Menas do Brasil

Menas do Brasil Ltda
Rua Capepuxis, 32
Alto de Pinheiros
05452-030 São Paulo, SP
Brazil
Tel: +55 11 3021 2370
Fax: +55 11 3021 2814
info@menas.co.uk

Georges D Landau, Managing Director
Francisco Mirto, Senior Associate

Menas do Brasil is a multidimensional consultancy group that offers tailored assessments on the Brazilian political and security situation, foreign policy, international trade and other topical issues affecting one of South America's largest and most important countries. The company's associates have years of hands-on experience working with intergovernmental organisations, foreign investors and international agencies, offering timely and authoritative advice and practical knowledge to companies on the following:

> Government agencies, including the Brazilian Congress and the Ministry of Mines and Energy
> Energy-related regulatory agencies such as ANP and ANEEL
> State-owned companies such as Petrobrás and Eletrobrás
> National and multilateral financial agencies (BNDES) and regional banks (BNB and BASA), the Bank of Brazil, the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank
> The federal environmental agency (IBAMA) and its state counterparts
> Agencies working in corporate social responsibility such as NGOs

Personnel

São Paulo resident Georges Landau is the founding writer and editor of Brazil Focus. Educated in law and public administration in both Brazil and the Netherlands, he has taught international economic relations around the world. After a stint in Brazil's Foreign Service and several government appointments, Landau spent a large part of his career working for international agencies. He has published widely on law, economics and international affairs.

Francisco Mirto has his own consultancy in Brasília, but is also a close associate with years of experience working with Menas do Brasil. His expertise is governmental affairs and legislature, a field he has worked in throughout his career. Mirto has extensive knowledge of Brazil's political stratosphere and has worked as a chief lobbyist for ANFAVEA and several energy-related foreign companies.