Partner,
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Carlos Vilhena is a partner at the law firm of Pinheiro Neto Advogados, in Brasilia,
Brazil, where he leads the firm's mining and government relations practices.
For many years he has given legal advice for various clients, such as governments,
industry associations, major and junior mining companies, multilateral and
commercial banks, in all areas related to the mineral resources sector, including
regulatory, permitting, M&A, land, community and government relations,
infrastructure, indigenous populations, processing, sales, tax, environment, power,
contracts, corporate, financing, litigation legislative process, risk assessment and
policy.
Mr. Vilhena has repeatedly been appointed as one of the top mining law and
government relations practitioners in Brazil by several publications, including the
Who's Who Legal, Latin Lawyer, Chambers and Legal 500.
He is the Publication Officer of the Section for Energy, Environment, Natural
Resources, and Infrastructure Law of the International Bar Association, and the
Secretary of The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly the
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation).
Mr. Vilhena is a director of TriStar Gold Inc.
He holds an LLM in Natural Resources Law from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum,
and Mineral Law and Policy of the University of Dundee, Scotland, and an LLB from
the University of Brasilia Law School.