Roberta Jardim de Morais

Roberta works in environmental litigation and arbitration involving various economic sectors. She has led and participated in public civil actions that have consolidated relevant theses in Brazilian environmental law, including: environmental licensing – application of the EIA-RIMA only to projects with a significant impact, determination of the competent licensing authority, limits on the actions of consulted authorities, dialogue with the communities involved, and environmental compensation; forestry issues – possibility of intervention in all biomes with proportional compensation, considering the public interest and consolidated areas, and the constitutionality of the Forest Code; environmental liability – distinctions between the civil, administrative and criminal spheres, differentiation between direct and indirect polluters, and criteria for valuing damages; protected areas – technical criteria for the creation and effectiveness of conservation units, including in areas that have not been expropriated or that are privately owned; vulnerable communities – application of ILO Convention 169, among others.

She also advises and drafts legal opinions on corporate transactions in the infrastructure sectors (ports, airports, highways, railroads, energy, telecommunications, mining, oil and gas) and in private sectors such as real estate, logistics, agribusiness, fishing, food, automotive, banking and data centers.

She has expertise in negotiating Conduct Adjustment Agreements (TACs), Environmental Commitment Agreements and agreements with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, environmental agencies and civil society organizations, with work guided by professionals who contributed to the formulation of the Public Civil Action Law, the National Environmental Policy and the Forest Code