Gerson Branco Advogados

Firm Overview

Gerson Branco Advogados ("GBA") is highly specialized to handle a wide range of legal and business issues, focusing on innovative and tailor-made solutions, built to match the particular circumstances of each client, providing state-of-art legal consultancy in both, transactional and litigation areas.

The firm aims to add value to the business structures of its clients, assisting them in the decision-making process, and going beyond purely technical legal advice, which is possible thanks to our experienced and multidisciplinary team, which has a strong academic background and a wide knowledge in business.As a result of this philosophy, Gerson Branco Advogados has the expertise to solve complex corporate legal problems involving, among others, the transfer of control of financial institutions, judicial recoveries of companies that operate in regulated markets, mergers and acquisitions in adverse regulatory environments, corporate disputes, tax issues of considerable value, nationalization and implementation of foreign investments.

The team is composed of attorneys with over ten years of experience, with strong academic backgrounds, many of them holding master’s and doctor´s law degrees. The head of the team is a distinguished Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. The firm fosters the union of academic engagement with a pragmatic approach to finding the best solutions for its customers.

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Main Areas of Practice

Corporate and M&A: Gerson Branco Advogados's team provides legal advice to clients in negotiation strategy, drafting, and review of contracts and side agreements eventually required accordingly to the deal in place, assuring legal compliance and risk control. GBA corporate attorneys engage directly as in-house corporate counselors, helping clients with all sort of issues, such as contractual liability, and risk assessment, among others, solving a wide range of corporate challenges and problems, many of which concern cutting-edge issues in the industries. GBA also provides legal services on M&A transactions, private equity, and venture capital investments, assisting the client in all aspects of the transaction, including economic, tax, real estate, environmental, and corporate governance issues.

Corporate and M&A Partners:

Gerson Branco ([email protected])

Diogo Merten Cruz ([email protected])

Fabiana Maldaner ([email protected])

Lenine Munari Mariano da Rocha ([email protected])

Amanda Lemos Dill ([email protected])

Carolina Flores Copetti Leite ([email protected])

Dispute Resolution: Gerson Branco Advogados’ litigation team is committed to accessing and acknowledging the client’s demands, history, and needs. Every case represented by Gerson Branco’s litigation team is carefully dealt with, with high accuracy and assertiveness, always keeping the client’s best interest in mind. GBA assists clients in civil and arbitral lawsuits encompassing M&A disputes, Corporate Law, Contract Law, Bankruptcy Law, Construction Law, Civil Liability, and Consumer Law. The legal team has expertise in a variety of segments and their relations to the law, such as agribusiness, banking and financing, construction, clothing, and footwear industry, representing significant companies in those areas.

Dispute Resolution Partners:

Gerson Branco ([email protected])

Flaviana Rampazzo Soares ([email protected])

Eduardo Siqueira Néri ([email protected])

Átila Miranda de Sousa ([email protected])

Tiago Pretto ([email protected])

Ana Rispoli D'Azevedo ([email protected])

Alexandre Casanova Mantovani ([email protected])

Marcela Lauer ([email protected])

Rafaela Garcez Nunes ([email protected])

Pietro Berger de Oliveira ([email protected])

Tax Law: GBA has extensive experience in assisting clients in lawsuits (judicial and administrative) to recover tax credits, reduction of liabilities, and monitoring of tax inspections by the Federal, State and/or Municipal Revenue Services. The tax area, allied to expertise in corporate and business law demands, also acts in tax planning for medium and large operations, such as corporate reorganization processes (M&A), as well as analysis of options that aim to reduce the tax burden of companies.

Tax Partners

Gerson Branco ([email protected])

Átila Brandalise da Silva ([email protected])

Lenine Munari Mariano da Rocha ([email protected])

Marcos Vinícius Rolin dos Santos ([email protected])