Áreas de Atuação

Corporate

Our firm offers solid specialized legal support to partners, investors, companies and national and international financial institutions in various sectors of the economy in order to comply with Brazilian corporate law, as well as all applicable regulatory obligations.

We are also specialists in:
  • Formation of all types of companies, foundations, cooperatives, associations, consortia, partnerships and joint ventures;
  • Planning and implementing corporate structures based on good corporate governance and economic efficiency models;
  • Negotiating and drafting articles of association, minutes of meetings, shareholders’ and quotaholders’ agreements and other corporate documents, as well as registering these acts with the relevant government bodies;
  • Advice on implementing structures, conducting activities and managing businesses in Brazil with regard to corporate matters;
  • Assistance with aspects of the corporate and regulatory routine, including corporate books, minutes, compliance with accessory obligations to government agencies;
  • Legal advice on exchange control issues, remittance of dividends, repatriation of capital and conversion of foreign financing into investments;
  • Registration of foreign investment and loans with the Central Bank of Brazil; · Corporate reorganizations, such as acquisitions and sales of shareholdings, transfers of assets, mergers, incorporations, spin-offs and others;
  • Representation before government entities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários – CVM) and the Boards of Trade of various states;
  • Advice on corporate matters in general;
  • Advising on general meetings, meetings of shareholders, administrators and directors;
  • Family and succession planning.
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