Mr Pedro Garcia > Veirano Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Veirano Advogados Offices
Av. Bartolomeu Mitre
770 – Leblon
22431-004
Brazil
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Mr Pedro Garcia
Work Department
Antitrust & Competition, Banking & Finance, Corporate & Mergers and Acquisitions, Government & Regulatory, Private Equity, Infrastructure & Projects and Mining
Position
Partner
Career
Pedro Garcia is a recognized practitioner in the areas of contracts and transactional law, financings, regulatory and antitrust, with particular experience in the Mining and Infrastructure sectors. Pedro is the Firm’s coordinator of the Mining Practice. He brings extensive knowledge to client projects, providing expert counsel on local and cross-border transactions, negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements, M&As, financing and capital raising transactions (offtakes, royalties and streamings), regulatory, real estate and environmental issues for mining ventures. Mr. Garcia was a member of the Board of Directors of the World Initiative of Mining Lawyers – WIOML for 4 years.
Mining clients frequently retain Mr. Garcia to advise them on a variety of issues specific to the industry, including on the structuring of new investments in mining projects, purchase and sale transactions for exploration and exploitation tenements, due diligences, title opinions and capital raising transactions. Clients also rely upon his counsel in drafting option and lease agreements, farm-in/farm-outs, financings, streaming and royalty contracts. Mr. Garcia also advises clients on ore purchase and sale agreements, environmental issues, surface rights arrangements and service agreements, among others.
From an antitrust perspective, Mr. Garcia’s experience includes handling antitrust proceedings across multiple industries, including mining, oil & gas and. He is well versed in the analysis of potentially anti-competitive agreements and submission for approval of proposed mergers and acquisitions before the Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE).
Mr. Garcia brings a unique global perspective to clients gained from his experience working and studying abroad. He spent two years in Europe working as a foreign attorney with Simmons & Simmons in their London and Lisbon offices, where he focused his practice on corporate law, capital markets and antitrust law. During this time Mr. Garcia also took post-graduate courses at the University of Lisbon and University of London. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Garcia is deeply involved with the Latin Desk of Veirano Advogados.
Languages
Portuguese, English and Spanish
Memberships
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – Rio de Janeiro
- Portuguese Bar Association – Portugal
Education
- Leadership in Law Firms – Harvard Law School
- LLM in Business & Transactional Law – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/RJ)
- EC Competition Law, King’s College, University of London, UK
- International Contracts, Classic College of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
- LL.B, Pontifica Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), 1998
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Mining
(Leading individuals)Based in Rio de Janeiro, Veirano Advogados‘ mining team has the breadth of expertise to handle a tremendous range and volume of transactional, regulatory, projects and contentious work for a variety of industry players. The firm – a first choice for high-end mining assets transactions, project financing, and administrative proceedings – stands out for its capabilities in cross-border mining deals, often working in collaboration with market-leading firms in Canada, the US, Latin America, Europe and Australia. Practice head Pedro Garcia, whose experience covers commercial agreements and environmental issues, is a name to note for multi-jurisdictional deals; he oversees the mining group, which benefits from a close relationship with the firm’s real estate, tax, environmental and IP departments. Associate Antonio Albani Siqueira routinely advises on the structuring, implementation and operation of mining projects throughout the country.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Brazil > Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Mining Brazil > Energy and natural resources
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