Mayara Alves Bezerra
Cescon BarrieuActive across the three spheres of administrative, civil, and criminal environmental law, Cescon Barrieu offers guidance to multinational, local, and international companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and entrepreneurs from across the real estate, agribusiness, mining, energy, transport, infrastructure, and chemical industries. The group is active in litigation, negotiations with prosecutors and environmental agencies, M&A, and matters relating to the rights of sensitive communities. With the arrival of ‘essential asset’ and human rights expert Roberta Jardim de Morais and her team in July 2023 from Milaré Advogados, Belo Horizonte’s mining and environmental regulatory specialist Maurício Pellegrino de Souza now has a São Paulo counterpart with whom to share leadership of the practice. Associate Mayara Bezerra, also formerly from Milaré Advogados, focuses on energy and infrastructure contentious matters, while Julia Silva Crauford is a key contact for investment funds.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The firm provides an excellent service, responding promptly to the issues addressed, in addition to having an excellent team and infrastructure. They always look for innovative theses and find legal solutions for the most varied subjects.’
- ‘Roberta Jardim de Morais is an excellent lawyer, with extensive experience in the environmental sector who, in addition to having high technical knowledge, is always ready to serve in the best possible way, with great attention to all the details that are passed.’
- ‘Complete team with all the necessary areas for assistance in negotiations, with highly qualified and up-to-date lawyers.’
- ‘Roberta Jardim de Morais and Julia Silva Crauford are complete, pro-business lawyers, always available to advise on the most emblematic deals, managing to meticulously converge environmental concerns with other sensitive topics in negotiations.’
- ‘In environmental projects, whether related to the management of contaminated areas or on issues related to licensing and the green agenda, Cescon Barrieu always presents a model with the correct technical proposition to resolve management, also taking into account the financial amount to be invested.’
- ‘Roberta Jardim de Morais has considerable experience and legal knowledge, as well as a good technical background in specific areas. She shows calm and knowledge in executing projects related to environmental issues.’
- ‘Julia Silva Crauford has extensive knowledge in the legal area associated with mitigating and resolving environmental issues.’
- ‘Roberta Jardim de Morais and Mayara Bezerra have been essential assets. Their unwavering dedication to our cases is truly commendable, and they consistently bring invaluable insights into how we can address social and environmental issues in the short, medium and long term.’
Key clients
- Goodman Logística
- Usina Santa Terezinha
- Sterlite Group
- Goodman Logistica
- Elecnor
- BTS Logística
- Fulwood
- Huma Capital
- Votorantim Cimentos
- AES Brasil Energia
- Vale
- Grupo OCQ
- Bahia Mineração
Work highlights
- Represented BAMIN in a lawsuit brought by an association requesting environmental indemnification for the supposed reduction of fisheries related to the installation of the infrastructure project Porto Sul.
- Assisted Goodman Empreendimentos Imobiliários with the acquisition of the Avon Cosméticos property.
- Represented Fulwood Empreendimentos Imobiliários in the defense of an infraction notice issued by São Paulo State for alleged wrongful interference in a permanent preservation area.
Lawyers
Leading associates
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Leading partners
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Roberta Jardim de Morais
Cescon BarrieuPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roberta Jardim de Morais, Maurício Pellegrino de Souza