Monteiro de Brito & Oliveira Advogados

Managing Partner: Luis Antonio Monteiro de Brito

Number of Partners: 2

Number of Other Fee-Earners: 12

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Belém, Pará, MBO Advogados is a full-service law firm with an agile and highly personalised approach to client service. Strategically positioned in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon region, the firm serves a diverse client base across Brazil and abroad.

MBO Advogados offers a unique legal perspective, deeply rooted in its understanding of the local business environment and the socio-economic dynamics of Northern Brazil. This regional expertise, combined with a responsive and client-oriented practice model, allows the firm to deliver tailored legal solutions for clients from a wide range of industries.

The firm is widely recognised for its ability to align legal strategies with the operational and commercial realities of its clients, ensuring practical and results-driven outcomes.

General Business Law:

With a strong presence in Corporate Law, the firm offers comprehensive legal support to companies of various sizes and sectors. The team assists with corporate transactions, contract negotiation, corporate restructuring, commercial disputes, and corporate governance, always with a strategic approach to the regulatory environment and the specific dynamics of each industry.

Advice for the Implementation of Projects in Amazonia: The firm offers strategic legal advice for the implementation of projects in the Amazon, focusing on the management of regulatory, environmental, and socio-economic risks. MBO Advogados supports clients from the due diligence phase through to post-implementation monitoring, ensuring full compliance with applicable laws and alignment with best sustainability practices, while addressing the unique challenges of the Amazonian context.

Environmental Law: The firm’s Environmental Law team is recognised for its ability to handle complex cases involving environmental licensing, litigation, and risk management. MBO Advogados represents companies in public civil actions and administrative proceedings and provides preventive advice on projects with potential environmental impact, with a special focus on the regulatory requirements applicable within the Amazon region.

Labour Law: With a strategic and preventive approach, the firm advises companies on managing labour risks and represents them in both individual and collective litigation. The team also handles mass claims, collective bargaining negotiations, internal policy reviews, corporate investigations, and provides consultancy for the implementation of labour compliance best practices.

Tax Law: MBO Advogados' tax practice combines technical expertise with a pragmatic approach to defend clients’ interests in complex tax matters. The firm provides tax planning, representation in administrative and judicial tax litigation, and advisory services on tax incentives and specific tax regimes applicable to the Northern Brazil region.

Agribusiness: With a specialised and multidisciplinary perspective, the firm’s agribusiness practice covers the entire production chain and business cycle of the sector, with a focus on agrarian, environmental, and labour issues. The team advises on land regularisation, agrarian contracts, possessory disputes, and regulatory matters directly affecting agricultural operations in the Amazon.

Mining Law: With sector-specific expertise, MBO Advogados provides comprehensive legal support for the mining industry, including environmental licensing, liability management, government relations, contracts, and litigation. The firm assists mining enterprises in conducting their operations legally, responsibly, and sustainably, addressing the unique regulatory and social challenges of the Amazon region.

Av. Gentil Bittencourt, 2456 – São Brás, CEP: 66.063-022 | Belém, Pará, Brazil. Tel: +55 91 3351-3334. Email: [email protected]