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TozziniFreire Advogados

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TozziniFreire Advogados

TozziniFreire Advogados

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Brazil: Regions

In addition to the headquarters in São Paulo, TozziniFreire has strong practices in Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Porto Alegre, Campinas, and USA, maintaining a unique standard of quality. Our offices serve as hubs for local clients and have leading practices headed by specialists who work frequently and seamlessly with the firm’s other offices in a multidisciplinary approach to deliver the best service an elite firm can provide in practice areas such as Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Tax, and Labor & Employment.

Porto Alegre:

In addition to its standalone strength, our Porto Alegre-based office works frequently and seamlessly with the firm’s other offices, providing clients with a one-stop-shop service. Our team has a robust structure with deep knowledge ready to handle matters in the Tax, Corporate Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment areas.

Rio de Janeiro:

Our Rio de Janeiro office is completely integrated into the firm’s nationwide offering. Its main areas of focus are Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance, and Capital Markets. We currently have a group of lawyers present in the region and a local address for in-person activities.

Brasília:

With three partners in Brasília as well as a wider team of qualified lawyers, we possess one of the strongest local offerings in judicial, administrative and tax litigation. Our office acts for local clients and attract companies from the north and northwest as well as those originating in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, or in the south, due to our deep experience acting before all judicial levels.

Campinas:

TozziniFreire’s Campinas office combines deep local knowledge and business relationships within a full-service structure. We represent multiple Brazilian and foreign companies who are headquartered in and around Campinas. Our office, which counts on three partners permanently based in Campinas, delivers services to clients in Corporate Law, Dispute Resolution, and Labour & Employment spheres.

USA:

Our presence abroad reinforces our commitment to a global effort to deliver a unique standard of quality in our services, strengthening ties with foreign and strategic countries.

Main Areas of Practice:

M&A, Corporate & Foreign Investment:

TozziniFreire is a leader in Brazil’s M&A market and is actively involved in structuring high-profile transactions and executing all types of deals. TozziniFreire assists foreign investors in structuring and implementing multidisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional business transactions, advising on investment alternatives, corporate structures and in greenfield and brownfield projects.

Dispute Resolution – Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation:

The team is uniquely positioned to represent clients throughout Brazil in litigation and arbitration matters. It is frequently involved in Brazil’s most significant cases and its members also serve as arbitrators and legal experts. TozziniFreire is also routinely engaged to assist clients in commercial mediation and other methods of alternative dispute resolution.

Tax:

The firm provides high-quality assistance on tax matters and tax planning structures, including cross-border transactions involving transfer pricing and international tax treaty issues. It also handles complex cases tried at both the administrative and judicial levels.

Labour & Employment:

With broad experience in labor and employment advisory, judicial and administrative litigation, as well as in collective labor and social security law, our Labor, Employment, and Social Security team advises national and international clients from the most diverse sizes and industry sectors in an agile, technical, and precise manner.

Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Main Areas of Practice:

ESG - Environmental, Social & Governance:

TozziniFreire's ESG Group has a multidisciplinary approach composed of professionals with experience and expertise in the areas of Environmental Law, Human Rights, Corporate Governance, Climate Change, Carbon Market, Sustainable and Impact Investing, Green and Social Finance, Renewable Energy, Data Privacy and Compliance.

Agribusiness:

With the experience to assist clients through each step of the production chain, including detailed knowledge of raw-material markets, agricultural equipment factories, banking, transportation, logistics, distribution companies, consumer markets and foreign trade, the diversified background of the firm’s agribusiness professionals allows TozziniFreire to present effective legal solutions tailored to the particular needs of its clients.

Technology & Data Protection:

TozziniFreire’s technology department houses two complementary practices, namely Technology & Innovation, and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy. Our Technology & Innovation practice owns a multidisciplinary team from different industry practices. We are also the first full-service Brazilian law firm to dedicate an entire team to start-ups and technology. Nowadays, our department represents some of the biggest global players in the market.

With specialized professionals and frequently in contact with the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), our Cybersecurity & Data Privacy team develops and conducts LGPD Conformity Programs, assists in the management of security incidents, as well as in the structuring of training programs on the field.

Brazil: Contentious

TozziniFreire is a premier, full-service law firm that consistently provides legal services to domestic and international companies in a wide variety of business sectors. Along these years, we have played a major role in many of the most significant transactions in the Brazilian market, becoming one of the largest and most prestigious firms in Latin America.

We see ourselves as one cohesive entity and act accordingly. With fully-owned offices in several cities in Brazil, we are able to guarantee our clients the same outstanding services and one-firm resource throughout the country. This concept enables us to safeguard, every day, the firm’s culture, mission and values – which are the essence of who we are and what we do.

Our expertise has been consistently recognized by international and national specialized publications. TozziniFreire and its partners are regularly recognized and recommended as leaders in their field of practice.

