MJ Alves Burle e Viana Advogados
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Brazil: Contentious
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MJ Alves Burle e Viana Advogados is a pioneer in Legal Advocacy in Brazil, a model that integrates judicial, administrative, regulatory and institutional strategies to address complex legal challenges. The firm combines technical excellence with a systemic approach, delivering solutions that go beyond traditional legal practice and generate sustainable legal and economic outcomes.
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MJAB handles high-stakes and complex matters by combining litigation, institutional engagement and regulatory strategy. Its Legal Advocacy approach aligns legal decisions with concrete business and institutional outcomes, enabling faster and sustainable solutions. The firm acts before superior courts, negotiates with public authorities and structures innovative solutions beyond litigation, often reshaping sectors and resolving long-standing disputes.
Notable work
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Landmark settlement ending decades-long intervention and unlocking multi-billion recovery
Settlement ends decades-long intervention and unlocks up to BRL 30bn in recoverable federal credits.
Strategic litigation securing multi-billion credit recognition from Central Bank dispute
Court victory secures credit liquidation criteria and strengthens multi-billion claim against Central Bank.
Reversal of decades-long dispute securing compensation in Central Bank intervention case
Court reversal restores compensation rights in decades-long dispute over unlawful Central Bank intervention.
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Brazil - Head office
Distrito Federal
SHIS QI 09 Conjunto 20 Lote 3-5, Lago Sul , Brasília - DF, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 71.625200, Brasília - DF
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MJAB Insights | Liability of digital platforms: a new framework under construction at the STF
A case currently pending before the Supreme Federal Court (STF) may redefine the legal foundations of digital platform liability in Brazil, by revisiting the interpretation of Article 19 of the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights (Law No. 12,965/2014).
MJAB Insights: Regulation of industrial hemp (Cannabis) in Brazil
In Special Appeal No. 2,024,250, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) authorized the planting, cultivation, processing, and commercialization of industrial hemp for medicinal and pharmaceutical purposes and ordered the Federal Government and ANVISA to regulate the matter by May 19, 2025.
MJAB Insights: Intercurrent prescription at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU)
Resolution TCU No. 344/2022, which regulates prescription within the scope of the Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União – TCU), expressly provides for the possibility of intercurrent prescription in its proceedings.
MJAB Insights: Update of the national action plan for aviation decarbonization
The Federal Government has initiated the update of the National Action Plan for the reduction of CO₂ emissions in civil aviation, now in its fifth edition.
MJAB Insights: New bill for environmental licensing
On 21 May, the Federal Senate approved Bill 2.159/2021, creating the General Environmental Licensing Law (LGLA). The proposal aims to standardise procedures and consolidate general licensing rules throughout the country.
MJAB Insights | Liability of digital platforms: a new framework under construction at the STF
A case currently pending before the Supreme Federal Court (STF) may redefine the legal foundations of digital platform liability in Brazil, by revisiting the interpretation of Article 19 of the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights (Law No. 12,965/2014).
MJAB Insights: Regulation of industrial hemp (Cannabis) in Brazil
In Special Appeal No. 2,024,250, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) authorized the planting, cultivation, processing, and commercialization of industrial hemp for medicinal and pharmaceutical purposes and ordered the Federal Government and ANVISA to regulate the matter by May 19, 2025.
MJAB Insights: Intercurrent prescription at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU)
Resolution TCU No. 344/2022, which regulates prescription within the scope of the Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União – TCU), expressly provides for the possibility of intercurrent prescription in its proceedings.
MJAB Insights: Update of the national action plan for aviation decarbonization
The Federal Government has initiated the update of the National Action Plan for the reduction of CO₂ emissions in civil aviation, now in its fifth edition.
MJAB Insights: New bill for environmental licensing
On 21 May, the Federal Senate approved Bill 2.159/2021, creating the General Environmental Licensing Law (LGLA). The proposal aims to standardise procedures and consolidate general licensing rules throughout the country.
MJ Alves Burle e Viana Advogados | Brazil: Contentious
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