Bruno Galvão
Bruno Galvão, LL.M.
Advogado
Special Counsel, Public Procurement and International Trade Law, ESG

As Special Counsel at BLOMSTEIN, Bruno Galvão takes an advisory role in public procurement and compliance matters, especially regarding self-cleaning procedures, monitoring and reviewing compliance mechanisms as well as debarment procedures of Multilateral Development Banks such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Bruno also advises in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) regulatory matters, such as the European CBAM rules, the German legislation on supply chain and certain European financial regulations (SFDR, EU Taxonomy), especially with regard to international trade matters with Latin America.

Bruno is a Brazilian and Portuguese qualified lawyer and an experienced business development manager. With his background and his keen understanding of the Brazilian market, he adds helpful perspectives in cross-border matters and thereby strengthens and expands BLOMSTEIN’s Latin American practice.

Languages: Portuguese, English

References

  • Advising Brazilian cattle and beef sector representative, Instituto Mato-Grossense da Carne, on EU’s ESG regulatory framework, including German Supply Chain Act, Draft EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, and Draft EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

  • Advising German defence AI company Helsing regarding German foreign direct investment aspects on its Series A financing round

  • Advising and representing multinational pharmaceutical company Teva on German foreign direct investment aspects of its licensing collaboration with MODAG

CV

Before joining BLOMSTEIN in September 2020, Bruno worked as senior lawyer at renown law firms in Brazil, such as Teixeira Ferreira e Serrano Advogados and Mattos Filho Advogados. He has a vast experience in complex, cross-border matters concerning compliance, public procurement and public concessions procedures.

After moving to Germany in November 2014, Bruno worked at several international law firms in Berlin. At Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, he was Senior Business Development Manager for matters related to Latin America, and, as part of the Brazil Desk of another big firm, Bruno supported the corporate and venture capital practice in international transactions.

Publications

Presentations

  • H2Global / German structure of auctions for purchasing GH2, Conference “Investing in Green Hydrogen 2023”, London, 15 September 2023 (with Ramona Ader)

  • EUDR Regulamento Europeu e produção em áreas de floresta, Amazonas-Woche (hosted by the Embassy of Brazil in Berlin), Berlin, 12 September 2023

  • Supply chain obligations in the EU – what’s the effect on trade with Europe?, Lexology Masterclass, 27 June 2023 (with Anna Huttenaluch, Florian Wolf and Michaela Hebestreit, Helpdesk Business & Human Rights)

  • Key speaker at the European carbon market roundtable, EVEx Lisboa 2022 – conference on the energy transition in Europe and Brazil, Lisbon, 30 November 2022

  • Key speaker at the seminar “Sustainability Due Diligence obligations in the supply chain”, AHK São Paulo, 16 August 2022 (with Chico Mussnich, Márcio Pereira (BMA), Alice Kasnar and Rafael Benke (Proactiva))

  • Seminar on the European ESG regulation, World Trade Center Curitiba, 25 May 2022

  • Co-moderator of the webinar „Brazil and Germany: Green Hydrogen Potential“ hosted by BLOMSTEIN and Castro Barros Advogados, 22 October 2021 (with Paulo Dantas, Partner Castro Barros Advogados)

  • Regulação da União Europeia (Regulation of the European Union), Ep. 1 of Machado Meyer Advogados’ podcast series: Transição Energética (Energy Transition), 6 October 2021 (with Roland Stein)