Helena Telino Neves

Helena Telino Neves is a lawyer in Brazil and Portugal. She is also a biologist and university lecturer. She holds a PhD in international law and a master's degree from the University of Lisbon School of Law. She is currently a legal consultant at the Legal Department of the Portuguese Environment Agency. Previously, she was a lawyer at the Superintendence of Environmental Administration of the State of Paraíba (Paraíba, Brazil) and a law professor at the Unifacisa University Centre (Paraíba, Brazil) and at the ASPER Faculty (Paraíba, Brazil). She was also Technical Director at the Legal Department of Ius Natura - Direito e Ambiente (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), where she was responsible for the implementation and compliance with legal requirements for environmental management systems, occupational health and safety and social responsibility of several companies such as Petrobras, CIMPOR, Samsung, Ambev and Unilever. She is also a research member at the Lisbon Public Law Researche Centre of the University of Lisbon School of Law and a guest lecturer in postgraduate courses. She has extensive experience in public law, particularly in the areas of constitutional law, human rights, administrative law and environmental law, and has published several articles.