Souto Correa Advogados

Number of partners: +30

Number of other lawyers: +200

Firm Overview:

In 2013, lawyers worked together in the legal market for 20 years joined forces to enhance the provision of legal services so that each professional could boost their potential, sharing ethical values and unity. Our unique way of working together raised the firm with roots in Rio Grande do Sul, to nowadays be one of the biggest full-service firms in Brazil, serving national and multinationals companies from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Brasília in all practice areas of Business Law.

Souto Correa Advogados comprises experienced lawyers, aligned with shared principles and values. It is comprised of highly qualified professionals, several of them PhDs, and recognized as a reference in the national and international legal market in prominent rankings that assess the competence and reliability of professionals.

The firm represents national and international clients in various sectors, such as Agribusiness, Food, Automotive, Aviation, Civil Construction, Education, Energy, Entertainment, Equity, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals, Hotels, Metallurgical and Naval Industries, Chemical Industry, financial institutions, Logistics and Transport, Mining, Oil and Gas, Pulp and Paper, Petrochemicals, Private, Broadcasting, Insurance, Technology, Telecommunications, Retail, Tobacco, among others.

Main Areas of Practice

Antitrust and Competition

Arbitration

Capital Markets

Climate Solutions

Compliance

Consumer and Product Liability

Contracts

Corporate Law and M&A

Data Protection

Environmental and Sustainability

ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance

Fintechs and cryptoassets

Intellectual Property

International Trade

Labor

Litigation

Media and Entertainment

Public Law and Regulatory

Real Estate

Restructuring and Insolvency

Tax

Union Relations and Collective Negotiations

Wealth and Succession Planning

White-Collar Crimes

Industries and Sectors

Agribusiness

Basic Sanitation

Energy

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Startup Hub

Telecom

Timberland

Foreign Desks

Asian Desk

German Desk

Latin America

Main Contacts

Anderson Ribeiro ([email protected])

Anderson Trautmann Cardoso

([email protected])

Andre Luiz da Silva Gomes ([email protected])

Carlos Souto ([email protected])

Clarissa Yokomizo ([email protected])

Diogo Squeff Fries ([email protected])

Fabio Henrique Di Lallo ([email protected])

Fábio Machado Baldissera ([email protected])

Fernanda Girardi Tavares ([email protected])

Fernando Gomes de Souza Ayres

([email protected])

Fernando Pellenz

([email protected])

Giácomo Paro

([email protected])

Gilberto Deon Correa Junior ([email protected])

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral ([email protected])

Henry Gonçalves Lummertz

([email protected])

Ingrid Thomas Hessling

([email protected])

Joel Heinrich Gallo

([email protected])

Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva ([email protected])

Leticia Provedel ([email protected])

Livia Medeiros Amorim Veloni ([email protected])

Luís Alberto Salton Peretti ([email protected])

Luis Felipe Spinelli

([email protected])

Mauricio Negri Machado Paschoal

([email protected])

Otávio Augusto Dal Molin Domit ([email protected])

Patrícia Mota Alves Dapper ([email protected])

Paulo Roberto Couto de Oliveira Souto

([email protected])

Pedro Afonso Fabri Demartini

([email protected])

Raquel Stein ([email protected])

Ricardo Quass Duarte ([email protected])

Roberta Feiten Silva ([email protected])

Rodrigo Tellechea Silva ([email protected])

Administrative/Regulatory  

The firm has expertise in procurement and government contracts, concessions, permissions and authorisations, expropriation and administrative easements, sanctioning proceedings, misconduct actions, anticorruption law etc. The firm represents clients in infrastructure related matters, particularly regarding energy, oil and gas, sanitation, harbours and airports, railways and mining.

Livia Amorim ([email protected]) 

Consumer & Product Liability 

The firm manages strategic lawsuits involving consumer rights, such as collective actions. Experience includes handling public civil inquiries and strategic administrative cases filed by consumer protection and defense authorities. The team handles product liability lawsuits and recall campaigns. The area advises clients on consumer internal policies.

Roberta Feiten ([email protected]) 

Corporate & M&A 

The team handles all matters related to a company’s day-to- day corporate and governance routines. Attorneys take part in several transactions including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, and due diligence procedures. On the contractual side, the team negotiates and drafts commercial, distribution and agency agreements. The corporate team works with related practice areas, such as real estate, timberland investment and agribusiness.

