Insurance
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 4
Email address
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+55 21 3262 3000About
Provided by Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper
Campos Mello Advogados is a full-service law firm with over 40 years of experience in Brazil and has been collaborating with DLA Piper- one of the largest law firms globally - since 2010. This relationship allows access to a platform with over 5,000 lawyers, in 90 offices and more than 40 countries.
This unique network ensures access to knowledge, best practices, and qualified information, which allows the firm to have in-depth knowledge of different sectors of the economy and company sizes. This results in a business-oriented approach to clients, seeking innovative and effective solutions. The result is high-quality legal advice and integrated solutions capable of meeting the needs of the most demanding market standards.
Insurance and Reinsurance
Campos Mello Advogados offers a comprehensive range of insurance services, including transactional, regulatory, commercial, and coverage. We represent both start-ups and established multinational life and non-life (re)insurers, intermediaries, other financial institutions, and other insurance industry participants. We understand the business of insurance and the legal issues that underpin the insurance sector.
The practice provides corporate insurance and all aspects of non-contentious advice, with significant experience in advising clients on complex corporate and insurance regulatory matters in Brazil and Europe.
Chambers Review
Campos Mello Advogados' insurance department is known in the market for its regulatory, transactional and contentious practice. Their team has international legal expertise due to their partnership with DLA Piper and they are popular among multinational insurance and reinsurance companies. They assist clients in a range of insurance and reinsurance matters, including regulatory, corporate, commercial, and coverage-related claims.
Work Highlights
- Campos Mello advised Swiss Re on regulatory proceedings following an intragroup merger of a reinsurance company with operations in 15 Latin America countries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"A team with very capable professionals that provides knowledgeable advice."
"I use them a lot when drafting insurance policies for companies outside Brazil. They have an international approach and presence."
"A team with very capable professionals that provides knowledgeable advice."
"I use them a lot when drafting insurance policies for companies outside Brazil. They have an international approach and presence."
Notable Practitioners
Joining the numbered bands this year, partner Marcella Hill heads the insurance and reinsurance department of Campos Mello Advogados in Brazil and is also the Latam head of insurance of DLA Piper. She advises national and international clients on both contentious, transactional and regulatory matters.
"A very level-headed lawyer. She's cautious and makes sure she doesn't take on something she doesn't understand. She's also very accessible and understands the client's timing."
"Marcella has a strong knowledge of the industry and is very easy to work with."
Ranked Lawyers at
Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper
Brazil
Members
Provided by Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper
Jaqueline Suryan
Head of Department