XVV Advogados

Firm Details:

Managing Partners: Ivo Corrêa, Beto Vasconcelos, Eduardo Xavier, Luis Felipe Valerim Pinheiro and Felipe de Paula

Number of partners: 5

Numbers of lawyers: 16

Languages:English, Portuguese

Firm Overview:

Founded in 2018 by renowned professionals in the public law scenario, XVV Advogados has a unique expertise in a wide range of practices, such as constitutional law, administrative & regulatory law, policy & legislative matters, compliance & integrity. Since its foundation, XVV has already advised domestic and foreign investors in large-scale cases and projects in Brazil. XVV´s partners have well recognized track-record in their areas of expertise, granting an important differential in public law and public-private partnership segments.

The firm´s partners have extensive experience in the public sector, complemented by years of experience in the legal, business and teaching sectors. This characteristic ensures a unique knowledge and capacity for diagnosis, analysis and development of solutions, especially in highly complex contexts involving public authorities. In addition, the academic qualification of the firm´s lawyers ensures a solid base in the elaboration of legal equations and the construction of appropriate answers.

With offices in São Paulo/SP and Brasília/DF XVV Advogados handles demands of its clients in all federative entities and instances, including before the Executive (administration and regulatory agencies), the Legislative (including administrative procedures before the courts of audit), and the Judiciary, in particular the Supreme Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STF).

Main Areas of Practice:

Public Law:

Assistance in all kinds of matters that require interface with public entities. The goal is to build seamless partnerships between private and public sectors by rendering innovative solutions in highly complex environments.In public positions, XVV partners have managed a series of high profiles and most relevant legal issues in the federal government directly advising the President and various Ministers. Representation of clients on strategic/leading cases both before judicial and administrative bodies. Reference in matters involving concessions and regulated sectors, with consistent and strategic practice in the most important concessions in the water and sewage sectors, railways, ports, airports, oil & gas and health/clinical imaging diagnostic services.

Projects and Infrastructure:

XVV´s partners have taken part in a significant number of the most relevant infrastructure projects in Brazil, combining their experiences as lawyers in relevant cases in the most relevant law firms, public officials, C-level executives in private companies, academic activities and as XVV lawyers. The practice is a reference in regulatory matters, concessions and regulated sectors, with consistent and strategic practice in the most important concessions in the water and sewage sectors, railways, ports, oil & gas and health/clinical imaging diagnostic services.

Government Relations:

Legal services in all kinds of matters that require interface with public authorities, monitoring the legislative agenda, mapping key-stakeholders, developing strategic plans and full consultancy related to specific proposal of legislation and regulation, among others, acting through institutional channels and processes. Assistance to leading Brazilian and international companies and other entities in the most various demands involving Government Relations matters, which includes representation of associations of companies in the sectors’ demands.

Life Sciences:

Assistance to organisations and institutions that devote themselves to research, development, technology transfer and commercialisation within the life sciences sphere, particularly pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology programs, food processing, cannabidiol products, complementary health plans, and healthtechs in a broad range of issues. Involvement in regulatory debates before regulatory agencies such as the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) and the National Agency for Supplementary Health Services (ANS), as well as in representation of clients in administrative procedures before those agencies. Assistance to innovative companies – such as healthtechs – to navigate regulation and law-making processes, aiming at reducing red tape and building a more modern and forward-looking legal framework.

Technology and Innovation:

Legal services, both from the advisory and the litigation practices, to some of the biggest tech companies in the world, as well as to several of the most successful Brazilian start-ups. Work particularly focused on disruptive businesses which prompt new regulatory debates and demand innovative legal solutions. Advisory to distinct companies in regulatory efforts, as well as representation in the higher courts of the country to defend their businesses against abusive barriers.

