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Carneiro Sampaio & Schmitt Advogados is a boutique law firm based in Paraná with a strong corporate and commercial practice. The team is noted for handling corporate structuring, agreement drafting and M&A matters for local clients. Its ability to handle cross-border matters, together with the responsiveness of its team, makes it a highly regarded legal counsel in the state.
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Carneiro Sampaio & Schmitt advised the founders of Vekta Sales on a strategic investment structured through a call option for minority equity, involving approximately USD1.9 million.
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If I could, I'd rate Carneiro Sampaio & Schmitt 1,000 out of 10. They delivered an incredibly comprehensive work for us in our corporate and commercial matters, consistently anticipating issues, showing that they knew their stuff and really reassuring us. We had high expectations working with them due to their reputation in Paraná, but they positively surprised us many times.
Carneiro Sampaio & Schmitt has the rare combination of extensive negotiation expertise and deep technical knowledge in corporate and commercial law. They have significant experience advising large international companies and are able to operate in several languages, while remaining highly agile and responsive.
Carneiro Sampaio & Schmitt's team knows corporate and commercial law inside out. They were very dynamic while working on our matter.
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Rui Carneiro Sampaio is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer in Paraná. He is consistently praised for his legal prowess, availability and ability to handle cross-border work for clients with businesses in the state, particularly in M&A and corporate structuring.
Rui Carneiro Sampaio surprised us from the get-go with his availability. We did not expect him, as a founding partner, to have time for a client as small as us, but he did. He is a clear and thorough lawyer with plenty of experience in the corporate and commercial arena.
Rui Carneiro Sampaio is a lawyer with the rare combination of extensive negotiation expertise and deep technical knowledge in corporate and commercial law. He has a lot of experience working with large international companies and is able to work in multiple languages.
Rui Carneiro Sampaio is a highly collaborative lawyer, in the sense that he really wants to build corporate and commercial solutions with you. If he has an idea that could apply to your situation, he'll bring it up, even if you hadn't thought of it.
Corporate/Commercial: Paraná
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