About

Luciana Ferreira has been described by sources as a ‘dedicated and knowledgeable lawyer with an eye for business’. Ferreira currently leads a team of 10 at Rio Energy, an investment platform focusing on the development, construction and operation of renewable energy assets in Brazil. She is widely acknowledged for her ability to concurrently ‘control a series of different matters in different fields’, embracing the need for an in-house lawyer to be truly flexible. Ferreira has additionally mitigated risks and managed legal fees in order to reduce company costs. She has ensured that the legal division at Rio Energy is now recognised as a business partner; helping Rio Energy develop business in a sustainable and compliant manner. Ferreira has previously gained in-house experience from Lafarge and Vale, in a number of different positions. During her position at the former, she successfully implemented the Brazilian legal aspects of the global merger between Lafarge and Holcim, including antitrust approval and divestment of assets. This merger created the most advanced group in the building materials industry and was described by Ferreira as ‘the biggest highlight of my in-house career to date’. Before moving in-house, she was a foreign lawyer at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York.