Lautenschlager, Romeiro e Iwamizu Advogados

Managing Partners: 7
Number of partners: 10
Number of lawyers: 44
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

Firm Overview:
The firm offers high quality legal services in consulting and litigation, relating to a wide range of areas and fields of law, with large experience in assisting multinational corporations of different nationalities. The most valuable asset of the firm is its long-standing client relationships, based on trust and cooperation. The firm develops creative and effective solutions for a large variety of legal needs, and aims to provide successful and timely results, as well as at keeping its clients constantly informed about the status of their matters. The professionals of the firm are highly skilled and prepared to act in a globalised environment, thanks to their years of international experience.

Main Practice Areas: 

Arbitration:
This team has in-depth experience in all aspects of arbitration. Lawyers have a strong and incisive performance record in significant disputes and arbitration processes including disputes in M&A, capital markets, insurance, infrastructure, construction, energy, among others. The firm assists in the drafting, negotiation and analysis of arbitration clauses and commitments, clarifying the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration compared to other forms of dispute resolution. The firm has successfully represented clients in relevant arbitral proceedings before the most important arbitral tribunals in Brazil.

Contact: Eduardo Romeiro
Tel: +55 11 2126 4610
Email: [email protected]

Civil & Commercial Strategic Litigation:
An energetic nature and the search for results define the firm’s litigation department. It works in the preparation and implementation of efficient strategies seeking creative solutions for clients’ problems, aimed at achieving practical results within the shortest time possible, by reducing and managing contingencies. The firm acts in complex courts in litigation involving several fields of law, such as civil, commercial, corporate, bankruptcy, consumer protection, antitrust, administrative law and IP, among other fields, before the lower courts, state courts of appeals and higher court levels. The firm’s engagement is aimed at mitigating and managing its clients’ contingencies, hence their work seeks the most efficient solutions and in the shortest possible timeframe. The litigation team is prepared to act in strategic disputes of all sorts, operating in state and federal courts within all levels of jurisdiction, including higher courts, namely the Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Supreme Court.

Contact: Eduardo Romeiro
Tel: +55 11 2126 4610
Email: [email protected]

Corporate Law:
Assistance in the opening, merger and liquidation of companies, corporate planning, restructuring and regularisation, as well as drafting and analysis of corporate documents; the team plays the role of representative of foreign partners in Brazil and structure subsidiaries of corporate groups.

Contact: Nilson Lautenschlager Jr.
Tel: +55 11 2126 4607
Email: [email protected]

Mergers & Acquisitions:
Assistance in the dealing of acquisitions and mergers, transfer of equity interest or assets, reorganisation and conversion of corporate structures. The firm works with clients in the legal and regulatory issues involved in M&A operations, assisting with the financing, dealing and formal instrumentation of the operations. The services cover several areas of engagement, such as drafting of purchase and sale of stock or assets agreements, investment agreements, joint venture contracts, consortium statutes, shareholders’ meetings, corporate documents needed to carry out operations and specific assistance to publicly listed companies. Conducts due diligence matters covering labour, environment, competition and tax and social security liability issues.

Contact: Nilson Lautenschlager Jr
Tel: +55 11 21264607
Email: [email protected]

Tax:
The firm offers tax advisory and litigation services to both domestic and foreign clients. This includes tax consulting, tax planning, instruments to obtain legal incentives and special tax treatments, advice and achievement of tax debt installment plans and the like, as well as formal inquiries for tax law interpretation made to relevant bodies, legislative follow up on bills and tax legislation, and the drawing up of legal opinions. The firm has a breadth of experience in administrative litigation with municipal, state, and federal administrative courts, and in judicial litigation, with practice on all levels of jurisdiction, including regional and higher courts, namely the Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Supreme Court.

Contact: Gilberto Castro Moreira
Tel: +55 11 3141 4641
Email: [email protected]

Managing Partners: 9

Number of partners: 11

Number of lawyers: 38

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

Firm Overview:

LRI Advogados is preparedto handle the needs and requirements of a global economy environment, in various fields of law at both the preventive and litigation levels.

Our main vocation isto assist clientsin the businesses that they carry out and settle their disputes with predictability, and to ensure based on our expertise and professional experience, their comprehension of the Brazilian system through objective communication focused on results.

The team ofLRI Advogadoscomprises professionals experienced in many areas, particularly in services rendered to multinational companies. We seek continued professionalization of our services processes, always committed to customized solutions for the client and develop genuine relationships with them.

