Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly Regarded
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 2
About
Provided by Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados
With a team of over 120 lawyers, our litigation practice is one of Brazil’s largest and most successful, with significant experience in all types of litigation before local, state and federal courts and agencies, including matters of credit recovery, distribution, labour, public civil actions, product liability, insurance, shareholder disputes, public concessions, tax, environment and white collar and business crime defense. The firm specializes in strategic litigation of high-value, complex disputes, particularly involving infrastructure, public concessions, energy and construction.
Client sectors
Infrastructure
Public concessions
Energy
Construction
Work highlights
Recovery plan: UTC was implicated in Operation Lava Jato, which caused them to negotiate a Leniency Agreement with the Federal Government by which our client would compensate state-owned Petrobras and the Federal Government for the losses reported by the investigation.
Suspension of a Take or Pay Clause: Many Shopping Centers and Industries have entered into Energy Purchase Agreements with our client with a Take or Pay Clause regarding the volume of energy acquired in the Free Contracting Environment.
Banking credit recovery: We were hired to recover Banco Santos' credit through an Execution Action filed against Setal Engenharia. This company filed for judicial reorganization, having no assets, no work contracts in force, and only Banco Santos' bankruptcy estate and small companies as creditors.
Chambers Review
Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados has a disputes department with presence in the litigation arena dealing with class actions, public civil actions and disputes involving bankrupt companies. The team often assists clients with contractual disputes, such as termination of concession and supply agreements.
Work Highlights
- Leite, Tosto assisted UTC Participações with a commercial dispute concerning engineering services provided to Petrobras.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm is staffed with experienced and qualified professionals."
"The firm stands out for its excellent technical knowledge. Their answers are clear and objective."
"The firm is staffed with experienced and qualified professionals."
"The firm stands out for its excellent technical knowledge. Their answers are clear and objective."
Notable Practitioners
Paulo Guilherme de Mendonça Lopes is in possession of litigation skills that he has fostered while acting in commercial disputes.
"He is an excellent professional. He is an extremely available and competent partner."
"He has a strong knowledge and has really been a lawyer who is close to his client. We are satisfied."