Luiz Gustavo Bezerra

Practice Areas

Environmental

Career

Luiz Gustavo Bezerra helps countless clients across the infrastructure, energy, chemical, mining, real estate, forest, agribusiness and food industries. His vast experience in Environmental, Climate Change and ESG matters, particularly in Brazil, but also in other jurisdictions, with emphasis on Latin America and Europe (he is also qualified in Portugal) gives him a unique edge in litigation, consulting and transactional (M&A) matters.

Luiz has a well-known track record in court and administrative environmental proceedings, and counsels major Brazilian and multinational groups in a vast range of environmental related matters, including:

crisis management

climate change

sustainability

corporate reporting and corporate environmental and social responsibility

human rights

indigenous communities

waste laws and circular economy arrangements

water laws

biodiversity

environmental offsets

law and economics

carbon markets

Clients served by Luiz include: major Brazilian and multinational groups in complex environmental litigation, as well as in negotiations (and other alternative dispute resolution methods) with governmental authorities, public prosecutors and other stakeholders, assisting on transactions and structuring sustainable businesses, and consultation on this wide range of topics.

Languages Spoken

Portuguese and English.

Education

Practice Areas

Luiz Gustavo Bezerra is a partner in the practice of Environmental and Climate Change at Tauil & Chequer Advogados in Brazil, with relevant experience in litigation, consulting and transactional (M&A) matters. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising clients in the infrastructure, energy, chemical, mining, real estate, forest, agribusiness and food industry clients.

Career

Besides Brazil, he is also qualified to practice law in Europe and a specialist in International and EU Environmental Law. Luiz has a successful track record in court and administrative environmental proceedings, representing major Brazilian and multinational groups in complex environmental litigation, as well as in negotiations (and other alternative dispute resolution methods) with governmental authorities, public prosecutors and other stakeholders. He has approximately two decades of experience advising clients in complex environmental licensing matters with wide experience in Corporate Law. He counsels major Brazilian and multinational groups in a vast range of environmental related matters, including crisis management, climate change, sustainability, corporate environmental and social responsibility, ESG, indigenous communities, waste laws and circular economy arrangements, water laws, biodiversity, environmental offsets, law and economics and carbon markets.

In addition to his role as a Professor of Environmental Law and International Environmental Law at CEPED and at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro School of Law, he also lectured at Fundação Getulio Vargas, EMERJ and IBMEC. Luiz is the Chair of the Brazilian Energy Law Institute (IBDE) Environment Committee and also coordinates IBDE’s Climate Change Law Course. He is also Chair of the Environmental Licensing Committee at the Brazilian American Chamber (AMCHAM) and a member of LACLIMA’s Climate Change Litigation and Carbon Market Groups and LAB’s (a Brazilian Exchange Commission – CVM – Initiative) ESG Group.

Languages Spoken

Portuguese

English