What new pressures are you facing from the business as expectations for legal to act as a strategic partner continue to grow?

The role of the in house lawyer has evolved significantly—from a traditional risk-avoidance function to a core enabler of business strategy.

There is a clear expectation for legal to deliver business value, not just legal correctness. We are increasingly required to balance risk mitigation with commercial agility, supporting faster decision-making in areas such as capital markets transactions, M&A, and global contracts. This comes at a time when legal departments are also under pressure to do more with fewer resources and find efficiency through technology. There is a growing expectation for legal to lead on innovation. This includes adopting legal technology, leveraging AI, and redesigning processes to enhance efficiency and scalability. Legal is no longer seen as only a gatekeeper, but also a business partner that must actively enable growth and transformation.

How is yourorganisationadapting to the rapid evolution of data protection, AI governance and cybersecurity requirements in Brazil?  

In Brazil, the regulatory landscape around data protection, AI, and cybersecurity is evolving rapidly, and our approach has been to combine strong governance with flexibility to innovate. In this sense legal created the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidelines Handbook mentioned in the previous topic. Our approach is grounded in integration. Legal, compliance, technology, and business teams work together to ensure that innovation—particularly in AI and digital transformation—is pursued responsibly, balancing competitiveness with legal certainty and the protection of fundamental rights. 

In this context, the legal function plays a key role not only in ensuring compliance, but in shaping how the organization adopts emerging technologies in a way that is sustainable, ethical, and aligned with global standards.

From a data protection standpoint, the LGPD remains the foundation of our framework. We have strengthened our internal governance by reinforcing data mapping, impact assessments, and accountability mechanisms, ensuring that personal data processing aligns with principles such as transparency, necessity, and purpose limitation. At Embraer we also have to follow GDPR (Europe), which helps us to anticipate tendencies.