EXPERIENCE

Antônio Beltrão has over 20 years of experience in environmental legal consulting, including the preparation of Environmental Impact Studies/Environmental Impact Reports (EIA/RIMA) with multidisciplinary technical teams, and in overseeing environmental licensing procedures (Preliminary, Installation, and Operating Licenses). He also works on drafting defenses and appeals in administrative proceedings involving environmental matters and represents companies and their executives in environmental liability lawsuits. He coordinates the law firm’s Environmental Law practice area.

EDUCATION

Law Degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco.
Postgraduate Degree in Tax Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco.
LL.M. in Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law (New York, USA).
Master’s Degree in Law from the Catholic University of Pernambuco.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Antônio has served as a State Attorney for Pernambuco since 1998. He was a consulting member of the National Environmental Law Commission of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) from 2014 to 2016. He teaches at the Pernambuco School of Magistrature (ESMAPE) and served as President of the Environmental Law Committee of the Pernambuco Chapter of the OAB from 2008 to 2012. He was also a full member of the State Environmental Council (CONSEMA/PE) from 2008 to 2012.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

He has been a speaker at the following events: -“Luso-Brazilian Congress on Multidisciplinary Legal Interfaces for Integrated Land Management,” held in Tomar, Portugal, in December 2012; -“Brazil-Argentina Exchange on Environmental Law,” held at the Brazilian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2012;

– “1st Environmental Law Meeting of the OAB/SP and the Judiciary,” São Paulo, 2009;
– “2nd National Congress on Environmental Law” organized by OAB/MG and SEMAD, Belo Horizonte, 2009;
– “1st, 2nd, and 3rd National Environmental Law Seminars” of the OAB/RJ, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively, among others. He was honored with the “Vasconcelos Sobrinho” award in the “Legal Excellence” category by the Pernambuco State Environmental Agency (CPRH) in 2011. Author of the following works: “Direito Ambiental,” 4th Edition, São Paulo: Método; Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 2013; “Curso de Direito Ambiental,” 2nd Edition, São Paulo: Método; Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 2014; “Aspectos Jurídicos do Estudo de Impacto Ambiental (EIA),” São Paulo: M.P. Editora, 2009. He was a Fulbright Program scholar of the United States Government for his Master’s studies in Law in the U.S. Ranked 3rd among the Most Admired Lawyers of Pernambuco in the Comprehensive category by Análise 500 in 2016.