Paula Azevedo

Practice Areas

Mining; and Crisis Management

Career

Represents both national and international clients in mergers and acquisitions transactions and also advises them in mining regulatory matters involving acquisition and sale of mining companies and mining rights, as well as in administrative regulatory proceedings involving mining and energy companies, including projects and undertakings related to mineral research, mines, dams, hydroelectric plants, pipelines, transmission lines and industrial units. She is recognized for her first-rate expertise in the regulation of the safety of mining tailings dams.

Bachelor of Laws from FDCL - Faculdade de Conselheiro Lafaiete, International Executive MBA from Ohio University, MBA in Business and Economics Law from FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Post-Graduate in Legal Regime of Mineral Resources from Milton Campos Law School. Student of Isolated Disciplines of the Master's program at PUC/MG - Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.

Professional Memberships

Member of the legal committee of IBRAM, advising several companies in the sector

President of the Mining Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association/Minas Gerais Chapter (“OAB/MG”)

Publications

Co-author of the books "Direito Minerário em Foco - Tomo II"(Editora Synergia, 2021); “Mineração e Meio Ambiente (Editora Lumen Juris, 2017); “Compensação Financeira pela Exploração dos Recursos Minerais – CFEM” (Editora Del Rey, 2011) and of the articles “A indefinição de parâmetros para o cálculo da CFEM-Consumo desde 1º de janeiro”; “SIGBM: A nova era da fiscalização de barragens de mineração”; among others.