Forestry and Silviculture

Forestry in the Amazon operates under one of the most demanding regulatory environments in the country. Forest management, licensing, traceability of origin and certification are at once legal conditions for operating and commercial prerequisites for accessing international markets that are increasingly attentive to where products come from.

Mendes advises companies across the forestry value chain with an integrated approach drawing on its Environmental, Contracts, Tax and International Trade practices. Experience includes reviewing export contracts with mitigation of currency and compliance risks, handling licensing and administrative sanction proceedings before environmental agencies, and analyzing the environmental liability risks associated with operations.