Giamundo Neto Advogados

Firm Details

Number of partners: 14

Number of other lawyers: 30

Number of trainees: 17

Firm Overview:

Giamundo Neto Advogados is one of the most admired law firms in Brazil for its work in civil, infrastructure and regulatory matters. The law firm is composed by highly experienced professionals in public law and business law, who are recognised for their business vision. One of the major features of the firm is the provision of bespoke service to its clients, besides its ongoing concern with the technical quality of the services provided. The team of lawyers is trained to assist its heavyweight clientele with dedication, agility, proactivity and reliability.

Main Areas of Practice

Public Law

The firm is highly specialised in public law issues and its overlapping areas. It is able to cover the full gamut of public law services, including matters relating to the Federal Court of Accounts, public biddings, PPPs, contractual management, administrative improbity, large infrastructure projects, regulations and enforcement bodies. When it comes to litigation matters, it is able to act at all court levels and in both administrative and judicial proceedings. Its impressive clients roster features heavyweight names from the construction and regulated sectors (water and sanitation services, health, logistics, oil & gas, energy, transportation, for example).

Projects

The team is able to rely on the related expertise of the firm’s other team members and can work in a multidisciplinary fashion when needed. The bulk of the department’s workload comes from the sanitation and waste management, motorways and social infrastructure sectors. It is also notably active handling matters from clients coming from the airports and energy arenas. It provides advice on all phases of projects, from the structuring to the divestment phases, including dispute resolution, PPPs, and biddings.

Litigation

The team is best known for its seamless work in strategic litigation cases concerning large infrastructure contracts. It has in-depth, expert knowledge of, and often acts on, the regulated sectors in Brazil, such as the energy, utilities and transports sectors. The team is equally strong and well equipped to handle construction-related matters. It frequently undertakes mandates involving indemnifications, concessions, repossessions and administrative improbity. The team also provides pre-litigation and preventative litigation advice.

Labour

The team represents employers in highly complex lawsuits, such as public civil actions, lawsuits related to fatal occupational injury or compensation for occupational injury, and also in labour disputes filed by high-level employees, including managers, directors, and presidents, who have been dismissed. Likewise, the team has a strong commitment to conduct cases in administrative proceedings involving the Labour Oversight Agency and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Arbitration

The department primarily handles cases in the infrastructure and construction sectors, focusing on breaches of PPP agreements, and the review of corporate, EPC, and concession contracts.

Our firm offers comprehensive arbitration services, including: preliminary case assessments to advise on claims, their success probabilities, and potential counterclaims, organization and examination of all documentary evidence for arbitration, guidance on selecting co-arbitrators and technical experts, drafting and submitting arbitration requests and all related documents,active participation in the evidentiary phase, including working with technical assistants and full representation of the client at hearings, from initial presentations to closing arguments.

Languages

English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese.

Clients

The firm’s client roster features heavyweight names from the construction and regulated sectors (water and sanitation services, energy, oil & gas, health, logistics, transportation etc).

Number of partners: 9
Number of other lawyers: 19
Number of trainees: 14

Firm Overview:
Giamundo Neto Advogados is one of the most admired law firms in Brazil for its work in civil, infrastructure and regulatory matters. The law firm is composed by highly experienced professionals in public law and business law, who are recognised for their business vision. One of the major features of the firm is the provision of bespoke service to its clients, besides its ongoing concern with the technical quality of the services provided. The team of lawyers is trained to assist its heavyweight clientele with dedication, agility, proactivity and reliability.

Main Areas of Practice:

Public Law:
The firm is highly specialised in public law issues and its overlapping areas. It is able to cover the full gamut of public law services, including matters relating to the Federal Court of Accounts, public biddings, PPPs, contractual management, administrative improbity, large infrastructure projects, regulations and enforcement bodies. When it comes to litigation matters, it is able to act at all court levels and in both administrative and judicial proceedings. Its impressive clients roster features heavyweight names from the construction and regulated sectors (water and sanitation services, health, logistics, oil & gas, energy, transportation, for example).

Projects:
The team is able to rely on the related expertise of the firm’s other team members and can work in a multidisciplinary fashion when needed. The bulk of the department’s workload comes from the sanitation and waste management, motorways and social infrastructure sectors. It is also notably active handling matters from clients coming from the airports and energy arenas. It provides advice on all phases of projects, from the structuring to the divestment phases, including dispute resolution, PPPs, and biddings.

Litigation:
The team is best known for its seamless work in strategic litigation cases concerning large infrastructure contracts. It has in-depth, expert knowledge of, and often acts on, the regulated sectors in Brazil, such as the energy, utilities and transports sectors. The team is equally strong and well equipped to handle construction-related matters. It frequently undertakes mandates involving indemnifications, concessions, repossessions and administrative improbity. The team also provides pre-litigation and preventative litigation advice.

Languages:
English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese.

Clients:
The firm’s client roster features heavyweight names from the construction and regulated sectors (water and sanitation services, energy, oil & gas, health, logistics, transportation etc).

Firm Details

Number of partners:14

Number of other lawyers:31

Number of trainees:18

Firm Overview:

Giamundo Neto Advogados is one of the most admired law firms in Brazil for its work in civil, infrastructure and regulatory matters. The law firm is composed by highly experienced professionals in public law and business law, who are recognised for their business vision. One of the major features of the firm is the provision of bespoke service to its clients, besides its ongoing concern with the technical quality of the services provided. The team of lawyers is trained to assist its heavyweight clientele with dedication, agility, proactivity and reliability.

Main Areas of Practice:

Public Law:

The firm is highly specialised in public law issues and its overlapping areas. It is able to cover the full gamut of public law services, including matters relating to the Federal Court of Accounts, public biddings, PPPs, contractual management, administrative improbity, large infrastructure projects, regulations and enforcement bodies. When it comes to litigation matters, it is able to act at all court levels and in both administrative and judicial proceedings. Its impressive clients roster features heavyweight names from the construction and regulated sectors (water and sanitation services, health, logistics, oil & gas, energy, transportation, for example).

Projects:

The team is able to rely on the related expertise of the firm’s other team members and can work in a multidisciplinary fashion when needed. The bulk of the department’s workload comes from the sanitation and waste management, motorways and social infrastructure sectors. It is also notably active handling matters from clients coming from the airports and energy arenas. It provides advice on all phases of projects, from the structuring to the divestment phases, including dispute resolution, PPPs, and biddings.

Litigation:

The team is best known for its seamless work in strategic litigation cases concerning large infrastructure contracts. It has in-depth, expert knowledge of, and often acts on, the regulated sectors in Brazil, such as the energy, utilities and transports sectors. The team is equally strong and well equipped to handle construction-related matters. It frequently undertakes mandates involving indemnifications, concessions, repossessions and administrative improbity. The team also provides pre-litigation and preventative litigation advice.

Labour:

The team represents employers in highly complex lawsuits, such as public civil actions, lawsuits related to fatal occupational injury or compensation for occupational injury, and also in labour disputes filed by high-level employees, including managers, directors, and presidents, who have been dismissed.

Likewise, the team has a strong commitment to conduct cases in administrative proceedings involving the Labour Oversight Agency and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Languages:

English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese.

Clients:

The firm’s client roster features heavyweight names from the construction and regulated sectors (water and sanitation services, energy, oil & gas, health, logistics, transportation etc).