Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Environmental, Crisis Management, Automotive, Agribusiness, Oil and Gas, Mining, Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Esg and Impact Businesses, Human Rights and Business

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Head of the Environmental Practice and Co-Head of the Crisis Management and ESG Multidisciplinary Teams, Roberta Danelon Leonhardt is a specialist in environmental law, with an outstanding track record in managing complex environmental crises due to her ability to compose multiple interests in negotiation processes. A large part of Roberta's work involves coordinating teams to provide environmental advice on matters dealing with the implementation of projects with polluting potential and the management of environmental liabilities, supporting investors and financial institutions in identifying and managing environmental risks, as well as working with environmental agencies and the Public Prosecutor's Office. Roberta has a renowned expertise in the Environmental Litigation due to her ability to persuasion skills and her solid background in environmental law.

Portuguese and English.

Admitted to the Brazilian Bar (OAB) and member of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Received her LL.B. and post-graduate degree in Environmental Law from Universidade de São Paulo and LL.M. in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Also studied Crisis Management and Business Continuity at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.