Meet our areas of expertise

Expertise in drafting, reviewing and providing legal opinions on contracts (in general):
 

• Purchase and sale;
• Exchange;
• Donation;
• Rental;
• Provision of services;
• Construction work contract;
• Commodatum;
• Loan;
• Deposit;
• Mandate;
• Business management;
• Agricultural;
• Leasing;
• Partnerships;
• Insurance;
• Surety;
• Transportation;
• Supply, distribution and commercial representation;
• Commission and brokerage;
• Technology transfer and  know-how license;
• Franchising;
• Factoring, leasing, built to suit etc.

Experience in public tenders at federal, state and municipal level (administrative procedures for qualification and judicial classification, among others):
 

• Expropriations, concessions, permits and privatizations;
• Administrative proceedings before the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE).

Solid technical training to provide preventive consultancy in the various areas of Civil Law, Civil Procedure and Commercial Law:
 

• Contract terminations;
• Consignment actions;
• Civil liability actions;
• Actions for compensation for material, moral and aesthetic damages;
• Possession actions in general;
• Search and seizure actions;
• Enforcement actions;
• Credit collection actions;
• Actions for repetition of debt; among others.

We advise our clients on contracts in general involving Commercial Law, ensuring legal certainty in business activities and promoting the protection and sustainable growth of businesses:
 

• Franchising;
• Factoring
• Credit securities;
• Commercial intermediation and representation;
• Analysis of commercial and financial contracts.

Our lawyers have the expertise  to assist our clients in Family Law cases, guaranteeing confidentiality and consensual solutions that preserve the rights and well-being of those involved.
 

• Mediation and conciliation in Family Law;
• Recognition and dissolution of common-law marriages;
• Judicial separation;
• Judicial and extrajudicial divorce;
• Action and execution of alimony;
• Review and exoneration of alimony;
• Regulation and/or modification of custody and visits;
• Precautionary Guardianship of a Separation from Bed and Board;
• Probate of assets;
• Delivery of personal property;
• Paternity investigation;
• Licenses and awards;
• Judicial and extrajudicial inventory, probate, partition and overpartition, testamentary succession;
• Prenuptial agreement, cohabitation contract and dating contract, among others.

The concept of family has evolved in Brazil and the recognition of same-sex civil unions has brought with it the guarantee of various rights. However, many still face challenges in seeing their rights fully recognized.
 
Our firm  has qualified professionals to provide specialized legal support on issues related to LGBTQ+ Law, offering assistance with demands such as:
 

• Civil Registry;
• Change of name and gender at the Civil Registry Office due to gender identity;
• Birth registration for children of same-sex couples.

 
Civil Law:

• Compensation for discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and gender expression;
• Compensation for aggression against LGBT rights in social, family or work environments.

 
Family and Succession Law:

• Mediation and conciliation in Family Law;
• Recognition of homosexual common-law marriage for same-sex couples;
• Civil partnership contracts for homosexual, transsexual and transgender couples;
• Same-sex marriage: divorce, separation; child custody, alimony for same-sex couples;
• Health insurance and social security rights;
• Adoption by homosexual couples;
• Separation and dissolution of civil partnerships;
• Inheritance issues on the death of a spouse.

We are recognized in the national market for having a specialized team for dealing with consumer relations, assisting and defending our clients in the most diverse demands involving Consumer Law:
 

• Relations between consumers and companies, in the advisory and contentious areas, in the administrative and judicial spheres;
• Defenses of infraction notices at the municipal, state and federal levels;
• Mediation between consumers and companies with a view to reducing litigation liabilities;
• Management of case portfolios with periodic presentation of reports customized to clients' needs, with a variety of indicators (volume, root cause, KPIs defined by companies, etc.).

With extensive experience in the field of real estate law, we assist our clients with the aim of ensuring legal certainty at all stages of real estate transactions, protecting interests and ensuring compliance with current legislation:
 

• Development of projects in the real estate area, from the acquisition of areas, real estate developments, real estate funds;
• Analysis of real estate contracts and preventive consultancy;
• Regularization of properties in general;
• Area rectification and administrative adverse possession;
• Litigation in general: adverse possession; eviction; renovation; review; repossession etc.

We have a multidisciplinary team with experience in a wide range of corporate law issues:
 

• Incorporation and dissolution of companies;
• Mergers, spin-offs, transformations and acquisitions;
• Legal auditing;
• Joint ventures;
• Financial and capital markets, securitizations, corporate reorganizations, securities offerings;
• Shareholders' agreements, going public, issuing debentures, national and international securities;
• Succession planning.

Our team of lawyers acts strategically, offering preventive advice and representation in disputes related to labor relations.  Our goal is to provide efficient legal solutions that minimize risks and ensure legal compliance.
 

• Relations between employer and employee in advisory and litigation areas, individual and collective, including collective bargaining and union actions;
• Labor audits;
• Development of internal remuneration and benefits policies;
• Preparation of legal opinions;
• Administrative and judicial defense, etc.

One of our firm's key areas, the tax area has become increasingly important as we guarantee efficiency for our clients. With a strategic approach, we seek to minimize tax risks and costs, ensuring that they can conduct their activities safely and financially efficiently, especially in a complex and constantly evolving regulatory scenario.
 
We have a specialized team to analyze each client's situation according to the possibilities of our legal system and case law:
 

• Administrative and judicial litigation;
• Tax consultancy;
• Tax planning to ensure the appropriate framework for operations;
• Use and recovery of tax credits;
• Administration of tax liabilities;
• Defense of tax assessments at federal, state and municipal levels.

It is common knowledge that legal proceedings are not always the most advantageous method of resolving conflicts of interest, not only because of the significant length of time they take, but also because of the costs involved and the indirect impacts they can have.
 
That's why we have a team specialized in Conflict Resolution Methods and have successfully participated in various projects and action plans to reduce our clients' litigation liabilities.
 
The technical legal knowledge, the study of the client's operational bases, the technological control system, the conciliatory contact and the constant academic updating of the professionals have provided our clients with a considerable reduction in their active litigation portfolio, with a significant financial gain in their accruals.
 
Using mediation techniques, taking into account legislation, case law and, above all, common sense, we guide and advise the parties involved in defining the most appropriate strategy for resolving conflicts, reducing the costs involved and avoiding legal proceedings.

We help our clients identify business risks in a wide range of areas, such as human resources, finance, sales, marketing, operations, purchasing, logistics, legal (civil, contractual, real estate, tax and labor), judicial and administrative proceedings, post-sales and information technology, in order to act preventively and remedy contingent liabilities.
 
Our work includes audits, internal investigations, monitoring of strategic judicial and administrative proceedings, interviews with managers, employees, third parties, training, review of internal flows and controls, implementation and review of internal policies, compliance programs and good corporate governance practices.

Our specialized team has the necessary expertise to assist our clients in advisory and litigation demands in the area of Corporate Social Security Law, such as:
 

• Defenses in regressive actions;
• Interface with the Labor Department in accident claims;
• Acting in the administrative sphere (INSS);
• Supporting the INSS, via legal assistance, in accident claims;
• Drafting legal opinions.