
Cescon Barrieu‘s government relations practice provides strategic counsel to a client base of NGOs, charities, and international companies on navigating Brazil’s legislative and public policy landscape. The team is highly engaged in monitoring legislative developments in the National Congress, tracking federal public policies, preparing in-depth reports on proposed legislation and policies, conducting risk assessments, and supporting clients in parliamentary committees of inquiry and public hearings. Practice head Luciano Inácio De Souza spearheads these efforts, leveraging his combined expertise in compliance, anti-corruption, and government relations to effectively represent client interests in high-stakes discussions with public authorities.
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Key clients
- Globalstar do Brasil
 - ID_BR
 - Movimento Down
 - Associação Brasileira dos Fabricantes de Latas de Alumínio (ABRALATAS)
 - World Wildlife Fund – WWF
 - National Association of Industrial Hemp – Brazil
 
Work highlights
Advising US BORAX on its engagement with the Ministry of Agriculture on matters related to fertilisers and their specific regulatory aspects concerning exports to Brazil.
Advising Instituto Identidades do Brasil on discussions on public policies aimed at promoting the inclusion of Black professionals in the federal public sector.
Assists Associação Nacional do Canhamo with establishing communication channels with several departments of the Agency with the goal of increasing cooperation and improving the Brazilian regulatory environment of substances subject to special control (ANVISA Ordinance No. 344/1998), especially the medicinal and industrial use of the cannabis sativa L.
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Practice head
Luciano Inácio de Souza
