Eduardo de Campos Ferreira
Environmental Dispute Resolution ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
+55 11 3356 1217 eferreira@demarest.com.br São Paulo
Partner in Demarest’s Environmental and Dispute Resolution practice areas, Eduardo de Campos Ferreira holds an LL.M. (Master’s) in Diffuse and Collective Rights, a specialization degree in Environmental Law and Strategic Sustainability Management, and bachelor’s degree in law from PUC-SP. He has extensive experience in judicial and administrative litigation across a wide range of environmental matters, as well as in advisory work, providing strategic environmental advice on critical issues. He has advised clients in negotiating general agreements and settlement agreements with various authorities, as well as with Indigenous peoples and traditional peoples and communities. He assists clients in crisis management and M&A deals involving companies and real estate assets. He represents clients across numerous industries, including agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, mining, and steelmaking. Eduardo has also been recognized by leading legal publications such as Chambers, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, and Análise Advocacia.
- Assisted in negotiating and executing the new settlement agreement to repair damage arising from the collapse of the Fundão dam, in Mariana, Minas Gerais, worth approximately BRL 170 billion.
- Assisted in the public-interest civil action and in administrative and criminal proceedings associated with Operation Arquimedes, related to logging activities in the Amazon.
- Advised a client on environmental and regulatory matters involving research with seeds and agricultural pesticides, before the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and state authorities.
- Assisted in negotiating an agreement to establish socio-environmental mitigation measures for impacts arising from mining activities in Alagoas.
- Master’s degree in Diffuse and Collective Rights from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil (2018)
- Specialization in Environmental Law and Strategic Sustainability Management from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/COGEAE), São Paulo, Brazil (2010)
- Bachelor of Laws from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil (2005)
- International Bar Association - IBA
- Author of the book “Burden of Proof in Environmental Public-interest Civil Actions – A Perspective Through Fundamental Rights” [Ônus da prova na ação civil pública ambiental – Um olhar a partir dos direitos fundamentais], Lumen Juris, 2019.
- Co-author of the chapter “Challenges of Climate Litigation in Brazil: Judicialization and Standing” [Desafios da litigância climática no Brasil: judicialização e legitimidade processual], in Terence Trennepohl (ed.), “Climate Litigation and the New Environmental Challenges: Studies in Honor of Curt Trennepohl”. [Litigância Climática e os Novos Desafios Ambientais: Estudos em Homenagem a Curt Trennepohl], Saraiva Jur, 2025.
- Co-author of the chapter “Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) – Legal Challenges to the Environmental Compliance of Rural Properties” [Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR) e Programa de Regularização Ambiental (PRA) - Os desafios jurídicos da regularidade ambiental de propriedades rurais], in Paulo de Bessa Antunes and Alexandre Burmann (eds.), “10 Years of the Forest Code: What Do We Have to Celebrate?” [10 anos do Código Florestal: o que temos a comemorar?], Troth, 2023.
- Portuguese and English.
