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Energy, Technology and Telecommunications

  • Internet projects
  • Infrastructure share agreements
  • Software leasing contracts
  • Concessions, authorizations and permits
  • Procurement and maintenance of telecommunications and computer equipment services
  • Value-added telecommunications services
  • Wired and wireless networks
  • Negotiations related to submarine cables
  • Mobile and fixed telephony
  • Internet service providers
  • Application service providers
  • Internet portals
  • E-commerce
  • Virtual communities

Non-profit Organizations

  • Civil associations, foundations, federations, confederations and employer’s organizations
  • Corporate procedures (incorporation, drafting of bylaws and internal regulations, Legal Books legalization, bylaws reform and new appointments)
  • Legal support at assemblies and meetings
  • Registration at the General Tax Administration
  • Public Interest Declaration
  • Income tax-deductible donations authorization
  • Legal Support with the reporting process

Transportation

  • Maritime, aviation, multimodal and logistics
  • Seaworthiness certifications
  • Naval mortgages
  • Hull insurance
  • Representation of Protection and Indemnization clubs
  • Preventive embargo and ship arrest
  • Ship and flag registration
  • Charter contracts (by time/by voyage)
  • Legal representation of naval agents and ship provisioning
  • Cargo claims (in bulk and by containers)
  • Bills of lading
  • Port and customs administrative sanctions
  • Handling of INCOTERMS in the implementation of cargo transportation contracts
  • Sailor claims for high sea accidents
  • Claims concerning docker (stevedore) handling
  • Implementation of SOLAS, MARPOS and other international conventions

Family Law

  • Parental authority disputes
  • Child support and related matters
  • Judgment modification proceedings
  • Early liquidation of marital assets
  • Marriages
  • Mutual consent divorces
  • Prenuptial agreements and marital agreements
  • Domestic violence proceedings
  • Guardianship or judicial declarations of abandonment
  • Adoptions
  • Recognition of child of a married woman
  • Safeguard proceedings

Project Finance

  • Agreements between shareholders and sponsors
  • Engineering, procurement and construction contracts
  • Operation and maintenance contracts
  • Launch, long-term agreements, supply, hedging and performance agreements
  • Non-recourse and limited recourse guarantee structures
  • Agreements between creditors and syndicated loan structures
  • Investment vehicles based on project cash flows and assets
  • Securitization, options, derivatives and insurance structures for risk mitigation

Intellectual Property

Trademarks and Trade Names

  • Preliminary availability searches
  • Trademark registration
  • Licensing
  • Portfolio management
  • Oppositions
  • Non-use cancellation actions
  • Invalidity actions
  • Trademark advisory
  • Due diligence processes
  • Domain name registration

Copyright

  • Registration applications
  • Oppositions
  • Assignments, licenses and contracts

IP Protection

  • Protection of IP rights
  • Infringement actions
  • Criminal proceedings for counterfeiting
  • Monitoring

Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs

  • Registration applications
  • Oppositions

Banking and Finance

  • Preparation of investment agreements
  • Project financing
  • Structuring of loans that act as temporary legal vehicles during merger and acquisition processes
  • Public and private offerings
  • Debt structuring and restructuring
  • Credit facilities
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Judicial collections
  • Obtaining licenses and incorporation of banks
  • Search and negotiation with banks and insurance companies, processing of mergers, shareholders’ agreements, share purchases and authorization before the Superintendence of the Financial System
  • Bank acquisitions

Insurance

  • Development of insurance products
  • Insurance and reinsurance policies
  • International insurance operations
  • Litigation in insurance matters
  • Registration of insurance and reinsurance companies
  • Product registration
  • Insurance operator licenses
  • Assistance in regulatory insurance matters
  • Mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies
  • Coordination and diligences before the Regulation Authority
  • Assistance and advice on everyday regulatory and corporate matters for regulated companies
  • Review and advisory of insurance contracts

Competition Law

  • Preparation of guidelines, manuals and internal compliance programs for companies in competition law matters
  • Execution of audits to assess compliance in competition law
  • Presentations and training sessions in competition law
  • Representation and assistance in merger control approvals before competition authorities
  • Mediation and support in establishing defenses before competition authorities
  • Representation in complaints regarding anti-competitive practices

Regulatory Compliance

  • Specialized counseling in compliance and corporate governance: compliance verification, due diligence processes, anticorruption evaluation, corporate compliance planning and supervision, corporate risk prevention
  • Ethical investigations and implementation of a Claim’s Management system
  • Counseling on the application and interpretation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Law
  • Audits in compliance of administrative policies and Human Resources
  • Preparation of ethical codes, periodical revisions and support in the correct application by employees
  • Counseling related to the FCPA Law and money laundering: constant updates and proper application
  • Registry of natural persons and/or corporations in compliance with Law 8204 and its bylaws
  • Elaboration of guidelines for legal compliance and manuals on compliance procedures for anti-money laundering
  • Due Diligence preparation and elaboration of reports in order to comply with the resolution regarding the Registry of Transparency and Final Beneficiaries
  • Corporate amendments to comply with the Corporate Governance Voluntary Code and other mandatory corporate governance guidelines; according to each specific entity and its business activity
  • Drafting of corporate governance codes