Practice areas
Areas of Practice in Brazil
Each practice area pairs technical depth with a practical understanding of the client's business. Explore the details of each specialty at the firm's office in Porto Alegre.
Economic Crime Law
Technical defense in financial crime cases, handling high-complexity proceedings involving companies, executives and individuals.
- —Offenses against the National Financial System and white-collar defense
- —Corruption and offenses against public administration
- —Money laundering (Law 9,613/98)
- —Tax offenses and tax fraud
- —Bankruptcy and corporate crimes
Corporate Law
Full legal advisory for companies — from incorporation to litigation, including contracts, civil liability and corporate criminal defense.
- —Company formation, restructuring and corporate governance
- —Commercial contracts and civil liability
- —Mergers and acquisitions
- —Defense of companies and executives in criminal proceedings and investigations
Criminal Law
Criminal defense at every stage of proceedings — investigation, pre-trial and trial — before Brazilian courts, including military courts.
- —Representation in police investigations and prosecutorial proceedings
- —Jury trial and criminal court defense
- —Appeals before higher courts
- —Military Criminal Law — Armed Forces and Military Police cases
- —Precautionary measures and habeas corpus
International Law
Resolution of jurisdiction conflicts, international judicial cooperation and cross-border contracts.
- —Recognition of foreign judgments before Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ)
- —Letters rogatory and international judicial cooperation in criminal matters
- —Extradition
- —International contracts and cross-border dispute resolution
Administrative Law
Representation before public authorities, administrative litigation and defense in public administrative misconduct and disciplinary proceedings.
- —Public administrative misconduct proceedings
- —Disciplinary proceedings and representation before oversight bodies
- —Administrative litigation before courts and public bodies
- —Public procurement and public contracts