Along his professional career Visconti has acquired extensive experience in mining practice, participating in several projects and transactions related to the Mining Sector, including highly relevant Green�eld projects, acting before the mining authority (Nacional Mining Agency) and before the Ministry of Mines and Energy, advising companies whether in Brazil or abroad. He also collected experience in civil litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on highly complex Court litigation and also in the management of large client portfolios. He has expertise in Public A�airs, especially in the Mining Sector, working on public policy projects, bringing together private clients and the public sector.

Practice Areas

Mining – Regulatory Law - Infrastructure – Public A�airs – Corporate Law – Mediation - Con�ict Resolution - Italian Desk.

Activities

- Vice- President of the Ethics Committee of Comissão Brasileira de Recursos e Reservas (Brazilian Resources and Reserves Commission – CBRR). - 2nd Vice President of the Legal Committee of the Italian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (ITALCAM).- Guest Professor at Executive Education in Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER).- Member of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). - Member of the Legal Committee of Brazilian Association of Mineral Research Companies (Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa Mineral – ABPM).- Member of the Brazilian Association of Institutional and Government Relations (Associação Brasileira de Relações Institucionais e Governamentais – Abrig).- Member of the Legal Committee of the Government Relations Institute (Instituto de Relações Governamentais – IRELGOV).- Former Regional Director of the Brazilian Association of Institutional and Governmental Relations (Abrig) of the State of São Paulo (2016-2018).- Law Professor’s Assistant in Civil Law, PUC-SP, from 1994 to 2002.

Education

- Currently studying Master's Degree in Business Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). - Studied Government Relations in Brazil at the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER) in 2016. - Studied Economic and Political Panorama at the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER) in 2013. - Studied Mining Agreements at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, organized by the University of Dundee, Scotland, 2012. - Participated in the Continuing Legal Education program of Georgetown University Law Center, USA, 2009.

- Studied at the Academy of American and International Law within the Center for American and International Law, USA, 2003. - Postgraduate degree in Corporate Law from the Law School of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 1998. - Graduate of the Law School of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 1993.- Lieutenant (R/2) of the Brazilian Army.

Conferences and Interviews

- He lectures in Brazil and abroad and has been interviewed in newspapers, magazines, TV and radio.

Publications

- Co-author of "Governance of Regulatory Agencies" published by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa - IBGC).- Co-author of "Managing Corruption Risk in the Resource Sector" published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 60th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 2014.- Co-author of "Brazil" chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mining Law 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. London: Global Legal Group.- Author of the "Brazil" chapter in The Mining Law Review. London: Law Business Research, 2012 and 2013.- Author of the article “New Contratual Theory based on the new (2002) Brazilian Civil Code” (A Teoria Geral dos Contratos no Novo Código Civil - Uma Nova Visão do Direito Civil Contratual), published in Jornal da Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil. São Paulo: Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil ( Japonese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Brazil), 2002. - Author of articles in magazines and newspapers related to Mining and Public A�airs practice areas.

Languages

- Portuguese.- English.- Italian.

LUIZ FERNANDO VISCONTI

I S C O N T IL E G A L & P U B L I C A F F A I R S

Along his professional career Visconti has acquired extensive experience in mining practice, participating in several projects and transactions related to the Mining Sector, including highly relevant Green�eld projects, acting before the mining authority (Nacional Mining Agency) and before the Ministry of Mines and Energy, advising companies whether in Brazil or abroad. He also collected experience in civil litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on highly complex Court litigation and also in the management of large client portfolios. He has expertise in Public A�airs, especially in the Mining Sector, working on public policy projects, bringing together private clients and the public sector.

Practice Areas

Mining – Regulatory Law - Infrastructure – Public A�airs – Corporate Law – Mediation - Con�ict Resolution - Italian Desk.

Activities

- Vice- President of the Ethics Committee of Comissão Brasileira de Recursos e Reservas (Brazilian Resources and Reserves Commission – CBRR). - 2nd Vice President of the Legal Committee of the Italian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (ITALCAM).- Guest Professor at Executive Education in Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER).- Member of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). - Member of the Legal Committee of Brazilian Association of Mineral Research Companies (Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa Mineral – ABPM).- Member of the Brazilian Association of Institutional and Government Relations (Associação Brasileira de Relações Institucionais e Governamentais – Abrig).- Member of the Legal Committee of the Government Relations Institute (Instituto de Relações Governamentais – IRELGOV).- Former Regional Director of the Brazilian Association of Institutional and Governmental Relations (Abrig) of the State of São Paulo (2016-2018).- Law Professor’s Assistant in Civil Law, PUC-SP, from 1994 to 2002.

Education

- Currently studying Master's Degree in Business Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). - Studied Government Relations in Brazil at the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER) in 2016. - Studied Economic and Political Panorama at the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER) in 2013. - Studied Mining Agreements at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, organized by the University of Dundee, Scotland, 2012. - Participated in the Continuing Legal Education program of Georgetown University Law Center, USA, 2009.

- Studied at the Academy of American and International Law within the Center for American and International Law, USA, 2003. - Postgraduate degree in Corporate Law from the Law School of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 1998. - Graduate of the Law School of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 1993.- Lieutenant (R/2) of the Brazilian Army.

Conferences and Interviews

- He lectures in Brazil and abroad and has been interviewed in newspapers, magazines, TV and radio.

Publications

- Co-author of "Governance of Regulatory Agencies" published by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa - IBGC).- Co-author of "Managing Corruption Risk in the Resource Sector" published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 60th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 2014.- Co-author of "Brazil" chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mining Law 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. London: Global Legal Group.- Author of the "Brazil" chapter in The Mining Law Review. London: Law Business Research, 2012 and 2013.- Author of the article “New Contratual Theory based on the new (2002) Brazilian Civil Code” (A Teoria Geral dos Contratos no Novo Código Civil - Uma Nova Visão do Direito Civil Contratual), published in Jornal da Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil. São Paulo: Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil ( Japonese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Brazil), 2002. - Author of articles in magazines and newspapers related to Mining and Public A�airs practice areas.

Languages

- Portuguese.- English.- Italian.

I S C O N T IL E G A L & P U B L I C A F F A I R S