Main contacts:

Eduardo Xavier: [email protected]

Beto Vasconcelos: [email protected]

Luis Felipe Valerim Pinheiro: [email protected]

Ivo Corrêa: [email protected]

Felipe de Paula: [email protected]

Firm Details:

Managing Partners: Ivo Corrêa, Beto Vasconcelos, Eduardo Xavier, Luis Felipe Valerim Pinheiro and Felipe de Paula

Number of partners: 5

Numbers of lawyers: 16

Languages:English, Portuguese

Firm Overview:

Founded in 2018 by renowned professionals in the public law scenario, XVV Advogados has a unique expertise in a wide range of practices, such as constitutional law, administrative & regulatory law, policy & legislative matters, compliance & integrity. Since its foundation, XVV has already advised domestic and foreign investors in large-scale cases and projects in Brazil. XVV´s partners have well recognized track-record in their areas of expertise, granting an important differential in public law and public-private partnership segments.

The firm´s partners have extensive experience in the public sector, complemented by years of experience in the legal, business and teaching sectors. This characteristic ensures a unique knowledge and capacity for diagnosis, analysis and development of solutions, especially in highly complex contexts involving public authorities. In addition, the academic qualification of the firm´s lawyers ensures a solid base in the elaboration of legal equations and the construction of appropriate answers.

With offices in São Paulo/SP and Brasília/DF XVV Advogados handles demands of its clients in all federative entities and instances, including before the Executive (administration and regulatory agencies), the Legislative (including administrative procedures before the courts of audit), and the Judiciary, in particular the Supreme Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STF).

Main Areas of Practice:

Public Law:

Assistance in all kinds of matters that require interface with public entities. The goal is to build seamless partnerships between private and public sectors by rendering innovative solutions in highly complex environments.In public positions, XVV partners have managed a series of high profiles and most relevant legal issues in the federal government directly advising the President and various Ministers. Representation of clients on strategic/leading cases both before judicial and administrative bodies. Reference in matters involving concessions and regulated sectors, with consistent and strategic practice in the most important concessions in the water and sewage sectors, railways, ports, airports, oil & gas and health/clinical imaging diagnostic services.

Projects and Infrastructure:

XVV´s partners have taken part in a significant number of the most relevant infrastructure projects in Brazil, combining their experiences as lawyers in relevant cases in the most relevant law firms, public officials, C-level executives in private companies, academic activities and as XVV lawyers. The practice is a reference in regulatory matters, concessions and regulated sectors, with consistent and strategic practice in the most important concessions in the water and sewage sectors, railways, ports, oil & gas and health/clinical imaging diagnostic services.

Government Relations:

Legal services in all kinds of matters that require interface with public authorities, monitoring the legislative agenda, mapping key-stakeholders, developing strategic plans and full consultancy related to specific proposal of legislation and regulation, among others, acting through institutional channels and processes. Assistance to leading Brazilian and international companies and other entities in the most various demands involving Government Relations matters, which includes representation of associations of companies in the sectors’ demands.

Life Sciences:

Assistance to organisations and institutions that devote themselves to research, development, technology transfer and commercialisation within the life sciences sphere, particularly pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology programs, food processing, cannabidiol products, complementary health plans, and healthtechs in a broad range of issues. Involvement in regulatory debates before regulatory agencies such as the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) and the National Agency for Supplementary Health Services (ANS), as well as in representation of clients in administrative procedures before those agencies. Assistance to innovative companies – such as healthtechs – to navigate regulation and law-making processes, aiming at reducing red tape and building a more modern and forward-looking legal framework.

Technology and Innovation:

Legal services, both from the advisory and the litigation practices, to some of the biggest tech companies in the world, as well as to several of the most successful Brazilian start-ups. Work particularly focused on disruptive businesses which prompt new regulatory debates and demand innovative legal solutions. Advisory to distinct companies in regulatory efforts, as well as representation in the higher courts of the country to defend their businesses against abusive barriers.

Main contacts:

Eduardo Xavier: [email protected]

Beto Vasconcelos: [email protected]

Luis Felipe Valerim Pinheiro: [email protected]

Ivo Corrêa: [email protected]

Felipe de Paula: [email protected]