Partner

Practice Areas:
Occupational health and safety (consulting, court litigation, and due diligence); Workplace environment (consulting, court litigation, and due diligence); Civil liability; environmental law (consulting and court litigation); Mining; Labor law, and Collective Bargaining; Civil court litigation in general.

Educational background:
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of São Paulo (1980). Specialist in Corporate Law from the University of São Paulo. Environmental Management course taken at the Public Health School of the University of São Paulo.

Professional Association Memberships:
Member of OAB/SP (Brazilian Bar Association). Member of AASP – Lawyers’ Association of the State of São Paulo. Member of ABAA –Brazilian Association of Environmental Lawyers.

Recent Professional Experience:
Partner of a traditional law firm in the city of São Paulo (Brazil) during one year, practicing in the environmental area. Responsible for creating, developing, and managing the Legal Division of a leading group of industrial and mining companies connected to civil construction along eight years. Member of the São Paulo Bar Association (OAB/SP) Ethics Committee.

Articles published, and Lectures delivered:
Conflict between the mining exploitation activity and the environment conservation (December 2006); Environmental Monitoring on the Civil Construction Industry in Brazil (June 2007). Lecture: Legal Issues involving Asbestos in Brazil – CNTA-BA (September 2005); The ‘Bom Jesus da Serra’ Mine – CRA – BA (January 2006); Environmental Sustainability, myth or goal?  – FIEG (October 2007).

Languages:
Portuguese and English

Telephone:
+55 11 3022.2280

Fax:
+55 11 3022.2442

Email:
dval@dovaladvogados.com.br

Address:
Av. São Gualter, 1483
Alto de Pinheiros
CEP: 05455-002
São Paulo – SP - Brazil