A lawyer with nearly three decades of specialised practice in Environmental Law. A singular career combining high-level private practice, advisory work on major projects and senior public office in environmental administration — a combination that yields an uncommon strategic reading of permitting, enforcement and institutional dialogue.
A lawyer for more than 30 years, over 25 of them at Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. Master Attorney at Petrobras and, since July 2023, Energy Transition Consultant, working in the Post-Closing area of the Executive Management of Integrated Energy Transition (GITE).
He spent 15 years as the company’s environmental lawyer — 12 of them as Environmental Law Coordinator, responsible for unifying the corporate legal position on environmental matters, advisory and contentious, work that produced circulars and normative guidance for the entire legal workforce.
A lawyer and executive with more than 20 years in highly complex corporate environments, specialising in Corporate Law, Port Regulation and Sustainability, with a solid record in port infrastructure and logistics.
He heads Corporate Affairs, Regulatory and Sustainability at Porto Sudeste do Brasil S.A. (a Trafigura and Mubadala joint venture), leading multidisciplinary teams and strategic engagement with federal, state and municipal bodies, regulators and industry associations.
An environmental lawyer with a postgraduate degree in Environment from COPPE/UFRJ and training in Environmental Expert Analysis from CREA/RJ. He was a partner at Villemor Amaral Advogados from 2008 to 2025 — one of Brazil’s most traditional firms, 117 years old — where he headed the environmental practice.
He works in both advisory and contentious matters, with emphasis on permitting of major projects, lifting of stop-work orders on activities of public interest, due diligence on port operators and submissions to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
A professional with more than 20 years of experience and a distinguished record as an environmental lawyer and legal consultant to leading law firms, public bodies and companies across a range of sectors, including waste management, energy and oil and gas.
Her career combines extensive experience in preventive legal practice, environmental compliance, the conduct of administrative proceedings, due diligence and environmental audits aimed at asset acquisition and the structuring of commercial solutions.
Depending on the needs of each matter, the firm brings in multidisciplinary teams of geologists, oceanographers and environmental engineers, and draws on support in more than 22 areas of law through its institutional alliance with Villemor Amaral Advogados.
O Bernardi & Bernardi responde pela área ambiental e regulatória do Villemor Amaral Advogados, banca fundada em 1909, somando à especialização ambiental o suporte de mais de 22 áreas do Direito e alcance em todo o território nacional.
