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Carlos Vilhena is a partner at the law firm of Pinheiro Neto Advogados, in Brasilia, Brazil, where he heads the firm's mining and government relations practices. For many years he has given legal advice for a large number of 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 Law practitioners in Brazil by a number of publications, including the Who's Who Legal , Latin Lawyer 250, Chambers and Legal 500. He is the Secretary of The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law and Publication Officer of the Section for Environment, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law of the International Bar Association. 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.