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Da Fonte, Advogados

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Da Fonte, Advogados

Da Fonte, Advogados

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Brazil: Regions

Managing Partners: Alexandre Andrade Lima da Fonte Filho, Rogério Vieira de Melo da Fonte, Carlos André Pereira Lima, Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti, Juliana da Fonte Longman and Simony Braga.
Senior Partners: Antônio Beltrão, Eduardo Athayde, Henrique Caminha, Larissa Cahú, Lucas Teixeira, Lorena Melo, Paula Lôbo, Francisco Muniz, Grace Medeiros, Heliopolis Godoy, Myrtis Costa, Mirella Lucena, Magda Neves, Mateus Pereira, Raphaela Gonçalves, Regina Lemos, Thiago Castilho, Vitor Katz.
Number of partners: 74

CONTACTS
M&A, Corporate & Commercial:
Alexandre da Fonte Filho, Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti, Rogério da Fonte
Tax: Carlos André Pereira Lima
Civil & Commercial Litigation: Francisco de Siqueira Muniz
Real Estate: Juliana Longman
Administrative Law: Rogério da Fonte
Labour: Simony Braga
IP & Information Technology: Larissa Cahú
Energy: Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti, Lucas Teixeira and Vitor Katz
Arbitration: Francisco de Siqueira Muniz
International: Rogério da Fonte and Lucas Teixeira
Environmental Law: Antônio Beltrão
Family & Inheritance: Lorena Melo
Capital Markets: Lucas Teixeira and Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti

Firm Overview:
Established in 2000, Da Fonte Advogados provides legal services in 15 distinct areas of business law, with a strong practice in M&A, corporate law, and tax law in the Brazilian Northeast area. The firm represents both national and foreign clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial transactions, foreign investments, administrative law (public bids, PPP, and infrastructure), national and international taxation, real estate, environmental law, labour law, intellectual property and information technology law, civil and commercial litigation, company reorganisation and bankrupcy, arbitration, energy law, and family and inheritance law.

Areas of Practice:
Tax Law: 22%
M&A, Corporate & Commercial: 20%
Civil & Commercial Litigation: 9%
Labour: 9%
Litigation Advice: 8%
Administrative Law: 6%
Others: 26%

Main Areas of Practice: 

M&A, Corporate & Commercial:
The firm is praised for its excellence in advising and representing both national and foreign clients in all aspects of M&A, corporate and commercial law, including joint ventures, commercial agreements, business structuring and incorporation in Brazil and abroad, private equity and venture capital investments, spin-offs, international transactions and foreign capital.

Tax:
The firm represents national and foreign corporations in tax planning and advisory services, assisting them to navigate through the complex Brazilian tax system. The firm also represents clients in legal proceedings, before both law and administrative courts.

Administrative Law:
The firm represents clientes in public bids, government agreements and public concessions, including public-private partneships, also providing legal consultancy from the initial steps of projects structuring, throughout its execution and its successful completion. The firm also represents clients in legal proceedings, before judicial courts and government authorities.

Real Estate:
The firm has extensive practice in infrastructure projects, entertainment venues, financing and legal structuring for real estate projects, housing, shopping malls and purchase of real estate. The firm also represents clients before governmental authorities, public notaries and in real estate regularisation proceedings.

Intellectual Property & Information Technology:
The firm represents technology-based companies from a variety of industries, rendering services in several aspects of intellectual property and information technology law, including technology licensing, software agreements, copyright protection, data protection, internet law, entertainment law, e-commerce regulations, and trademarks protection.

International Work:
The firm has worked on cross-border transactions involving companies from different jurisdictions, including North American, Latin American, European, Asian and African countries. On such works, the firm advises on joint venture agreements, business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, company formation, international taxation, foreign investments, international licensing, concessions for infrastructure projects, intellectual property protection and granting of visas for foreigners.

Languages:
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.

Clients:
The firm represents Brazilian and foreign clients from a wide range of industries, including infrastructure, energy, informational technology, factories, automotive, healthcare, agribusiness, franchising, investment funds, entertainment and leisure, education, religious organisations and shopping malls.

Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Managing Partners: Alexandre Andrade Lima da Fonte Filho, Rogério Vieira de Melo da Fonte, Carlos André Pereira Lima, Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti, Juliana da Fonte Longman and Simony Braga.

