Farroco Abreu Advogados

Firm Details:

Managing Partners: Antonio Farroco, José Mauricio Abreu, and Bruno Guarnieri

Number of partners: 7

Number of other fee-earners: 21

Offices: Av. Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek, 28 - 3º Andar / São Paulo - SP, Brazil

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Telephone: +55 (11) 4550-5370

Firm Overview:

FARROCO ABREU is an independent law firm headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It advises clients by offering smart legal solutions, comprehensive knowledge, and innovative strategies to solve tailor-made demands.

With Private Wealth, Corporate/M&A, and Tax as its core practice areas, FARROCO ABREU is a medium-sized law firm with the strong view that competent legal guidance must add value to the client. For that reason, the firm’s legal response must be timely, accurate, efficient, and decisive.

The firm’s effort and focus to carry out professional and valuable legal advice is constantly recognized by both the marketplace and specialized publications (see more details here). Its team counts on lawyers with worldwide academic and professional experience, while also having close yet independent relationships with some of the best US- and European firms.

Main Practice Areas:

Farroco Abreu has outstanding expertise in Private Wealth Law/Wealth Management, Tax Advisory/Litigation, and Corporate/M&A. The firm also provides complementary service lines in areas such as Contracts, Employment, Litigation, and Regulatory Law.

PRIVATE WEALTH LAW:

I.Main activities:

FARROCO ABREU is committed to developing long-lasting plans for the most tax-efficient protection of wealth, including domestic and cross-border estate plans for families and individuals. The firm's clients have full and direct access to partners - as a medium-sized firm, one of FARROCO ABREU’s main competitive advantages is precisely its close and direct relationship with clients.

The team covers wealth transfer and business succession planning matters related to the creation and administration of trusts and estates, as well as the structuring of outward and inward investments, in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters.

The firm provides services such as filing ancillary obligations required by the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) and the Brazilian Tax Authorities, reviewing documents and potential restrictions for life-estate rights and forced heirship regimes, and designing investment structures to perform tax-efficient wealth planning.

The firm also handles tasks such as the review and restructuring of international asset structures and implements succession planning for tax-efficient anticipation of assets to heirs.

II.The team:

Mr Abreu—the firm’s head of the private wealth practice—has a background of more than 20 years in both tax and wealth planning. He holds an LL.M. degree in the USA and international work experience. The team of associates also combines high technical quality and specific expertise when it comes to private wealth clients. Such background allows the firm to navigate Brazil’s fast-changing tax environment, particularly regarding international tax compliance, with the utmost legal efficiency.

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III.Industry sector strengths:

The bulk of the firm’s workload is balanced between families and private individuals, as well as companies in sectors such as transportation & logistics, technology, renewable energy, engineering, manufacturing, real estate, and agribusiness. Its portfolio of international clients includes clients from countries such as Denmark, Finland,France, and the US.

Recently we started a process of approaching private bankers from large international banks, visiting them frequently in Brazil and Switzerland. Such an agenda has already generated some results.

IV.Geographic strengths and alliances:

The firm has strategic alliances with other law firms in Europe and the US. Some of its partners are active members of the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers), having close connections with lawyers from different jurisdictions. The intense and close dedication to the international association enables the firm to assist clients across multiple jurisdictions.

As an example of the firm’s international reach, Farroco Abreu was specifically invited to a recent event with LGT clients, with the personal presence of royal members, focusing on ESG investments by wealthy families in Latam and Europe.

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