Corporate, Business, Paralegal and Regulatory

Legal advice integrated with business operations and decisions, including contracts, corporate acts, reorganizations, estate and succession planning, paralegal routines and regulatory matters.

Strategic legal advice for companies, economic groups and investors
Legal structuring of business transactions and new ventures
Legal risk analysis and support for strategic decision-making
Structuring of domestic and foreign ventures in Brazil
Assistance with the legalization and regularization of corporate documents for non-resident shareholders, investors and officers
Legal support for business expansion, entry into new markets and corporate reorganizations

Incorporation, amendment, conversion and dissolution of companies
Drafting, review and validation of corporate acts, including articles of association, bylaws, minutes, resolutions and other corporate documents
Corporate reorganizations, including mergers, consolidations, spin-offs and conversions
Drafting and negotiation of partners' agreements, quotaholders' agreements (QHA) and shareholders' agreements (SHA)

Structuring of corporate governance rules, political and economic rights, reserved matters and decision-making mechanisms
Organization and updating of corporate books, including minute books, shareholder attendance, share transfer and other corporate records
Structuring of protection mechanisms for partners and investors, including preemptive rights, tag-along, drag-along and transfer restrictions

Legal structuring of investment transactions and investor entry
Drafting of investment instruments and related corporate documents
Structuring of debenture issuances and preparation of the related legal documents
Drafting and review of security instruments, including fiduciary liens on shares, quotas and real estate, fiduciary assignments, pledges and other business guarantees
Structuring of contractual obligations, indemnities, liabilities and legal protection mechanisms in business transactions
Legal advice on transactions involving corporate reorganizations and strategic investments

Estate and succession planning for business owners, families and economic groups
Structuring of asset-holding and family holding companies
Organization of corporate structures for business succession and continuity
Implementation of legal structures focused on governance, asset organization and succession planning
Structuring of family businesses and professionalization of corporate management

Paralegal services and monitoring of filings with Commercial Registries, the Federal Revenue Service, Notary Offices and other competent authorities
Opening, amendment, conversion and closing of companies
Registration, corporate and business regularization
Updating of public records and corporate information
Updating and organization of corporate documents and books
Obtaining, maintaining and regularizing business registrations, licenses and permits
Document management and monitoring of administrative proceedings before public agencies
Regularization of corporate structures involving Brazilian companies and foreign investors

Regulatory advice and analysis of legal requirements applicable to business activities
Mapping and monitoring of regulatory obligations
Legal support for regulatory compliance and business regularization processes
Business restructuring and crisis prevention and mitigation strategies
Legal advice on judicial and out-of-court reorganization proceedings