M.Sc. Yuri Schmitke A. B. Tisi

Detailed description of working activity

• Administrative and judicial proceedings on regulatory issues related to energy, waste, environment and public law: drafting petitions, appeals, legal opinions, arbitration, mediation, legal-regulatory advice, contracts and relations with the market and public institutions.
• Association management: Strategic and action planning, bylaws, minutes, registration, personnel management, council and board meetings, working groups, drafting bills, regulatory standards, contributions to consultations and public hearings, organization of events, workshops, national and international cooperations, advocacy, market studies, preparation of press releases and interviews.
• Academic research, technical reports, preparation of presentations and market studies.
• Local manager of the European Union's EU-BRA project (EUCD - European Union Climate Dialogues), decarbonization through sustainable production of biogas and biomethane in the agricultural and urban waste sectors (2024).
• Lectures at dozens of events in the electricity, environment and waste sectors of Brazil since 2013.
• Participation in International events: IFAT 2022 and 2024 (Munich, Germany).
• Lectures at international events: EEC/WtERT World Congress 2022 (NY, USA), WtERT World Congress 2023 (Hangzhou, China), IRRC 2023 (Vienna, Austria), 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of UNFCCC in 2023 (Dubai, UAE), ESWET General Assembly (IFAT 2024), EUCD Study Trip to Europe (Belgium, Denmark and Germany), EEC/WtERT World Congress 2024 (NY, USA);
• Technical visits: 3 Landfills with biogas (Brazil), 3 Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) plants in Lisbon (Portugal), 4 in Brazil; Waste-to-Energy plants in Lucerne (Switzerland), Hangzhou (China), 2 in Vienna (Austria), 2 in Dubai (UAE) and Copenhagen (Denmark), Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant in Vienna and Copenhagen (with CO2 plus H2 methanization).
• Institutional and governmental relations with high-level contacts in Brazil and Europe.
• International Relations: European Union Commission (DG Clima, DG Ener, DG Enf and DG Agri), World Bank, IDB, UN, GIZ, FEAD (EU), WtERT (30 countries/universities), BDE (Germany), ESWET (EU), CEWEP (EU), CIB (Italy), EBA (Belgium), DBA (Denmark) and GBA (Germany).

Current activity

Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University Center of Brasília (UniCEUB). Post-graduate degree in Electric Energy Law from UniCEUB. Master in Law and Public Policy from UniCEUB. Partner at FCR Law, founder and Executive President of the Brazilian Association for Energy Recovery from Waste (ABREN), Vice-President LATAM of the Global Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council – WtERT since 2023 and President of WtERT Brazil since 2020. Founder and visiting professor of the Executive MBA in Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV): Energy Recovery and Waste Treatment. In 2022, he received the Energy Oscar among the 100 Most Influential in Energy. In 2021, he received the Waste Management Certificate from the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) – International Status. Member of ISWA Working Group on Energy Recovery. Member of the Brazilian Energy Planning Society (SBPE). Member of the Federal District Lawyers Institute (IADF). Member of the OAB/DF Special Energy Committee.

• Partner at FCR Law since 2025. Address: Rua do Rocio n. 350, Vila Olímpia, São Paulo - SP, CEP 04552-000. Website: www.fcrlaw.com.br
• Founder and Executive President of the Brazilian Waste Energy Recovery Association (ABREN) since 2019, Address: Centro Empresarial Brasil XXI, SHS, Quadra 06, Lote 01, Bloco A, sala 501, Asa Sul, Brasília - DF. Website: https://abren.org.br/
• Vice-President LATAM of the Global Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council - WtERT since 2023, Address: Earth Engineering Center, 500 West 120th St, 918, Columbia University, New York City, NY. Website: wtert.org.
• President of WtERT Brazil since 2019. Website: https://abren.org.br/wtert-quem-somos/
• Member of the Brazilian Society of Energy Planning (SBPE).
• Member of the Institute of Lawyers of the Federal District (IADF).
• Member of the special energy commission of the OAB/DF.

Former activities

• Vice-president of the National Commission on Electricity Regulatory Law of the Brazilian Association of Lawyers – ABA (2016-2018);
• Secretary of the OAB/DF Environmental Law and Land Regularization Commission (2016-2018);
• Member of the Energy Commission of the Federal Council of OAB (2016-2018);
• Member of the OAB/DF regulatory affairs committee (2016-2021);
• Coordinator of the Energy Subcommittee of the OAB/DF Regulatory Affairs Commission (2016-2018);
• President and legal founder of the DCE (Central Student Directory) CESUSC – Florianópolis/SC;
• Lawyer at AS Consultoria em Comércio Exterior. SHIN CA 01, Bl. A, sl. 139, North Deck, North Lake, Brasilia/DF. Website: www.asconsultoria.com.br. Phone: (61) 3468-2150. Period: 2011 to 2012. Trade Defense: acting at DECOM/SECEX/MDIC, through Institutes for the protection of domestic industry from damage caused by predatory imports, regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which are the classic Commercial Defense institutes: anti-dumping, compensatory, safeguards, avoidance or circumvention (triangulation) measures and false declaration of origin. Writing of petitions, review of all petitions and contracts, jurisprudential research in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, research in national and international statistical databases and completion / review of DECOM questionnaires;
• Partner at Girardi & Schmitke Law Firm. Period. 2012-2025. Address: Centro Empresarial Brasil XXI, SHS, Quadra 06, Lote 01, Bloco E, sala 1.117, Asa Sul, Brasília - DF. Website: www.girardiadvocacia.com.br. Contract management, client relations, drafting legal opinions, acting in administrative proceedings before ANEEL, CCEE, ONS, EPE, judicial proceedings before the State Courts, Federal Cours, STJ and STF Courts. Expert opinions and arbitration proceedings. Issues related to the electricity sector in the areas of generation, transmission, commercialization, and distribution of electricity, working in the areas of Regulatory Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Concessions and PPPs, Due Diligence, and Compliance.
• Founder and visiting professor on the Executive MBA in Administration at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), São Paulo: Waste Treatment and Energy Recovery. Period 2021-2022. Integrated and Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM): Introduction to public policy, public policies in the international context, instruments for implementing public policies, global environmental governance, environmental governance instruments, integral aspects of ISWM, planning and development of ISWM and case studies.

Education

• Fluent English in speaking, reading and writing: BRASAS Certificate – Brasília/DF.
• Bachelor of Laws from the University Center of Brasília – UNICEUB, 2011.
• Postgraduate in Electric Energy Law from UNICEUB, 2015.
• Master's Degree in Law, Public Policies and Economic Development from the University Center of Brasília – UNICEUB, 2019.
• Waste Management Certificate from the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) in 2021 - International Status (highest status).
• ABESCO. 2nd place in the Cultural Competition for the Best Energy Efficiency Projects. 15th Brazilian Congress on Energy Efficiency - COBEE. São Paulo. August 27, 2018.
• Oscar of Energy among the 100 Most Influential in Energy. Full Energy Award. Sao Paulo-SP, 2022.

Memberships

Member of Working Group on Energy Recovery of International Solid Waste Association (ISWA);
Member of the Brazilian Society of Energy Planning – SBPE;
Member of the Federal District Lawyers Institute – IADF;
Member of the commissions on electricity of the Brazilian Bar Association – OAB/DF.

Papers

• WASTE-TO-ENERGY: ENERGY RECOVERY AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROPRIATE FORM FOR THE DISPOSAL OF URBAN SOLID WASTE