SA Law

SA Law is the result of its partners' desire to align their experiences and visions to offer the market a new model of legal advisory. The idea was to combine the excellence of tailored technical service—focused on achieving the best outcomes for each client—with a team-driven approach, making our people the key driver in reaching new markets and partners.

Our distinctive operating model has attracted the attention of top-tier professionals. Constant growth, the addition of outstanding talent, and strong team integration enable us to provide our clients with comprehensive legal advice across key practice areas.

With offices in São Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro, SA Law is comprised of a team of lawyers with experience at some of the most prestigious national and international law firms, as well as multinational consultancies.

We provide sound legal advice in:

Corporate / M&A: The sophistication of corporate operations demands legal counsel that is not only experienced and highly skilled, but also creative and fully aligned with the client’s interests and business context. With this in mind, we work in close integration with tax, labour, regulatory, real estate, compliance, contracts, and litigation teams to deliver comprehensive corporate legal support. Our services include advising on company formation and operations, M&A transactions, corporate reorganisations, succession planning, and disputes; drafting of commercial contracts, shareholder and joint venture agreements; support in private equity and venture capital deals, including strategic investments and divestments; and conducting legal due diligence.

Wealth Planning: With extensive experience in wealth and succession planning—both in Brazil and abroad—and a multidisciplinary approach, our firm provides comprehensive legal support to help clients structure their assets in response to legal, economic, and succession-related challenges. We work with discretion, dedication, and proximity to our clients, offering tailored solutions that prioritise tax efficiency. Our services include the structuring of wealth and succession plans, offshore assets, family protocols for managing financial, corporate, and real estate assets, as well as corporate reorganisations and legal consulting for multi-family offices.

Tax: Our firm provides comprehensive tax services—advisory and litigation—across administrative and judicial levels, working in an integrated manner with other practice areas to deliver effective, strategic solutions. On the consulting side, we offer tax diagnostics, planning, and structuring; review of direct, indirect, and social security taxes; support with M&A and cross-border transactions; transfer pricing; succession planning; and assistance in obtaining tax benefits and incentives. In litigation, we act in strategic lawsuits to reduce tax burdens, defend clients in administrative and judicial proceedings, challenge unlawful tax rules, and manage inspections and payment arrangements. Our goal is to optimise tax efficiency and mitigate risks for companies and individuals alike.

Strategic Litigation and Arbitration: Our specialised litigation team has broad experience handling complex disputes in civil, commercial, banking, corporate, regulatory, and administrative matters, including corporate conflicts. We represent clients before courts and administrative bodies, and offer strategic support in all stages of litigation. Our services include risk analysis, development of legal strategies, review of contracts and legal transactions in light of case law, and the preparation of legal opinions. We also have strong expertise in arbitration, acting as counsel or arbitrators, advising on court proceedings related to arbitration, and assisting in the drafting, negotiation, and review of arbitration clauses.

Labour: Our team stays up to date with evolving labour issues and their implications for diverse business models. We focus on preventive advice and are recognised by leading national and international publications as a reference in the market. Our services include guidance on labour laws and litigation, review and localisation of global HR policies, executive hiring and termination, design of benefit and compensation plans, expatriate employment, trade union negotiations, audit support in corporate transactions, and representation in strategic disputes.

SA Law is a member of CONSULEGIS. Through this global alliance, we have access to renowned partners in major cities around the world, enabling us to offer our clients and partners in Brazil the highest quality international opportunities, experience and know-how, as well as legal advice in Brazil to foreign clients and partners.