Carlos Souto ([email protected]) 

Corporate Criminal 

The area covers corporate criminal issues from a truly multidisciplinary angle. The team assists natural and legal persons regarding criminal matters during criminal investigations and in lawsuits before federal and state courts. This area’s deep involvement in each case and the technical knowledge of the team guarantee quick responses and efficient solutions in all stages of the criminal process.

Emília Malacarne ([email protected]) 

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration & Mediation 

The team handles domestic and international mediations and arbitrations, arbitral letters, challenging and annulment of arbitral awards, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Advises clients in the negotiation and drafting of arbitral clauses. Team members also act as arbitrators and mediators.

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral ([email protected]) 

Dispute Resolution: Litigation 

The firm has experience in the prevention and resolution of complex litigation in the administrative and judicial spheres, representing clients before all courts. It also cooperates with clients in the definition of strategies to reduce litigation, and advises them in accordance with the needs of their businesses.

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral ([email protected]) 

Environmental & Sustainability 

The firm provides consultancy services regarding compliance with environmental legislation, analysing possible opportunities arising from legal benefits. The team also assists with environmental, administrative and legal proceedings, including monitoring civil inquiries and public civil actions, negotiating settlements with public authorities, and providing assistance with licensing.

Fabiana Figueiró ([email protected]) 

Intellectual Property & Entertainment 

The firm advises clients on issues related to trademarks, brands, franchises, copyright law, domain names, industrial design, know-how, business secrets, software, unfair competition, e-commerce, corporate name disputes, trade-dress, biotechnology, cultivation, genetic patrimony access (CGen), and all related areas, including application and protective measures. It assists clients in matters related to the recording and audiovisual industry, events, online content providers, TV broadcasters, advertising agencies, copyrights, image and voice rights, sponsorships, advertisements and branded entertainment.

Letícia Provedel ([email protected]) 

Labour 

The team acts in litigation cases and in consultancy. Experience includes managing the relationship with union entities and negotiating collective agreements. The team deals with due diligences and the management of financial liabilities, and reviews HR proceedings. Also in its purview is the drafting of contracts, internal policies and codes of conduct, and conducting in-company training sessions on labour-related matters.

Patricia Alves ([email protected]) 

Real Estate 

The firm is strongly specialised in high-end commercial, industrial and rural leases, BTS, sale and lease back and represents a wide range of national and international clients in connection to real estate issues, in many regions throughout Brazil. The team is experienced in agribusiness contracts, surface rights, and large construction projects, such as football arenas, industrials plants, administrative easements for the implantation of electric transmission lines, hydroelectric and wind energy, property regularization procedures, fiduciary sales, mortgages and property developments. The team regularly carries out due diligence for acquisition, sale, guarantees and other investments made by local and foreign companies in real estate properties, both urban and rural. Within the firm, the real estate team is connected with the environmental, regulatory, dispute and resolution, tax, capital markets, wealth and estate planning and labour departments, and together provide comprehensive support on these matters related to real estate projects.

Fábio Machado Baldissera ([email protected]) 

Restructuring & Insolvency 

Regularly assists and represents debtors and creditors involved in judicial and extrajudicial restructuring, bankruptcies and in the extrajudicial liquidation of companies. Acts in the restructuring of debts, negotiating with debtors and creditors, as well as in the sale or acquisition of companies and/or distressed assets.

Luis Felipe Spinelli ([email protected]) 

Tax 

The firm offers a wide range of tax consultancy and litigation services at the federal, state and municipal levels, including issues such as social security contributions, operation restructuring, tax benefits, mergers and acquisitions, tax replacements, transfer pricing and due diligences, as well as the legislative process. The team is recognised for its expertise in customs law, analysing foreign trade taxation, tax classifications, among others.

Giácomo Paro ([email protected]) 

Wealth and Succession Planning 

The team advises on estate and succession planning for Brazilians and foreigners to organize, enhance, and protect their assets, both in Brazil and abroad. The firm has vast experience in leading projects with a focus on planning strategies to minimize economic risks, aiming to identify the best available structures and to implement the plan to achieve asset protection, wealth preservation and organization, as well as tax and succession efficiency. It also advises individuals and family businesses, including the support for family offices since their inception, through family governance documents such as family contracts, wills, trusts, as well as shareholder agreements and other corporate organization documents. The team has multidisciplinary expertise in areas such as Succession, Family, Tax, Corporate, Real Estate, and Intellectual Property Law.

Daniel Alt ([email protected])