Practice areas
Five areas account for most of the caseload. Below them, the other matters the firm handles on a regular basis.
The firm works in five main areas · health insurance and medical law, consumer law, banking law and abusive interest, debt collection and credit recovery, and business law and contracts. It also handles employment, real estate, tax and internet law, damages claims and probate, and acts as local counsel for other law firms in Rio de Janeiro.
Health insurance and medical law
The plan denied a procedure, raised the monthly premium without a clear explanation, or cancelled the contract. These are the three situations the firm hears about most.
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You paid and never received the product, the service was not delivered as agreed, or a charge appeared that you do not recognise.
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The instalment keeps growing, the outstanding balance never shrinks, or a repossession claim has arrived for your vehicle.
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Your company delivered, invoiced and was never paid. Recovering that credit in Brazil is a matter of choosing the right instrument and not missing a deadline.
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A well-drafted contract resolves, before it exists, most of the disputes that would otherwise reach a Brazilian court three years later.
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The firm also works in
Matters the firm handles regularly, even though they are not the main axis of the practice.
- Employment law · defence of employees and of employers, claims before the Brazilian labour courts (Justiça do Trabalho)
- Real estate law · residential and commercial leases, rent review and lease renewal actions, eviction, defence of landlords and of tenants
- Tax law · defence in tax enforcement proceedings, recovery of taxes paid in error, disputes with federal, state and municipal tax authorities
- Internet and digital law · electronic contracts, civil liability online, content removal
- Damages claims · moral damages (the Brazilian category of compensation for non-material harm), losses and lost profits
- Inheritance and probate · estate administration before a notary or through the courts
- Local counsel · hearings, filings, court diligences and case monitoring in Rio de Janeiro for law firms based elsewhere
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