Tributário

Consultancy to individuals and legal entities, national and foreign, in the interpretation and application of federal, state and municipal tax rules, covering the strategic analysis with possible preparation and conduction of tax and social security lawsuits. Representation and performance in the various Judicial and Administrative Courts of the country and, also, in the Superior Courts in Brasília.

Preparation and presentation of consultations on tax norms and tax classification applied and interpreted, as well as preparation of requests for the concession of special regimes and fiscal incentives to Finance Secretariats.

Our tax team deals with issues related to the most diverse sectors, such as Information Technology, energy, retail and logistics. The experience of the team has been recognized in the most varied types of operation, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganization, foreign trade, financial and capital market operations and patrimonial planning.

Trabalhista

Preventive legal counseling for human resources departments, with extensive experience in profit and loss participation plan, variable compensation, stock option plans, voluntary resignation plans, advising on the conduction of outsourcing processes and related to outsourced processes.

Representation in trade union negotiations, acting in the improvement of the union relations, to obtain agreements in collective negotiations as well as in strategies of prevention and reduction of labor liabilities, and in safety and health in the work. Experience still in conflict management and striking stoppage.

It has also worked with the Public Prosecutor's Office in several investigations involving legislation related to occupational health and safety, outsourcing, compliance with quotas for the hiring of workers with physical disabilities, special work, positions and salaries, moral harassment, systems remuneration, among others.

The direct and permanent partnership with the clients has provided maximum efficiency in the judicial processes, allowing to avoid contingencies in the labor litigation. Customers with a large volume of lawsuits find qualified professionals, high-tech structure and scope to represent them throughout the national territory.

Consumidor

Acting both in the prevention and in the settlement of disputes regarding consumer law. Advice for the preparation of operational manuals, extensive experience in structuring and reviewing contracts involving consumer relations and dissemination material in advertising campaigns for goods and services intended for consumption.

Guidance on specific issues with consumer protection bodies and follow-up of administrative and judicial proceedings involving consumer complaints and indemnification. In the field of litigation, expertise in the filing of actions, elaboration of defenses and appeals and in procedural follow-up to consumer rights (Procon), Consumer Stations, Public Prosecutor's Office, Special Civil Courts and Common Justice.

Imobiliário

With a highly specialized team and acting in relevant operations in the real estate market, we have consolidated the recognition and reference in real estate law in Brazil. Due to this outstanding performance, the Firm has as clients large players in the market, being able to provide its clients with a specialized legal advice throughout the process of development of the real estate business.

• Due diligence for acquisition of urban and rural properties.

• Contracts for the acquisition of urban and rural properties (purchase and sale, exchange, deed, etc.).

• Residential and commercial lease contracts, built-to-suit contracts and surface.

• Specific contracts related to the development of shopping malls, hotel developments and sports arenas.

• Real estate development of residential, commercial, hotel or mixed projects.

• Allotments, partnership agreements and others related to the development of allotments.

• Contracts for the sale of autonomous units or lots.

• Construction contracts.

• Contracts related to obtaining funding and financing the production of real estate projects.

• Real estate guarantee contracts.

• Rectification of registration.

Arbitragem e Mediação

Expertise in arbitration proceedings. Representation of clients in the most varied types of disputes, in contractual, corporate, labor relations, consumer relations, among others. Completion of the work with the execution of arbitration awards, guaranteeing the effectiveness of the measure in a short period of time and in secrecy.

Team with in-depth knowledge of the procedures adopted by the main arbitration chambers in Brazil, with professionals prepared to provide advice for conflict prevention and resolution.

Our partners also act as arbitrators, mediators and experts on issues related to their areas of expertise.

Reestruturação Societária

We advise companies involved in corporate restructuring and financial crises, with debt restructuring, operations and business. We advise and represent interested parties in assets or acquisition of business units resulting from restructuring.

We act in legal audit and advice for corporate reorganizations, including mergers, divisions, incorporation and liquidation of companies. We also have expertise in corporate restructuring in the case of family succession.

All restructurings are addressed individually, depending on the particular situation of the company. The team is fully prepared to guide and represent the client as to the possible alternatives in case of litigation.

We are also especially qualified to negotiate, design and revise contractual arrangements to enable the decisions taken during the process of restructuring or recovery of companies.

Societário

Elaboration of contracts and by-laws, shareholders and quotaholders agreements, minutes and other corporate documents. Advisory on corporate aspects of limited companies and joint stock companies.

Advice to define the most suitable corporate model for the business, mediation for the solution of conflicts of interests between partners and judicial action for the rupture of society, in case of need.

Structuring of business and business activities. Incorporation of partnerships, consortiums, joint ventures and other forms of partnerships.

Contencioso Cível e Comercial

Professionals with wide background and experience in the most varied legal disputes. Present in the state and federal courts of the whole national territory and drafting legal opinions on the most different topics.

Acting in civil, commercial, consumer, banking, credit recoveries, bankruptcy, civil liability, as well as in Corporate and Banking Law.

Assistance in extrajudicial recoveries, through negotiations involving creditors and debtors and through debt restructuring plans.

For customers with a large volume of processes, we highlight the reduction of costs through the standardization of theses and procedures, sponsoring civil, labor and consumer relations actions throughout the country. With this, the clients have the convenience of having a single office, capable of managing any demand throughout the national territory.

The team has extensive experience in the development and implementation of agreements campaigns involving clients from different sectors, anticipating the closure of significant numbers of processes. We rely on modern systems of organization and information management. Because of centralized planning and these methods, the Litigation Management area has significantly increased the chances of reducing contingencies for our clients and subsidized changes in their business strategies.

Contratos

Business-oriented lawyers specialize in serving clients in all types of business contracts. Based on the legal and economic competence of our specialists, we adopt an interdisciplinary approach in the process of defining the contractual structures most appropriate to the individual demands of our clients.

Experience in advising and representing clients in all stages of the negotiation process. Our activities range from the preparation, review and negotiation of preliminary contracts and memoranda of understanding, to full post-contract performance, such as contract management, additions and rescissions, and conflict resolution.

Our team handles a full range of commercial contracts, including: franchise agreements, provision of services, supplies, transportation, leasing, rental and confidentiality agreements, contracts for the purchase and sale of goods, construction contracts and building contracts.

Licitação e Contratos Públicos

We act in the dedication to follow-up, orientation and challenges in bids, from the modality of competition to the electronic auction. Disciplinary administrative procedures, public bids and contracts, concessions, permits and authorizations with public administration bodies also represent the expertise of this area.

We also hold public court hearing and consultations, as well as licensing procedures for establishments and product registration in the competent bodies. The evaluation and defense of the interests of clients in administrative proceedings in general, of an administrative or judicial litigation nature before the most diverse courts and instances, including the Court of Audit.

In addition, our team has extensive experience in judicial review of administrative decisions before state and federal courts.

Família e Sucessões

Professionals with extensive experience in family law, highlighting consensual and litigious separation, fixing food to ex-spouse and child, custody and regulation of visits, judicial interdiction, inventory and testament, prenuptial agreement.

Performance in succession planning, focusing on the reduction of taxes and costs involved in inventory processes. Succession planning within a business organization, with equalization of interests of all heirs and aiming at business continuity.