Paulo Rogério Brandão Couto
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 3 : Consumer Law
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
55 21 3543-1000Share profile
Band 3
About
Provided by Paulo Rogério Brandão Couto
Practice Areas
Arbitration, Corporate Law (M&A), Contracts, Civil and Corporate Litigation, Product Liability and Consumer Law
Career
Partner at Brandão Couto, Wigderowitz & Pessoa Advogados (2011 - Present), Partner at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados (1998/2011); Lawyer at Light Serviços de Eletricidade, responsible for the Corporate and Tax Department (1990/1994), the Law Services Department (1995/1996) and the Law Services Managing Office (1996/1998); Law Manager of Brascan Recursos Naturais (1984/1990); Associate of Barros, Machado e Meyer Advogados (1979/1984).
Professional Memberships
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, the Brazilian Association of Tax Law, the International Bar Association, the Brazilian Committee of Arbitration (CBAr – Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem) and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA – Advisory Board).
Personal
Born in Bom Despacho, MG, Brazil; Bachelor of Laws from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (LLB, 1978). Master of Laws from Southern Methodist University School of Law, TX., USA. (MCL, 1981). Admitted in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in 1978.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Contentious
Paulo Rogério Brandão Couto is a practitioner particularly recognised for his activity in sophisticated and high-value damage claims in the consumer law sphere. He is regularly mandated by key clients from the tobacco, pharmaceutical and beverage industries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is knowledgeable in consumer law."
"Highly experience lawyer. He is an authority in the tobacco industry."
"He is knowledgeable in consumer law."
"Highly experience lawyer. He is an authority in the tobacco industry."