Carbon Market

The Carbon Market practice area at KLA is supported by a multidisciplinary team of specialists from the Environmental, Real Estate, Corporate, Contractual, Tax, Financial, Labor, Regulatory, and Compliance fields.

This diverse composition of professionals, including partners and associates, allows us to conduct a comprehensive and integrated analysis of the needs of our clients, both domestic and international.

Our differentiator lies in our ability to provide precise legal solutions, grounded in a deep understanding of all relevant legal aspects. Additionally, we are committed to assisting our clients in developing business strategies, identifying opportunities in carbon market instruments and climate finance.

SERVICES

Consulting and Projects

  • Advisory services for developers, owners, intermediaries, and financiers in the review, structuring, and negotiation of contracts, such as partnership agreements for project development, credit commercialization, and agreements for emissions reduction and offsetting and intermediation
  • Structuring of tax, land, and corporate aspects of the business, as well as analysis of financing alternatives
  • Legal audits of companies, real estate, intermediaries, and carbon projects in terms of corporate, land, environmental, and compliance matters
  • Advisory services in the processes of inventory, certification, verification, validation, and licensing
  • Advisory services in project monitoring to ensure compliance with legislation and carbon credit contracts

 

Conflict resolution

  • Advisory services in judicial and administrative disputes related to the project
  • Legal advisory for negotiations with traditional communities
  • Legal advisory for representing the interests of vulnerable groups, their associations, and cooperatives
  • Advisory services in the prevention of greenwashing and social washing
  • Representation before public administration bodies, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, sectorial entities, and other related institutions

 

Financing

  • Legal advisory in the contracting of debt backed by carbon credits
  • Structuring of funds, capital market vehicles, and structures for investment in decarbonization credits – CBIOs and carbon credits
  • Advisory services for publicly traded companies in compliance with decarbonization targets or negotiations, in accordance with CVM Resolution No. 223/2024
  • Consulting on the disposition of liabilities, as defined in CPC 25 – Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets
  • Structuring of frameworks for sustainable bonds and issuance of second-opinion reports