Bicalho Navarro Advogados

Managing Partner: Thiago Antonio Dias

Number of Partners: 14

Number of Fee-Earners: 50

Offices: São Paulo

With over 25 years of experience, Bicalho Navarro Advogados is a distinguished Brazilian boutique law firm headquartered in São Paulo. Renowned for its strategic vision, technical excellence, and agility, the firm delivers integrated and multidisciplinary legal solutions to business groups, financial institutions, real estate developers, and private investors. Its hallmark lies in providing deeply specialized legal counsel rooted in integrity, professionalism, and personalized client service.

Key Practice Areas

Real Estate

The firm is recognized as a benchmark in real estate law in Brazil. Its team advises on structuring, negotiation, and implementation of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, developments, leasing, capital markets operations, and tokenization. Clients include key market players from both domestic and international markets.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

The firm has a strong reputation for handling complex litigation and arbitration, with a strategic and preventive approach. Its litigation team works in close collaboration with other practice areas to provide comprehensive legal support, from pre-litigation risk management to representation before judicial and arbitral tribunals. The firm is frequently involved in high-stakes disputes across civil, commercial, real estate, regulatory, and administrative matters.

Urban Law and Regulatory Planning

Bicalho Navarro has a unique and consolidated practice in urban and land use law. The team provides strategic legal counsel on zoning, land regularization, licensing, CEPACs, development right transfers, urban operations, and negotiations with public authorities. Its advisory work is central to enabling urban infrastructure and large-scale real estate projects.

Environmental and Urban Planning Litigation

The firm represents clients in complex litigation involving environmental and urban regulatory issues, including environmental licensing, contaminated sites, civil inquiries, administrative defenses, and ESG-related risk assessments. The team is known for its command of environmental law and its ability to craft technically robust and sustainable legal strategies.

Corporate and M&A

Bicalho Navarro advises corporate groups, family businesses, and investors on M&A, corporate governance, joint ventures, shareholder relations, and corporate reorganizations. The firm brings strategic insight and legal certainty to corporate transactions, including cross-border structures, investment vehicles, and succession planning for closely held enterprises.

Capital Markets and Structured Finance

Specialized advisory in the structuring and implementation of investment funds, securitization, structured finance, project finance and public offerings, with a differentiated approach to real estate-linked fundraising operations.

Wealth Planning | Private Clients, Family and Estate Planning

The firm offers bespoke advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, and entrepreneurs on succession planning, asset protection, governance frameworks, and estate structuring. Its team is skilled in managing complex family structures and designing integrated solutions across jurisdictions, often in close coordination with financial advisors, fiduciaries, and family offices.

Tax Advisory and Litigation

Bicalho Navarro’s tax practice provides strategic tax planning and litigation services related to corporate transactions, real estate operations, capital markets, and private wealth structuring. The team is known for its technical rigor and up-to-date alignment with evolving tax jurisprudence, representing clients in both administrative and judicial forums.

Cross-Boarder Capabilities

The firm frequently acts for foreign investors, multinational corporations, and international fund managers in structuring and implementing operations in Brazil, particularly in real estate, infrastructure, and M&A transactions. Its team offers seamless support in cross-border mandates, ensuring regulatory compliance, transactional efficiency, and alignment with global standards.

Practice Areas

• Real Estate
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Environmental & Urban Planning Litigation
• Urban and Regulatory Planning
• Corporate and M&A
• Capital Markets and Structured Finance
• Wealth Planning | Private Clients, Family and Estate Planning
• Tax Law
• Construction
• Asset Management