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Our team is committed to bringing the best results to our clients through our experience and differentiated specialization in our areas of expertise.
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Felipe Hotta
Felipe Hotta has a degree from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and holds a master’s in environmental law from Queen Mary University of London. He was a UNESCO Youth Ambassador and a researcher in Civil Rights and Social Actions in the World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) campaign.
He also has years of experience as a partner managing the activities of the LATAM arm of a prestigious international law firm, with a special focus on human rights, indigenous and environmental law cases.
In this work, he was deeply involved with mass civil liability actions brought against transnational corporations that have been destroying the environment and violating human rights, in addition to providing management and leadership for the team and supporting the business operation and strategy.
Recently, Felipe settled a mass environmental disaster lawsuit on behalf of an indigenous community against Vale S.A., due to the Brumadinho dam disaster. Felipe structured a multimillion-dollar deal to compensate the families and rebuild the village.
Anna Paula Lopes
Anna Lopes is an experienced attorney in strategic dispute resolution who has worked for over seven years in judicial and arbitration strategic litigation in one of the biggest Brazilian law firms, including giving consultancy to many national and international companies (pre-litigation assistance). Anna acted in strategic complex disputes concerning contracts, civil liability, business law, bankruptcy, and judicial reorganization law, an area in which she has a unique experience in a transnational dispute to one of the most significant insolvency cases in Latin America.
Bachelor of Law from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2015), Post-graduated in Business Law (2019), and Master’s in contemporary civil law and legal practice (2023) by the Catholic Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro State (PUC-Rio). Current member of the International Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2023).
Gustavo Palagi
Gustavo is a Brazilian Lawyer, admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association in 2018. He graduated with a LLB at the University of São Paulo. Gustavo has experience in litigations involving civil liability, consumer rights, and family and succession law. Having acted in areas involving public law and contracts, he has also experience with advocacy and accounting. During his time at the University of São Paulo, he participated in extra-curricular activities involving support for imprisoned women and students' representation. And acted as a trainee for a Judge in the State Court of São Paulo.
Silvia Gusmao
Silvia is an experienced attorney in strategic cases before the Brazilian Higher Courts. Former clerk at the Brazilian Supreme Court. Master’s in public law by the Catholic Pontifical University of Minas Gerais State (PUC-Minas). Doctoral student at the University of Brasilia (UnB). Current member of the Higher Courts Commission and the Constitutional Studies Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association of the Federal District.
Yuri Toledo
Yuri is a Brazilian qualified lawyer based in Rio de Janeiro’s Office. He has strong experience in Brazil with environmental licensing, dam safety, crisis management, climate litigation, complex dispute resolution, renewable energy, and biodiversity.
Before joining the firm, Yuri acted in Brazil for 8 years as an associate lawyer in a top-tier firm and in a huge mining company as a specialist on environmental matters. His practice involved administrative and judicial litigation, environmental licensing, dam safety, decommissioning and de-characterization of mining activities, management of contaminated areas, and biodiversity. Yuri also had experience with M&A, due diligence and alternative dispute resolution with environmental agencies, the Brazilian Public Prosecution Office, and third-sector organizations.
Yuri holds a Bachelor of Law degree (LLB) from Universidade Candido Mendes (2013), a Post-graduation in Environmental Law from the School of Judges from the State of Rio de Janeiro – EMERJ (2017) and a LL.M. in Civil Law and Legal Practice from the Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Law School – FGV-RIO (2022).
Karina Denari
Karina is a fully qualified Brazilian lawyer and Law Professor member of the Justice and Constitution Research Group and the Access to Justice and Disaster Group at FGV São Paulo Law School. She holds a PhD in Law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP). She was awarded federal government grants (CAPES-PDSE/Print) for guest research placements at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame (United States) and at the LawTransform at the University of Bergen (Norway). She was a researcher at the Rio Doce Project at FGV São Paulo Law School and she was a Temporary Lecturer at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Law School. She was awarded a grant to coordinate judicial gender equality studies in a project with Oxford/ Brazilian Federal Judges Association. She is a speaker and lecturer for private and public lawyers, judges, universities, think tanks and civil society initiatives focused on disaster law and structural litigation in Brazil.
Gustavo Henrique Kastrup
Vitor Leme
Vitor has been a Human Rights lawyer for 7 years. Due to his unique approach to Human Rights law, encompassing all situations faced by Human Rights defenders and organisation, has experience in a diverse range of practices, from administrative law to criminal law, covering consumer, constitutional and civil law.
