The full-service offering of Lobo de Rizzo Advogados spans both environmental consultancy and support in administrative and judicial litigation, with capacity to meet an increasing demand in ESG and carbon trading matters in recent years. Household names from across the food and beverage, energy, agribusiness, and chemical sectors turn to the team for assistance with green financing, environmental licensing, REDD+ projects, and the relevant environmental elements of corporate transactions. Practice head Renata Pires Castanho has a wealth of experience in civil class actions and investigations, corporate sustainability due diligence, and agrarian and land issues. Associate Amália Simões Botter Fabbri excels in liability and risk assessments, waste management and reverse logistics, contaminated land, and carbon compensation projects.
Key clients
- Volkswagen do Brasil – Indústria de Veículos Automotores
- Dow Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Químicos
Work highlights
- Assisted Cargill with a public civil action filed by the NGO Cáritas Brasileira Regional Norte II which discusses the acts issued by the federal government that recognised Cargill’s useful ownership of union property located on Ilha do Xingu, in the municipality of Abaetetuba.
- Assisted EMS with the filing of an action for annulment of an infraction notice and fine by CETESB due to an accidental fire whose environmental responsibility was imputed to EMS.