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TozziniFreire Advogados Offices

TozziniFreire Advogados
R. BORGES LAGOA 1328
SAO PAULO, SP
CEP 04038-904
Brazil
Visit website 55 11 5086 5000

Ms Adriana Mathias Baptista

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(55 11) 5086 5268 abaptista@tozzinifreire.com.br View profile

Work Department

Environmental Law

Position

Partner

Career

Adriana is responsible for creating TozziniFreire’s Environmental Law practice group and has been exclusively dedicated to the area since 1997. Her practice encompasses conducting environmental audits in M&A transactions; risk identification and strategic advice on risk management regarding environmentally sensitive projects; judicial and administrative proceedings, including representation before the environmental protection bodies and the Attorney General; strategic assistance in environmental licensing proceedings; drafting of contracts and agreements relating to environmental issues; and assisting in environmental compliance, including the management of environmental liabilities.

Languages

English.

Memberships

  • Member of UBAA (Brazilian Union of Environmental Law).
  • Member of ICC (International Chamber of Commerce).
  • Counselor at COSEMA (Fiesp Higher Council for the Environment).
  • Member of the Committee for Sustainability of ABDIB (Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industry).
  • Former coordinator of the Committee for the Environment of Britcham (British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil), 1999-2012.

Education

  • Postgraduate degree in Sustainability Management from FGV-EAESP (São Paulo School of Business Administration), 2007.
  • Postgraduate degree in Environmental Law from the School of Public Health of USP (Universidade de São Paulo), 2000.
  • Graduate of the Law School of USP, 1993.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Environment

(Hall of Fame)

Adriana Mathias Baptista –TozziniFreire Advogados

Singled out for its ‘broad technical knowledge‘, TozziniFreire Advogados ‘provides excellent services‘ in the field of environmental law, advising clients throughout all stages of environmental licensing, administrative proceedings, judicial litigation and project implementation. The group, which possesses a strong track record in climate change and carbon market-related matters, is retained in mandates across multiple environmentally sensitive industries, including real estate, agribusiness, infrastructure, energy and forestry. Other areas of expertise for the team include the identification of environmental risks in the context of corporate and financing transactions. The ‘brilliant‘ Adriana Mathias Baptista has devoted the past 25 years to environmental law, having advised on numerous high-stakes transactional and contentious matters. She oversees the practice with Bianca Bilton Signorini Antacli, whose ‘technical knowledge‘ is rated by clients; Antacli stands out for her knowledge of ESG and matters involving Brazilian Biodiversity and Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS). Vladimir Miranda Abreu spearheads the climate change and carbon market department, and has substantial experience in real estate transactions and timberland investments. Senior associate Danilo Lambert Vieira De Sousa handles environmental licensing matters and litigation before state and federal courts, the latter of which is also an area of particular focus for associate Bruno Pisani Della Barba.

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