Practice Areas
Agribusiness, Arbitration, Crisis Management, ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance, Litigation, Mediation
Career
TozziniFreire’s partner in the Litigation, Arbitration, and Mediation practices, Elias is responsible for conducting strategic litigation issues, acting in arbitrations, mediations, and complex litigation matters. Currently, he is the coordinator of the Agribusiness practice group at the firm. He has over 20 years of experience in the private sector, with direct involvement in strategic litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution. He also worked as a legal director/general counsel in a large national business group in the energy, fuel, lubricants, infrastructure, agribusiness, and gas industries, having led, for over 11 years, teams in Civil Litigation and Arbitration, Tax Litigation, Labor Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Regulatory Litigation, and Criminal Litigation. Elias is also a university professor of Civil Procedural Law and author of books and articles in the area.