Find a way, or make one.

One counterpart, every front

The company has a single counterpart: a partner who knows the business, follows its decisions and answers for contracts, employment matters, corporate housekeeping and litigation, in any Brazilian state.

Specialists, under coordination

When a matter calls for another specialty, such as tax, regulatory or intellectual property, the firm selects the specialist, negotiates the engagement and supervises the work. The company does not manage a roster of lawyers; it receives a single, consolidated view.

Litigation under control

Management of court and administrative proceedings throughout Brazil, with periodic reports on status, risk and provisions, including the risk classification required for accounting purposes.

Foreign companies

Support for foreign companies with operations or interests in Brazil: corporate structuring and maintenance, contracts, local operations and direct communication with headquarters, in Portuguese or English.

For companies

Prevention before litigation: hiring, compensation, working hours, terminations and review of the practices that create liabilities. Defense in labor claims at every level, and in labor inspections and administrative proceedings. For companies served on an ongoing basis, the firm takes part in personnel decisions before they become lawsuits.

For employees and executives

Terminations and unpaid entitlements. Overtime and working hours. Positions of trust. Equal pay. Workplace harassment. Unrecognized employment relationships. For executives: negotiated exits, variable pay, bonuses, non-compete covenants and the other clauses that survive the contract.

What counts as a workplace accident

Not only a sudden event at the workplace. Also any disease caused or aggravated by the work, such as repetitive strain injuries, spinal conditions and work-related psychological disorders, and accidents on the way between home and work.

What is at stake

The Workplace Accident Report (CAT) is the first step, and where the first mistake is made. It determines the accident benefit, twelve months of job security after the INSS leave ends, and the employer's FGTS deposits during the leave. Where the employer is at fault, or the activity is inherently risky, the worker may claim compensation for material, moral and aesthetic damage, and a pension for lost working capacity.

How the firm works

For employees: medical and documentary evidence organized from day one, follow-up of the expert medical examination, and handling of the claim, administrative and judicial. For employers: analysis of the causal link between the work and the injury, guidance on issuing the CAT and managing the leave, and a firm defense when liability is attributed without grounds.

Civil litigation

Claims and defenses in the state courts, at every level, and before Brazil's higher courts. Enforcement of judgments and debt collection, for creditors and debtors alike: asset tracing, attachment, account freezes. Piercing the corporate veil, to reach those who hide behind a company, or to protect those reached without grounds.

Real estate

Purchase and sale, exchange and leasing, residential and commercial. Development and land subdivision. Regularization of property and title. Possession, ownership, contract terminations and fiduciary liens. The firm examines the deal before signing, while litigation can still be avoided, and takes it on when it no longer can.

Contracts and companies

Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts. Company formation, shareholders' agreements and amendments to the articles of association. Admission and exit of partners, valuation of partnership interests and dissolution. Disputes between partners, where the company itself is at stake, not merely the lawsuit.

Succession and estate planning

The succession of a family business is decided before probate. The firm organizes the transfer of assets and management during the owners' lifetime, using holding companies, gifts, wills and shareholders' agreements tailored to each family. Once succession has opened, it handles probate and estate partition, in or out of court.

Health law

High-cost treatments and medications cannot wait. The firm challenges health plan denials and seeks from the public health system the supply of medications and treatments: cancer drugs and immunotherapy, biologics, medications for rare diseases, therapies for autism spectrum disorder, home care, surgery and special medical devices.

A denial based on the coverage list of the ANS, Brazil's health plan regulator, on off-label use or on the allegedly experimental nature of a treatment does not end the matter. The firm gathers the medical evidence for the emergency injunction from the outset and follows the enforcement of the decision, with fines and the freezing of funds when necessary, until the treatment reaches the patient.

Consumer law

Defense of companies in consumer complaints, before consumer protection agencies (PROCON) and in court. Representation of consumers when the harm goes beyond the value of the product.