Main Practice Areas:

Arbitration:

We are solidly experienced in commercial arbitration, engaged in dozens of arbitration proceedings before the most important arbitration venues of Brazil, involving diverse matters. We offer assistance in the drafting, negotiation and review of arbitration clauses and submission to arbitration agreements, clarifying the advantages and disadvantages of the arbitration proceeding compared to other forms of dispute resolution.

Contact: Eduardo Romeiro

Tel: +55 11 2126 4610

Email:[email protected]

Civil & Commercial Strategic Litigation:

We represent national and foreign clients in litigations involving different fields of law, such as:

• Civil and Commercial Law in general;
• Contracts;
• Intellectual Property;
• Corporate Law;
• Credit recovery;
• Consumer Law;
• Unfair competition.

The combativeness and drive for results are characteristic features of our litigation department. The litigation team is solidly experienced in different types of judicial disputes, before the state and federal courts at their various levels, including the higher courts (Superior Court of Appeals - STJ and Federal Supreme Court – STF).

We seek to convey comprehension of the Brazilian system so to ease an understanding of the differences between lawsuits in Brazil and in other countries. This practice area also includes pre-litigation and preventive assistance to repeal the risks of lawsuits, as well as the designing of strategies to reduce contingencies via negotiations, agreements and deals.

Adopting a multidiscipline approach, we work with experts and reliable professionals in several areas such as the economy, accounting, engineering, medical, the environment, among others. We also have an vast network of correspondents throughout the capitals of the states of Brazil that provide local support whenever needed.

Similar to other areas and professionals of our law firm, the litigation department is held highly prestigious by many organizations and directories, national and international, as one of the country’s finest.

Contact: Eduardo Romeiro

Tel: +55 11 2126 4610

Email:[email protected]

Contact: Karina Hata

Tel: +55 11 2126 461

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Alysson Wagner Salomão

Tel: +55 11 3141 4651

Email:[email protected]

Corporate Law:

The team of LRI Advogados assists in the organization, maintenance and dissolution of companies, in the planning, reorganization and legalization thereof, as well as the drafting and revision of corporate acts, services that further include representation of foreign stockholders in Brazil and the structuring of subsidiaries of foreign corporate groups.

We provide services to companies engaged on a national level in Brazil through a centralized coordination of steps before the diverse state departments and regulatory authorities.

Contact: Nilson Lautenschlager Jr.

Tel: +55 11 2126 4607

Email:[email protected]

Contact: Victor Costa Toledo

Tel: +55 11 2126 4619

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Leonardo Bianco

Tel: +55 11 2126 4606

Email: [email protected]

Tax:

Our law firm offers assistance in tax matters to national and foreign clients at the consultation and litigation levels. We are solidly experienced in litigation at the administrative level before the municipal, state and federal administrative tax courts, as well as judicial litigation, at all levels, including the regional and higher appeals courts (STJ and STF).

Our services cover:

•Tax planning:

•Instruments to obtain tax benefits and special taxation systems;

•Grant and consultancy regarding installed tax debt payment and similar;

•Formal consultation as to the interpretation of the tax regulations before the relevant tax authorities;

•Surveillance of legislative developments of bills and tax regulations and drafting of legal opinions.

Contact: Gilberto Castro Moreira

Tel: +55 11 3141 4641

Email: [email protected]

Labour Law:

We offer consultancy in labor proceedings and preventive analysis, particularly to identify critical aspects and suggestions for human resources policies, intensively participating in the development of labor and employment structures.

Our practice covers themes such as:

•Review and drafting of labor agreements (also for the hire of foreigners);

•Structuring of jobs and salaries;

•Planning of work shifts;

•Profit sharing plans;

•Stock option programs;

•Fringe benefits;

•Private pension plans;

•Outsourcing processes;

•Advice on safety and health at the work site issues;

•Negotiation of collective labor agreements (bargaining agreements, collective agreements ratified by the labor courts and strikes) aimed at improving relations with the labor unions;

•Strategies to prevent and mitigate labor contingencies, estimating the risks of contingencies and labor audits.

Our practice includes labor litigation at all court levels, seeking to maximize the use of information and resources, and also services such as handling collective labor lawsuits, mediation, collective bargaining, verbal defense and appeals to the higher labor courts.

Contact: Fabrício Palacios Leite Togashi

Tel: +55 11 2126 4614

Email: [email protected]