Advisory and consulting to national and foreign companies that intend to establish themselves in the country; preparation and amendment of articles of organization and/or incorporation, as well as other corporate acts, including debenture issue and necessary registrations at the competent authorities. The firm also provides assistance in negotiations and transactions such as amalgamations, mergers, spin-off and joint ventures, including due diligence services and regularization of foreign investments at the Brazilian Central Bank.
Companies in general
- Acts of incorporation and amendments: form and registration (including entries and consequences in the appropriate bodies)
- Limited Liability Business Company
- Single Partner Limited Liability Business Company
- Limited Liability Individual Business Company (EIRELI)
- Other types of companies
- Transformations into companies aiming at operations in which the corporate type is changed to another one without dissolution and liquidation, only submitted to the rules of the new corporate regime
- Corporate structures: consulting and drafting of corporate documents (articles of organization and articles of incorporation, shareholders’ and/or partners’ agreements, board of directors, audit committee and executive board), including estate/succession planning with emphasis on tax, accounting and economic legal aspects for the business structure
- Closely- and Publicly-Held Corporations
- IPO/CVM: advisory/guidance for IPO and regulation at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM), the entity that oversees the capital market in publicly-held corporations
- Corporate governance
- Minority partners
- Legal audit
- Merger, amalgamation and spin-off
- Joint ventures
- Regulatory Bodies
- Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM)
- Central Bank
- BNDES
- Stock Exchange
The services of the corporate area are complemented by the branch office in Brasilia, which is qualified to provide legal advisory, in areas in which the firm is active, in the higher courts (Federal Supreme Court and Superior Court of Justice), Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region and Trial Courts, as well as in administrative bodies located in the Capital, with special emphasis on the Administrative Council of Economic Law (CADE), Ministry of Economy and its secretariats, Ministry of Justice and Public Safety and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