International Work: 

To help clients respond faster to the increasing business opportunities, the firm pioneered the creation of foreign desks in Latin America. Starting with the Asian initiative (comprising of the China, Korea and Japan desks) and fast developing towards other markets (Italian and German desks and Latin America), these unique knowledge centres are staffed with professionals familiar with the culture, legal and business practices of each region, and who are charged with keeping up-to-date with bilateral trade relations developments between Brazil and those countries.

Partners: 85 

Lawyers: 500+ 

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Main Areas of Practice: 

Competition & Antitrust: 

The firm provides assistance regarding merger reviews and anticompetitive conduct cases, including cartels and leniency matters, abuse of dominance and vertical restraints, with experienced professionals in corporate investigations and negotiations with the authorities.

Corporate Compliance & Investigation: 

One of the first of its kind in Brazil, the practice has an eye on global trends and in-depth knowledge of corporate standards and practices for managing compliance and ethics issues. Its professionals are skilled in assessing corporate risks, conducting corporate investigations, developing and implementing specific programs based on the nature of the business and the risks identified.

Dispute Resolution – Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation: 

The team is uniquely positioned to represent clients throughout Brazil in litigation and arbitration matters. It is frequently involved in Brazil’s most significant cases and its members also serve as arbitrators and legal experts. TozziniFreire is also routinely engaged to assist clients in commercial mediation and other methods of alternative dispute resolution.

Labour & Employment: 

With broad experience in labor and employment advisory, judicial and administrative litigation, as well as in collective labor and social security law, our Labor, Employment, and Social Security team advises national and international clients from the most diverse sizes and industry sectors in an agile, technical, and precise manner.

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Brazil - Head office
Brazil
  • Brasília - DF
    Setor Comercial Norte, Quadra 2, Bloco A - 190 - Edifício Corporate Financial Center, 6 andar, Room 604, Brasília - DF, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 70712-900
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    Campinas - SP
    AV. BAILARINA SELMA PARADA 505 EDIFÍCIO SKY GALLERIA - 5TH FLOOR JARDIM MADALENA, CAMPINAS, SP , Campinas - SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13092-599
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    Porto Alegre - RS
    Av. Carlos Gomes 222, Opus One, 5 andar, Porto Alegre - RS, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, 90480-000
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Global Practice Guide
Victor Françoso
Alexei Bonamin
Oswaldo Dalla Torre
Silvia Castro Cunha Zono
Authored by
Victor Françoso, Alexei Bonamin, Oswaldo Dalla Torre, Silvia Castro Cunha Zono
Article • Aug 2024
Global Practice Guide
Alexei Bonamin
Victor Françoso
Oswaldo Dalla Torre
Silvia Castro Cunha Zono
Authored by
Alexei Bonamin, Victor Françoso, Oswaldo Dalla Torre, Silvia Castro Cunha Zono
Article • Aug 2024
Global Practice Guide
Fernando Eduardo Serec
Patrícia Helena Marta Martins
Mônica Mendonça Costa
Carolina Matthes Dotto
Authored by
Fernando Eduardo Serec, Patrícia Helena Marta Martins, Mônica Mendonça Costa, Carolina Matthes Dotto
Article • Oct 2023

TozziniFreire Advogados rankings

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Agribusiness
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Agribusiness
3
Agribusiness
3
Band 3
Lawyers
Alexei Bonamin
4
Alexei Bonamin
Head of Agribusiness
4
Band 4
Banking & Finance
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Banking & Finance
4
Banking & Finance
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Alexei Bonamin
4
Alexei Bonamin
Head of Banking & Finance
4
Band 4
Marcus Fonseca
U
Marcus Fonseca
U
Up and Coming
Banking & Finance: Regulatory
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Marcus Fonseca
U
Marcus Fonseca
U
Up and Coming
Capital Markets: Debt
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Capital Markets: Debt
3
Capital Markets: Debt
3
Band 3
Lawyers
Alexei Bonamin
3
Alexei Bonamin
3
Band 3
Capital Markets: Equity
1 Department
Department
Capital Markets: Equity
4
Capital Markets: Equity
4
Band 4
Competition/Antitrust
1 Department
5 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Competition/Antitrust
1
Competition/Antitrust
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Marcelo Calliari
1
Marcelo Calliari
Head of Competition/Antitrust
1
Band 1
Guilherme Ribas
2
Guilherme Ribas
2
Band 2
Marcel Medon Santos
4
Marcel Medon Santos
4
Band 4
Tatiana Lins Cruz
4
Tatiana Lins Cruz
4
Band 4
Vivian Fraga
U
Vivian Fraga
U
Up and Coming
Compliance
1 Department
4 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Compliance
1
Compliance
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Shin Jae Kim
Shin Jae Kim
Head of Compliance
Star Individuals
Giovanni Falcetta
1
Giovanni Falcetta
1
Band 1
Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida
3
Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida
3
Band 3
Karla Lini Maeji
4
Karla Lini Maeji
4
Band 4
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