In 2021 was selected by the prestigious fully funded Chevening Scholarship, that selects global leaders to pursue Master level degrees in the United Kingdom to improve the social positive impact they make on their home countries. Holds a master’s degree in MA Applied Human Rights at the University of York, England, graduating with Merit. During his time in the UK was the Head of Operations and Logistics of the Brazil Forum UK, a student-led platform for high-level discussions on Brazil's status quo.
Before working at the firm, he provided legal support to a wide spectrum of organisations, mainly public sector labour unions and LGBT organisations. Worked closely with social movements and student representative organisations. Founded and coordinated “Direitos Pra Todxs”, a collective of lawyers focused on pro bono Human Rights legal assistance.
Danton Grossi
Danton is a lawyer and legal researcher. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law (2015) and a Master's degree (2019) in Philosophy of Law and Justice from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (FD/UFMG). He has a brief teaching experience in Legal Anthropology. He is a member of the Study group state of exception in contemporary Brazil and participates in the Study Group in Philosophy, Law and Power.
In his legal practice, Danton has focused since his graduation on collective action and the defence of the collective rights of disadvantaged parties, taking internships in the Consumer Protection and Defence Programme of the State Parliament of Minas Gerais - PROCON-ALMG and in the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office. His first significant experience as a lawyer was at the Union of Workers and Employees of the Brazilian Company of Post and Telegraph (2017-2019). In 2019, he started working as a researcher and lawyer in international law firms advocating for people affected by environmental disasters in Brazil.
Enhancing and developing his experience, Danton works since 2022 with collective rights and civil redress of damages due to antitrust practices.
Guilherme Chagas
José Guilherme Castro
Filipe Oliveira
Joana Nabuco
Guilherme Faoro
Ana Gabriela Zanotelli
Erica Azevedo Lima
Victor Balio
Isadora Eller
Isadora is a lawyer registered at the Brazilian Bar Association since 2016. She graduated in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2015. She completed her master's degree in Criminal Law, Philosophy of Law and New Technologies in 2018, also at UFMG, as a fellow of the CAPES Excellence Programme of the Federal Government of Brazil. She is currently a PhD candidate in Law at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
She has professional and academic experience in the fields of criminal law, environmental law, legal liability and strategic human rights litigation. Passionate about the themes of access to justice and gender equality, Isadora has worked as a volunteer in social organisations and as a lawyer advisor at the Legal Aid Division of UFMG.
Pedro Rolla Neto
Pedro Rolla is a lawyer registered with the Brazilian Bar Association since 2019, holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and is a specialist in Environmental Law from the School Foundation of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Minas Gerais.
Pedro worked voluntarily at the Public Defender's Office of the State of Minas Gerais, mainly in public service, in addition to experiences in other law firms in civil and labour litigation. He has lived in the United States and England, opportunities in which he was able to dedicate himself to English studies.
He is fluent in Portuguese and English.
Julia Nardi de Araujo
Laura Amancio Santos
Ana Loreto
Ana is a qualified brazilian lawyer, graduated in Law from the university Pontifical Catholic University Minas Geiras, where she chose to focus on Human Rights. Ana is also certified in Human Rights and International Law from the University Pontifical Catholic University in Minas Gerais. Ana has knowledge of Consumer’s Law, Civil Procedure, and International Law.
From a young age, Ana was enrolled in the Rotary International Program and lived in Denmark. She obtained a full scholarship in Tietgen Business School and is certified in International Business Development. During that experience, Ana was able to gain proficiency in English, Danish and Spanish. After returning to Brazil, Ana specialized in legal English.
In recent years, Ana has been working with mass civil liability actions brought against transnational corporations and has been focused in groundwork operations regarding indigenous and quilombola communities. She has been involved in the Municipality of Mariana and others Vs. BHP Case since 2018. She is passionate about working with women's rights, and participates in an NGO that helps women in vulnerable conditions in São Paulo.
Karine Marabá
Tannise Moura
Tannise Moura is a lawyer registered with the OAB/DF, graduated from the Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB) and specialised in Administrative Law at the Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP). She has extensive experience in Administrative Law and Civil Law. Since 2016, she has worked in renowned law firms in the areas of Administrative Law, Civil Law and Electoral Law. She has an interest in Academia, in which she acts as a tutor for Dr. José Eduardo Cardozo in the postgraduate classes in Administrative Law at UniCEUB.
Damares Castelar
Juliana Yamaguti
Leonardo Nigri
Matheus Carvalho
Alycia Vasconcelos
Ariane Miranda
Lucas Ronsi
