insight into the specific regulations of the Amazônia Legal area. Practice is focused on representing clients in contentious mandates arising from waste management and water contamination.
Silveira, Athias, Soriano de Mello, Bentes, Lobato & Scaff – Advogados is a Belém-based department often retained by significant players from the energy and natural resources sector to assist with environmental matters in the North Region of Brazil, offering particular insight into the specific regulations of the Amazônia Legal area. Practice is focused on representing clients in contentious mandates arising from waste management and water contamination.
Work Highlights
- Silveira Athias assisted Pará Pigmentos on filling an annulment action to discuss a fine imposed by IBAMA for operating a potentially polluting activity without environmental license.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has a collaborative team that is extremely well prepared to deal with complex situations that involve multiple stakeholders and multiple layers of decisions."
"Their team is very experienced and specialised, as well as very aligned and always available."
"The firm has a collaborative team that is extremely well prepared to deal with complex situations that involve multiple stakeholders and multiple layers of decisions."
"Their team is very experienced and specialised, as well as very aligned and always available."
Notable Practitioners
Jorge Alex Nunes Athias is sought out by companies from the mining and waste management sectors to assist with complex judicial and administrative disputes, as well as legal opinions and licensing matters.
"He is a genius strategist who can find a way out of the most diverse situations. He is always very insightful and sophisticated."
Paula Vianna actively represents clients in disputes related to environmental damages and negotiation with public authorities.
"You can see that she is one of the pieces that makes the office work, in addition to the fact that she breathes environmental law."
"Excellent lawyer, with high technical capacity and excellent service."
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