Overview



Follow-up of the foreign companies that have been established in Brazil since the incorporation of the local subsidiary to various guidelines on routine aspects of the company's activity.

Review and adaptation to Brazilian legislation of contractual instruments adopted by foreign companies that have incorporated subsidiaries in Brazil.

Operation as lawyers of the creditor (international financial institution) in Brazil, in the preparation and review of contracts for fundraising in the international market and the various guarantees offered in this type of operations (mortgage, fiduciary disposition as a guarantee, pledge, suretyship).

Preparation of standard drafts of services agreement, distribution contracts, agency agreements, resale agreements, adapting the drafts of the parent company to local legislation and the rules of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Review and negotiation of sales agreement for companies in various segments (pharmaceutical, civil construction, automotive, heavy equipment, service provision, etc.).

Operation as lawyers of the foreign company in arbitration before the Chamber of International Trade (CCI), involving aspects related to the delivery of a hydroelectric power plant.

Operation as lawyers in arbitration that involved a Brazilian electricity commercialization company.

Review of all cash transfers of a European financial institution that finances Brazilian companies that trade commodities.

Preparation of an annual legal opinion, as Brazilian lawyers, for international organizations focused on the capital market, on the various derivative contracts.

Preparation of a report for an external financial institution that needed to prove to the insurer that had fulfilled all the obligations in the competent registration offices of the various guarantees and with all the precautions in Brazil, to receive the payment of the insurance. The client reported that the insurer, after analyzing our report, made the insurance payment.

Legal advisory to an international hotel chain in the purchase of a hotel in Brazil and in the formation of a joint venture with the local partner, including the preparation of the hotel’s due diligence report. After the purchase of the hotel, we began to provide permanent assistance to the client, following the meetings of members and assisting the hotel with the different problems of the day to day.

Legal advisory to a foreign company, which was associated with a Brazilian group and participated in a Brazilian company resulting from this association. This company had its bankruptcy decreed and had a great labor and fiscal responsibility. The legal assistance covered the entire negotiation phase and preparation of the agreement executed with the bankruptcy estate, and this negotiation was prolonged for several years. The main objective of this agreement was to reduce the risks derived from this bankruptcy, allowing the company to return to the Brazilian market.

Legal advisory of a private equity fund, including the review of the sales agreement of a division of a pharmaceutical company worldwide. Preparation of amendments to said agreement in the part relating to the division acquired in Brazil. Follow-up of the transition due to the need to obtain authorization to operate and register the products before the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). Incorporation of the subsidiary that assumed said division.
