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Bichara Advogados

Social Security

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Bichara Advogados

About

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Our Social Security practice acts in all claims related to Social Security Law, in litigation and advisory matters.

The practice's team is composed of professionals who have worked for other large law firms and audit firms, with extensive experience in credit recovery projects, legal due diligence, the restructuring of a variety of remuneration models and monitoring of inspections dealing with social security contributions.

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Social Security - Brazil

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Bichara Advogados' team is composed of seasoned specialists adept at handling disputes on payment of social security contribution over benefits, administrative procedures on reduction of penalty fees, defence on contribution over profit-sharing plans, in addition to assisting clients with judicial appeal on recalculation of accident prevention factor (FAP) index. The law firm is frequently called upon to represent clients from the energy, banking and insurance industries.

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Work Highlights

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  • Bichara Advogados represented CPFL Energia in a judicial challenge to the levy of social security contributions on benefits such as union‑negotiated vacation bonuses, profit‑sharing plans and adjustments to employee contributions.

Strengths

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  • Bichara Advogados offers a truly personalised approach. The team provides in-depth knowledge and is always available.

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Members

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  • Luiz Felipe de Alencar Melo Miradouro

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