Mr Marcelo Mendo Souza > Cescon Barrieu > Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Cescon Barrieu
Rod Stael Mary Bicalho Motta Magalhães
521 - 15º andar
CEP 30320-760
Belo Horizonte, MG
Brazil

Work Department

Mining, Environmental and ESG & Impac

Position

Partner

Career

Marcelo is a partner focusing on Mining, Environmental and ESG & Impact.

Represents national and foreign clients in mergers and acquisitions and assists on regulatory issues related to mining and environment, involving acquisitions and sale of mining companies and mining rights, as well as in regulatory and environmental administrative, judicial and arbitration procedures that involve companies from the mining, power, real estate and agribusiness sectors, including in projects related to the mining research, mines, dams, hydropower plants, thermoelectric and solar/photovoltaic, wind farms, railroads, pipelines, transmission lines, ports, shipping, road concessions, railway terminals, airports and industrial plants. His ESG & Impact practice focuses on socio-environmental effects caused by mining activities.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

​Member of the Agribusiness Commissions in IBRADEMP.

Education

  • Law – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
  • Specialist in Company Law – Fundação Dom Cabral
  • Master’s degree in Administrative Law – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Environment

Cescon Barrieu is active across a range of sectors where environmental issues are commercially relevant or heavily regulated, including oil and gas, mining, energy, agribusiness, telecoms and real estate. The group, which works closely with the firm’s corporate and M&A department, is routinely retained by local companies, multinationals, investment funds and financial institutions in relation to corporate, financing and capital markets transactions with substantial environmental implications. Advising clients on negotiations with environmental agencies and the Public Attorney’s office is also among the team’s core areas of focus. Based in Belo Horizonte, Marcelo Mendo and Maurício Pellegrino De Souza specialise in mining and environmental mandates. In July 2023, the team was reinforced by the addition of environmental law specialists Roberta Jardim and Mayara Alves Bezerra, who were formerly at Milaré Advogados.