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      We provide integrated legal advisory services to clients operating in sectors subject to complex environmental and climate-related regulatory frameworks. Our team supports decision-making processes, risk mitigation strategies, environmental litigation, and the development of projects aligned with energy transition, decarbonization, and the sustainable use of natural resources.


      Practice Areas

      Environmental legal advisory combines technical knowledge, strategic insight, and a close understanding of our Clients’ businesses. We support Clients in anticipating risks, efficiently managing administrative proceedings, and complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, particularly in environmental and industrial permitting, environmental impact assessments, environmental liability, water resources, waste management, nature conservation, and biodiversity protection. Our work seeks to align project development with increasingly demanding sustainability, circularity, and decarbonization requirements, transforming regulatory complexity into legal certainty and business value.

      Environmental considerations now play a decisive and critical role in the structuring, execution, and financing of transactions and projects across a wide range of sectors, including real estate, tourism, industry, energy, agriculture and forestry, infrastructure, and natural resource development. We advise clients on the identification and mitigation of environmental liabilities and risks, the integration of environmental considerations into due diligence processes, M&A transactions, permitting procedures, and project finance structures. In doing so, we help strengthen regulatory compliance, financial attractiveness, and the long-term sustainability of complex transactions and projects.

      Areas of Practice

      • Environmental and industrial permitting
      • Environmental impact assessments and environmental incident assessments
      • Permits within the Natura 2000 Network, protected areas, the National Ecological Reserve, and the National Agricultural Reserve
      • Territorial plans and programs, easements, and public utility restrictions
      • Environmental due diligence
      • Environmental compliance and environmental misdeameanour proceedings
      • Environmental liability and soil contamination
      • Water and waste management and regulation
      • Water resources (authorizations, licenses, and concessions)

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      • Noise, industrial emissions, hazardous substances, risk and major hazard prevention and management

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      • Agribusiness and forestry projects, EUDR

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      • Circular economy, ecodesign, labeling, food, and consumer matters
      • Biodiversity, nature conservation, and biodiversity credits
      • Maritime and inland waterway permitting, aquaculture
      • Offshore projects and the blue economy
      • Environmental taxation and incentives

      We provide strategic legal advice to clients facing the challenges of decarbonization, the energy transition, and climate adaptation. We support compliance with carbon neutrality targets, the structuring of projects involving emissions reduction, sequestration, removal, and offsetting, and the development of climate risk mitigation strategies, through a practical, integrated, and decision-oriented approach.

      We combine rigorous legal and technical expertise with an in-depth understanding of national, European, and international climate policies, delivering clear and innovative legal solutions to high-emission sectors and businesses undergoing energy transition.

      • Air emissions and emissions trading schemes
      • Carbon credits and carbon markets
      • Carbon reduction, sequestration, and capture projects, including blue carbon
      • Climate action plans and climate transition strategies
      • Carbon neutrality and net zero
      • Regulatory policies relating to climate change and decarbonization

      We advise our Clients throughout all stages of project development, from initial structuring and securing the necessary permits, licenses, and authorizations to the negotiation, financing, execution, and ongoing regulatory compliance of operations.

      Combining specialized know-how with an integrated approach, our team works closely with permitting and regulatory authorities to ensure compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and sustainability requirements, contributing to the viability, value creation, and long-term success of projects in sectors such as mining, oil & gas, biofuels, water and waste management, forestry, and agribusiness. Where project requirements demand, we integrate environmental considerations into the structuring of transactions and projects across multiple industries, ensuring a coherent approach that aligns environmental, regulatory, financial, and transactional dimensions.

      • Mining
      • Oil & Gas
      • Water and Waste
      • Forestry
      • Agribusiness

      Our People

      Manuel Gouveia Pereira

      Partner, KPMG Law | Environment, Climate, Natural Resources and ESG

      KPMG in Portugal



      KPMG Law brings together a strong and experienced team of professionals committed to excellence, with lawyers whose recognized academic and professional backgrounds enable them to respond to clients’ needs.

      We help organizations address complex challenges by combining deep industry knowledge with multidisciplinary expertise, enabling our clients to enhance performance, mitigate risks, and strengthen their competitive advantage.



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