Provided by Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados
With a team of over 80 lawyers, is one of Brazil’s largest and most successful, with significant experience in all types of dispute resolution and complex litigation cases 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.
Infrastructure
Public concessions
Energy
Construction
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.
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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.
Provided by Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados
Leite, Tosto represented EDP São Paulo Distribuidora de Energia in a lawsuit against a group of companies regarding fraud in electricity consumption. This matter was valued at BRL100 million.
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Leite Tosto has lawyers with extensive experience and their service levels and responsiveness are strong. The team delivers the best work.
I consider the team's legal knowledge and ability to meet our demands is of a high level. In short, they are agile and the team are always ready.
Leite, Tosto is able to make good readings of jurisprudential trends and is extremely helpful and client-oriented. Very positive experience with them.
Leite Tosto has lawyers with extensive experience and their service levels and responsiveness are strong. The team delivers the best work.
I consider the team's legal knowledge and ability to meet our demands is of a high level. In short, they are agile and the team are always ready.
Leite, Tosto is able to make good readings of jurisprudential trends and is extremely helpful and client-oriented. Very positive experience with them.
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Paulo Guilherme de Mendonça Lopes is in possession of litigation skills that he has fostered while acting in commercial disputes.
Paulo Guilherme is an excellent lawyer, combative and highly skilled.
Paulo Guilherme is a highly skilled professional, working in complex demands.
Paulo Guilherme is the leader of our processes and his legal knowledge captured us.