Antonio Elian Lawand Junior is Adjunct Professor at Charleston School of Law, Charleston, SC, USA and Associate Professor at Maritime Law Academy, Santos, SP, Brazil. He's an Invited Lecturer at Verbo Jurídico, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He is a member of the “Energy and Environment” research group at Catholic University of Santos in Brazil and Centre for Strategic Studies and Marine Spatial Planning-CEDEPEM at Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil and Associate Researcher at EXEA Museum (IF Paraiba - Brazil). He is a lawyer in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.Antonio Elian Lawand Junior holds a Juris Doctor in International Environmental Law, a master’s degree in laws in Environmental Law, a bachelor’s degree in laws (Catholic University of Santos, UniSantos, Brazil), and a postgraduate in Higher Education — Pedagogy (Tampere University, Finland).