Ms Maria Christina Motta Gueorguiev > Veirano Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
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AV BRIGADEIRO FARIA LIMA ,3477
16º ANDAR – SÃO PAULO
SP 04538-133
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Ms Maria Christina Motta Gueorguiev
Work Department
ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
Environment
Position
Partner
Career
Maria Christina regularly assists a host of entities – companies, associations, financial institutions, multilateral agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations – in legal matters encompassing environmental, sustainability and climate change. Her practice covers a broad range of works, including consulting, litigation and relationship/negotiation with environmental authorities on many fronts: industry, forestry, real estate, energy (solar, wind, thermal, hydro and biomass), O&G, sanitation, mining, agribusiness and financial services, among others. Maria Christina’s vast experience also includes sustainable finance, ESG criteria, infrastructure projects (ports, highways, waterways and airports), crisis management and indigenous peoples.
According to the specialist publication Who’s Who Legal, Maria Christina is an “environmental expert who is adept at dissecting complex problems to provide simple yet robust and well-founded solutions” for her clients. Chambers Latin America describes Maria Christina “as a pragmatic and objective lawyer who stands out for her technical quality”.
With additional recognitions from Chambers Latin America, Euromoney, Analysis Advocacia 500 and Analysis Advocacia Mulher, she has spent many years of her career in a leading Brazilian corporate law firm. From 2007-2008, she served as a visiting foreign lawyer in the Houston office of the renowned North American firm King & Spalding.
Chevening Scholar, Maria Christina holds LL.M. from University College London and Post-Graduation in Environmental Management from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). LL.B. from the University of São Paulo (USP) and recently completed a course in Sustainable Finance with a focus on ESG at the University of Cambridge.
Languages
English
Portuguese
Italian
Spanish
Memberships
- Brazilian Institute for Energy Law Studies (IBDE) – Coordinator of the Environment Committee
- Brazilian Rural Society (SRB) – Member of the Sustainability Committee
Education
- Sustainable Finance, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, UK, 2021
- LL.M, University College London, UK, 2007
- Post-Graduation in Environmental Management, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, 2005
- LL.B, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Environment
Veirano Advogados‘ environmental team attracts instructions from domestic and international companies operating in a range of environmentally sensitive industries, including chemicals, electronics, infrastructure, mining, pharmaceuticals and energy. With a strong presence in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre, the group not only advises on the environmental risks of high-value M&A deals and projects, it is also well placed to assist in administrative and judicial proceedings involving solid waste, protected areas, pollution and contaminated sites. The group, which has increasingly been engaged in climate change and carbon markets matters, is jointly managed by Lívia Miné, who focuses on tort and environmental cases and is based in the Rio de Janeiro office, and São Paulo-based partners Maria Christina Motta Gueorguiev, who regularly advises investors and financial institutions on sustainability and climate change issues, and Luís Felipe Aguiar de Andrade, who acts for agribusiness clients in matters involving forestry, pesticides, fertilisers and biotechnology regulations. Senior associate Juliana Marcussi handles ESG, carbon markets, circular economy and sustainable finance matters. Since publication, Beatriz Paulo De Frontin has joined from BMA Advogados, effective as of December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition and antitrust
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- International trade
- Projects and infrastructure
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Wealth and succession planning
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Public law
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Venture capital
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Life sciences
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Intellectual property