Practice Areas

Corporate and Contract Law

Contracts and corporate structures provide the foundation for commercial relationships, investments, reorganizations, and growth initiatives.

We advise our clients on both recurring matters and specific transactions, helping prevent disputes and providing legal support for the implementation of their business strategies.

We also assist with matters involving investor and shareholder rights, corporate governance, corporate disputes, and foreign investments in Brazil.

Key areas of practice include:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements;
• Advisory services for investors and shareholders;
• Structuring corporate governance rules;
• Prevention and management of corporate disputes;
• Analysis of foreign investments in Brazil;
• Corporate structuring;
• Drafting and amendment of bylaws and articles of association;
• Preparation of shareholders’ agreements and other corporate agreements;
• Preparation of meeting and shareholders’ meeting minutes;
• Preparation of documents related to the appointment of officers, directors, and representatives.

We also advise on corporate reorganizations, including:

• Mergers and acquisitions;
• Spin-offs;
• Joint ventures;
• Consortium agreements;
• Partnerships structured as sociedades em conta de participação (silent partnerships);
• Other forms of business associations.

Combined with our tax practice, we also support our clients in succession and estate planning projects, including the assessment and implementation of corporate structures, the development of corporate governance policies, the preparation of wills, donation and usufruct instruments, as well as the analysis of the legal effects in Brazil of international succession planning structures.