Senior Partners: Antônio Beltrão, Eduardo Athayde, Henrique Caminha, Larissa Cahú, Lucas Teixeira, Lorena Melo, Paula Lôbo, Francisco Muniz, Grace Medeiros, Heliopolis Godoy, Myrtis Costa, Mirella Lucena, Magda Neves, Mateus Pereira, Raphaela Gonçalves, Regina Lemos, Thiago Castilho, Vitor Katz.

Number of partners: 74


CONTACTS

M&A, Corporate & Commercial: Alexandre da Fonte Filho, Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti, Rogério da Fonte

Tax: Carlos André Pereira Lima

Civil & Commercial Litigation: Francisco de Siqueira Muniz

Real Estate: Juliana Longman

Administrative Law: Rogério da Fonte

Labour: Simony Braga

IP & Information Technology: Larissa Cahú

Energy: Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti, Lucas Teixeira and Vitor Katz

Arbitration: Francisco de Siqueira Muniz

International: Rogério da Fonte and Lucas Teixeira

Environmental Law: Antônio Beltrão

Family & Inheritance: Lorena Melo

Capital Markets: Lucas Teixeira and Guilherme Sá Cavalcanti


Firm Overview: Established in 2000, Da Fonte Advogados provides legal services in 15 distinct areas of business law, with a strong practice in M&A, corporate law, and tax law in the Brazilian Northeast area. The firm represents both national and foreign clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial transactions, foreign investments, administrative law (public bids, PPP, and infrastructure), national and international taxation, real estate, environmental law, labour law, intellectual property and information technology law, civil and commercial litigation, company reorganisation and bankrupcy, arbitration, energy law, and family and inheritance law.


Areas of Practice:

Tax Law: 22%

M&A, Corporate & Commercial: 20%

Civil & Commercial Litigation: 9%

Labour: 9%

Litigation Advice: 8%

Administrative Law: 6%

Others: 26%


Main Areas of Practice:


M&A, Corporate & Commercial: The firm is praised for its excellence in advising and representing both national and foreign clients in all aspects of M&A, corporate and commercial law, including joint ventures, commercial agreements, business structuring and incorporation in Brazil and abroad, private equity and venture capital investments, spin-offs, international transactions and foreign capital.

Tax: The firm represents national and foreign corporations in tax planning and advisory services, assisting them to navigate through the complex Brazilian tax system. The firm also represents clients in legal proceedings, before both law and administrative courts.

Administrative Law: The firm represents clientes in public bids, government agreements and public concessions, including public-private partneships, also providing legal consultancy from the initial steps of projects structuring, throughout its execution and its successful completion. The firm also represents clients in legal proceedings, before judicial courts and government authorities.

Real Estate:The firm has extensive practice in infrastructure projects, entertainment venues, financing and legal structuring for real estate projects, housing, shopping malls and purchase of real estate. The firm also represents clients before governmental authorities, public notaries and in real estate regularisation proceedings.

Intellectual Property & Information Technology:The firm represents technology-based companies from a variety of industries, rendering services in several aspects of intellectual property and information technology law, including technology licensing, software agreements, copyright protection, data protection, internet law, entertainment law, e-commerce regulations, and trademarks protection.

International Work:The firm has worked on cross-border transactions involving companies from different jurisdictions, including North American, Latin American, European, Asian and African countries. On such works, the firm advises on joint venture agreements, business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, company formation, international taxation, foreign investments, international licensing, concessions for infrastructure projects, intellectual property protection and granting of visas for foreigners.


Languages:

Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.


Clients:

The firm represents Brazilian and foreign clients from a wide range of industries, including infrastructure, energy, informational technology, factories, automotive, healthcare, agribusiness, franchising, investment funds, entertainment and leisure, education, religious organisations and shopping malls.

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Corporate/Commercial: North East
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Corporate/Commercial: North East
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Corporate/Commercial: North East
1
Band 1
Lawyers
1
Rogério Da Fonte
1
Band 1
4
Alexandre Andrade Lima Da Fonte Filho
4
Band 4
U
Guilherme Vasconcelos de Sá Cavalcanti
U
Up and Coming
Dispute Resolution: North East
1 Department
Department
Dispute Resolution: North East
3
Dispute Resolution: North East
3
Band 3
Tax: North East
1 Department
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Department
Tax: North East
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Tax: North East
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Alexandre Andrade Lima Da Fonte Filho
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Band 1
U
Carlos Pereira Lima
U
Up and Coming