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Guilherme Mota

Partner · Lefosse Advogados

BrazilEnvironmental, Energy & Natural Resources

About

Partner in the Environmental department at Lefosse Advogados with extensive experience in environmental crisis management and regulatory matters. He has acted on major cases involving dam failures, large fires and atmospheric emissions, and advises on environmental licensing, water resources (including protected areas), solid waste, contaminated sites, climate change and environmental liability; he is president of the Environmental Law Committee at CESA.

Practice areas

EnvironmentalEnergy & Natural ResourcesClimate ChangeEnvironmental Compliance & RegulationWaste Management

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Expertise

Environmental crisis management (dam failures, large fires, atmospheric emissions)Environmental licensingWater resources and protected areasSolid waste managementManagement of contaminated sitesClimate change and atmospheric emissionsEnvironmental liability and responsibilities

Education

  • Law degree, UCSAL (Universidade Católica do Salvador)
  • Postgraduate, Environmental Law — PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo)
  • LL.M., Energy and Environmental Law — The George Washington University