Mrs Paula Chaccur de Cresci > CGM Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
CGM Advogados Offices
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 1663 - 5º andar
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Mrs Paula Chaccur de Cresci
Work Department
Environmental and Sustainability
Position
Partner. Specialized in Environmental Law and Sustainability.
Career
Partner of CGM, Paula has broad experience in the assessment of environmental risks in corporate and capital market transactions. She advises domestic and foreign companies from the most diverse industry segments, including energy, agribusiness, chemical, automotive, pulp and paper, and consumer goods.
She acts in the strategic conduct of judicial and administrative environmental proceedings, including civil inquiries filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and negotiation of Conduct Adjustment Agreements. She advises on complex contamination cases, negotiating deadlines and remediation measures with environmental agencies. Her expertise includes the analysis and contractual allocation of environmental liabilities of companies and project financiers, in addition to consulting in environmental licensing processes, export of native wood, waste management, water resources, and the Forest Code. Her experience also includes support to implement and manage sustainability and value chain projects in companies and pro bono legal advice to the third sector on environmental preservation projects.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Education
Master’s Degree in Administration: Sustainability from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP), 2021.
Specialization in Environmental Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2004.
Specialization in Civil Procedural Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 1998.
Bachelor of Laws, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 1994.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Environment
CGM Advogados is best known for providing advice to foreign clients – chiefly US importers operating in the lumber industry – on administrative proceedings involving the import of native wood sourced from sustainably managed forests in the Brazilian Amazon biome. Commended for its ‘efficiency and vast legal knowledge of environmental issues‘, the department undertakes work related to environmental risk assessments, licensing procedures, reverse logistics and carbon market matters. Paula Chaccur de Cresci, who draws on over two decades of experience in environmental law, is noted for her focus on compliance, ESG issues and risk management in the context of cross-border corporate and real estate deals.