FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS

Managing Partner: Paulo Mertz Focaccia

Number of partners: 13

Number of other lawyers: 76

Firm Overview:

FAS Advogados is a Brazilian full-service law firm that operates in cooperation with CMS – one of the world's largest law firms. It was founded in 2003 and has offices in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to handling matters throughout Brazil.

With extensive knowledge of the Brazilian legal market and a global outlook, we deliver exceptional services through an agile and dedicated structure, always committed to providing our clients with quality and innovation.

We are a contemporary and groundbreaking legal firm, led by a diverse group of talented individuals who possess a strong passion for the law and are driven to make a positive impact in the legal industry. Our aim is to simplify our clients' lives and bring more accuracy to their legal affairs.

In recent years, our company has undergone considerable expansion through a combination of streamlining our current processes and developing innovative practices, customized to suit the specific requirements of industries like energy, hospitality, tourism, insurance, reinsurance, media, telecommunications, and sports betting. As a result, we are proud to offer our clients an extensive range of top-quality services.

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Our broad practice covers all aspects of the financial market, including advising Payment and financial institutions, regulating payment methods, drafting contracts, resolving disputes and data protection, structuring financial products, and defending the interests of fintechs.

Business Investigations

Our expertise in conducting detailed analyses of documents and evidence guarantees a thorough and impartial approach throughout the investigative process. Combining specialized knowledge and complementary skills, we offer strategic support so that our clients can make better decisions and mitigate potential reputational damage.

Capital Markets

Our advice covers the regulation and public offerings of securities in the national and international markets, including securitization, as well as financial operations, investment funds, and the structuring of complex transactions.

Legal Marketing

Our team works on all commercial promotions that do or do not require authorization, as well as on capitalization title campaigns and incentive and live marketing. We advise clients in a comprehensive manner, covering the evaluation of the discourse for the SAC, the development of the promotional mechanics, regulations, review of the communication pieces, and monitoring of the process.

Compliance

Our team of highly qualified consultants has expertise in different industry sectors, which allows us to offer customized solutions for each client. We are always up-to-date with changes in laws and regulations, ensuring that our clients are in compliance with best practices and ethical standards.

Consumer Relations

With a focus on compliance and product safety, our broad range of activities includes consulting, preventive, administrative, judicial, and advertising campaigns, as well as coordination and advice on recall campaigns, regulatory agenda monitoring, optimization of Customer Service (SAC), and e-commerce structuring.

Contracts

We provide specialized guidance to ensure legal compliance, identifying risks and exploring alternative scenarios throughout the supply chain. Additionally, we advise national and foreign companies in the Brazilian market, considering tax, competition, environmental, and consumer protection aspects.

Corporate

With multidisciplinary knowledge focused on corporate law, our team offers legal advice on the establishment, maintenance, and termination of companies, including the drafting of various corporate documents, as well as actively participating in general assemblies when necessary, drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements, and structuring corporate governance.

Customs

We provide exclusive or joint services with national operations of industry, commerce, or services, meeting the needs of the goods nationalization process in Brazil. We also act to ensure legal compliance in the release of goods and administrative and judicial defenses.

D&I Projects

We advise on the implementation of affirmative projects aimed at social inclusion and in and out-of-court procedures. In addition, our experienced team offers training on a variety of topics related to this area, as well as preventive consulting related to the quota law for people with disabilities, apprenticeship contracts, and the formation of diversity committees.

Data Protection

We offer comprehensive consultancy for a range of topics related to data protection, such as projects for compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), consulting for digital platforms and Internetv applications, risk analysis, and legal viability assessment of new products and business models. Additionally, we provide support for cyber risk prevention and other related services.

Dispute Resolution

With an experienced, multidisciplinary, and highly qualified team, we offer cutting-edge advice in high-complexity situations and crisis management, representing clients in complex and relevant cases.

Energy

Our team provides consultancy on legal and regulatory matters, assistance in the structuring of energy generation and commercialization projects, drafting and negotiation of contracts, representation of companies in processes and procedures for conflict resolution, as well as conducting administrative proceedings before legal entities.

Hospitality, Travel & Leisure

We are pioneers in creating a legal practice dedicated to this sector. Our expertise encompasses mergers and acquisitions, financial operations, tax structuring, legal compliance, and comprehensive tourism legal consultancy, both nationally and internationally.

Insurance and Reinsurance

Our specialized work in this sector covers regulatory issues, litigation strategies, claims regulation, distribution channel modeling, product development, mergers, and acquisitions, as well as investments in insurtechs and other customized services.

Intellectual Property

We provide high-level consulting on transactions and litigation involving intellectual property assets, from patents, trademarks, and copyrights to software, trade secrets, and cases of unfair competition. We protect and value your most precious assets.

Real Estate

Our multidisciplinary professionals offer sophisticated solutions for real estate investments (direct or indirect), aspects related to the development and management of these assets, as well as advice on a variety of matters related to urban (commercial or industrial) and rural properties.

Social Security

We develop effective methodologies and tools for identifying and preventing social security risks, as well as for optimizing the tax cost with payroll. We also provide advice on social security compliance and support in the structuring, review, and improvement of practices and processes.

Startup & Innovation

We offer legal advice to startups on everyday issues, such as the preparation and review of corporate acts, partnership agreements, commercial and employment contracts, privacy policies, to complex due diligence operations and legal advice in M&A operations.

Tax Advisory

Our tax team experts is ready to carefully analyze the tax situation of our clients and identify legal opportunities to optimize tax management. Always up-to-date with the constant changes in tax legislation, we guarantee that our clients are in compliance with the applicable regulations.

Tax Litigation

Our wide range of services, focused on the administrative and judicial areas, covers federal, state, and municipal taxes, including support in all phases, from audits to defenses in the upper courts. We also work in legal audits, due diligence, and tax investigations for identification and assessment of liabilities, adherence to amnesty and tax installment programs, transactions to end tax disputes, and standardizing tax situations.

Tax Planning

We offer legal advice for companies and individuals on tax issues, supporting and reviewing tax impacts in Brazil and abroad, including the interpretation of transfer pricing rules. We also assist in the implementation of foreign investments, conduct risk analyses, and provide specialized consulting on multijurisdictional operations, multilateral treaties, and interaction with foreign offices.

Technology, Media, and Telecommunications

Our multidisciplinary team, exclusively dedicated to the digital ecosystem, innovation, media, telecommunications, and entertainment, offers customized and high-quality solutions aligned with the demands of this dynamic market.