Dispute Resolution: Rio de Janeiro
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Provided by Schmidt Lourenço Kingston Advogados
Schmidt Lourenço Kingston ('SLK') Dispute Resolution department is composed of 10 (ten) experienced professionals attending to domestic and foreign clients from several business segments.
Its multidisciplinary team practices in a wide range of legal areas, such as Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Civil and Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate, et cetera.
As result of several years of an intense and distinguished practice, SLK has become a highly-regarded and well-established chamber in Rio de Janeiro.
The firm’s portfolio includes a significant number of strategic disputes, some of which can reach up to the billions of reais in terms of its economic repercussions. For instance, most recently, its Dispute Resolution department was able to attain a condemnation, on its client’s behalf, of more than 6 (six) billion reais in a dispute involving the trading of securities during Brazil’s hyperinflation period in the 1990’s.
All in all, its Dispute Resolution team of partners and associates have a thoroughly recognized practice, having earned special appraise in recent years, as several of them have had their work acknowledged in different national and international legal rankings covering the Brazilian market.
Chambers Review
Schmidt Lourenço Kingston Advogados is a well-recognised Rio de Janeiro-based law firm. It provides personal, cost-efficient, and creative advice on a wide range of disputes to national and international clients from several business segments.
Work Highlights
- Schmidt Lourenço Kingston assisted Elfewith filing a preliminary injunction in order to render Petrobras’ sudden decision to block Elfe’s participation in bidding and contracting with the state-owned oil company void.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Competent professionals with in-depth knowledge of the subject who are willing to advise the client in the best possible way."
"They can handle all matters submitted with the best skills."
"Competent professionals with in-depth knowledge of the subject who are willing to advise the client in the best possible way."
"They can handle all matters submitted with the best skills."
Notable Practitioners
Founding partner Gustavo da Rocha Schmidt leads the firm's dispute resolution practice. He handles complex matters in both the private and public sectors and represents clients from a wide range of sectors in high-value disputes.
"Extremely competent, committed, technical, and approachable professional with deep knowledge of the subject."
"He is the lawyer who is always in contact and working on our case. He is doing an excellent job all the time."
Up-and-coming lawyer Michel Grumach gets market recognition for his work on high-end litigation mandates in Rio de Janeiro.
"As well as all the knowledge and technique, he has the energy and disposition to endure and overcome all the difficulties and stress that are always present in complex disputes."
Ranked Lawyers at
Schmidt Lourenço Kingston Advogados
Brazil
Members
Provided by Schmidt Lourenço Kingston Advogados
Clara Silva
Guilherme Aleixo
Head of Department
José Junior
João Gomes
Marcelo Bellizze
Maria Bacci
Michel Grumach
Nathalia Bärg
Vanessa Cunha
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