Dispute Resolution: Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 2
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+55 21 2206 4900About
Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe
Trench Rossi Watanabe’s Rio de Janeiro Dispute Resolution team has more than 25 years of local experience assisting foreign and national companies. The team supports clients with an integrated approach and teams carefully tailored to the specific needs of the cases. They are ready and available when and where needed and are recognized in the local market by the clients exactly for such aspects.
The team is driven by quality, responsiveness and results. Their track record includes some of the most complex litigation in the country, a number of which have been publicly noted for their innovation and relevancy, not only from a financial perspective, but also due to the nature and complexity of the cases. They represent several companies, financial institutions and associations in strategic judicial cases and arbitrations in the areas of civil, corporate, commercial, bankruptcy, administrative, insurance, regulatory, antitrust, banking, intellectual property, real estate, consumer, environmental, and others.
In addition to the assistance provided representing clients at courts, the team provides extrajudicial assistance that encompasses the analysis, drafting and review of civil and commercial agreements, drafting opinions, legal opinions and affidavits, as well as analyzing the risk arising from legal proceedings.
Chambers Review
Trench Rossi Watanabe is a highly regarded full-service law firm based in São Paulo but with a strong dispute resolution practice in Rio de Janeiro. The team is known for representing relevant clients in the energy industry.
Work Highlights
- Trench Rossi Watanabe represented Stryker in an arbitration regarding alleged damages due to the termination of agency agreements in Brazil.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team has great technical knowledge and experience and is extremely hard-working."
"The firm is excellent. They possess knowledge and also market awareness, beyond being approachable professionals."
"I have an excellent opinion about them. They provide fast answers while retaining the quality of such answers."
"The team has great technical knowledge and experience and is extremely hard-working."
"The firm is excellent. They possess knowledge and also market awareness, beyond being approachable professionals."
"I have an excellent opinion about them. They provide fast answers while retaining the quality of such answers."
Notable Practitioners
Co-head of department Joaquim de Paiva Muniz advises high-level clients in sophisticated disputes related to corporate matters. He is highly regarded for his practice in complex arbitrations.
"Joaquim is extremely experienced, has amazing technical knowledge and is probably the only Brazilian lawyer I have worked with who knows and understands the Brazilian market better."
"He is very good."
"Excellent lawyer, both from the technical side or the soft skills side. Moreover, he is quite committed to the matter."
Andrea Brick is an experienced litigator and leads sophisticated disputes for high-level clients in a wide range of sectors such as oil and gas, mining and entertainment.
"She is attentive and swift in her answers."
"Andrea Brick is an excellent professional. She has always been knowledgeable bringing solutions and innovative alternatives."