Mudrovitsch Advogados

Public law is one of Mudrovitsch's core areas of practice. The firm advises clients in structuring public sector projects, participating in public tenders, and executing contracts in highly regulated industries such as energy, transportation, telecommunications, agribusiness and banking. Its consultative approach supports clients through every stage of public-private partnerships and government relations.

The litigation team represents clients in administrative, judicial, and arbitral disputes involving public law. It has notable experience in proceedings related to the review of administrative acts, state liability, and sanctioning procedures initiated by regulatory agencies. The firm also handles cases before oversight bodies such as the Courts of Auditors, CGU, COAF, and CADE, including judicial proceedings related to administrative misconduct, anti-corruption enforcement and domestic & international corporate tax issues.

Mudrovitsch Advogados offers couseling tailored to client necessity, working diligently and being committed to technical-legal standards.

In this regard, the firm employs professionals who share the samen principle of seeking the balance between the pragmatism of efficiency and academic sophistication. Mudrovitsch Advogados aims the best results to clients by the use of the best tecnique and by the interdisciplinary knowledge.

With offices in Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the team is able to serve clients nationally and abroad. Our lawyers are technically trained to work in the areas of Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Litigation (in court, in arbitrations and mediations), Civil Law, Tax Law, Antitrust, Corporate, Business and Regulatory Compliance and Governance.

The firm’s banking and finance practice represents clients in all aspects of financing transactions. Transactions range from origination and negotiation to documentation and closing,and when necessary, to enforcement of remedies of procedures and agreements for workout and reorganisation. Clients retain the firm to represent them in their various capacities in financing transactions as agent, senior lender or other syndicate member, seller or purchaser of participation, assignor or assignee of direct loan interests, letter of credit issuer, trustee and arranger or purchaser of capital market instruments.

The Firm has been expanding its competition law practice by advising and representing clients in a broad range of antitrust matters. The firm provides preventive legal support in drafting contracts, structuring commercial policies, and ensuring compliance with antitrust regulations. It also acts in administrative proceedings before CADE, offering strategic defense in cases involving unilateral conduct and cartel investigations.

The team is recognized for negotiating leniency agreements and cease-and-desist terms with the antitrust authority. It also plays an important role in merger control, assisting in the structuring of transactions and representing clients in both fast-track and ordinary merger review proceedings. The competition practice works in close collaboration with the firm’s litigation, criminal law, and compliance teams to mitigate risk and strengthen clients’ governance practices.

Mudrovitsch’s dispute resolution team has strong expertise in complex business litigation and the structuring of high-value contracts and legal arrangements, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, environmental law and sanitation, capital markets, regulatory law, public services, public procurement, administrative contracts, concessions, permits, public-private partnerships, and consortiums. The team also has extensive experience in civil litigation, including cases involving liability arising from sanctioning procedures such as audits by courts of accounts, administrative misconduct actions, and collective claims—especially public civil actions.

While active across all levels of the judiciary, the team is particularly recognized for its performance before Brazil’s higher courts, including the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

The Firm has extensive experience in white-collar criminal defense, especially in the area of economic and corporate crime. Its team is nationally and internationally recognized for combining in-depth legal knowledge with modern defense strategies. The firm represents clients at all stages of criminal proceedings, including negotiations with authorities and strategic litigation before all levels of the judiciary.

The firm also offers advisory services in preventive criminal law, including internal and defensive investigations, due diligence, and the implementation of compliance programs. These efforts are coordinated with the compliance and corporate governance team, ensuring integrated risk management and minimizing exposure across various spheres of liability.