General Business Law: Santa Catarina - Brazil
Band 3
What the Team is Known For
Costa Ferreira & Hayashi - Advocacia e Consultoria often advises sanitation and waste management companies on procurement, concessions, public-private partnerships, regulatory proceedings and contract disputes. It also represents individuals and companies in criminal and regulatory proceedings, including white-collar crime and agreements to mitigate sanctions.
Strengths
The team at Costa Ferreira & Hayashi distinguishes itself through technical rigour, agility and truthfulness, handling complex and sophisticated cases exceptionally well and providing all the support necessary to achieve the expected result.
Costa Ferreira & Hayashi combines technical rigour with strategic pragmatism, demonstrating good capacity to handle complex and sophisticated matters with well-structured analyses, consistent reasoning and good management of deadlines and risks.
Costa Ferreira & Hayashi fully understands the client's business situation and how to protect it legally, especially in concessions and bidding processes.
Work Highlights
Costa Ferreira & Hayashi represented Momento Engenharia Ambiental in an environmental class action arising from alleged polluting activities, valued at USD2.025 million.
Notable practitioners
Francisco Yukio Hayashi joins the rankings this year as a practitioner who leads the economic criminal law practice at his firm. He represents clients in disputes involving tax crimes, financial system offences and matters concerning public administration and public procurement.
Francisco Yukio Hayashi is a lawyer who pays close attention to detail and is capable of finding creative solutions, without neglecting the necessary technical rigour.
Very well prepared, Francisco Yukio Hayashi demonstrates great depth in criminal matters.
Gustavo Costa Ferreira joins the rankings this year as a practitioner in administrative law who leads the infrastructure and sanitation practice at his firm. He advises on public tenders and public contracts, and represents clients in sanctioning proceedings involving sanitation and infrastructure matters.
A highly competent professional, Gustavo Costa Ferreira has in-depth knowledge of public administration contracts, particularly PPPs and concessions.
Gustavo Costa Ferreira is a highly agile and available professional with a strong practical understanding of bidding processes and administrative contracts.
Gustavo Costa Ferreira is highly specialised in administrative law and consistently presents clear strategies to guide positioning in bidding processes and the appropriate response at each stage.
