Gustavo Tepedino Advogados

Senior Partners: Gustavo Tepedino, Milena Donato Oliva, Paula Greco Bandeira, Vivianne da Silveira Abilio and Andre Vasconcelos Roque
Managing Partner: Milena Donato Oliva

Firm Overview:
Since it was established, Gustavo Tepedino Advogados (GTA) offers customised and efficient solutions to its clients, combining high expertise with consolidated experience in legal practice. It stands out especially in civil and business law, both nationally and internationally. GTA prepares, develops and coordinates substantive and procedural law strategies that allow to fully meet the interests of its clients, offering agile solutions customized for their demands and for each business or transaction requirements. Likewise, GTA assists its clients in conflict prevention and resolution.

Legal Opinions:
The firm's founding partner Gustavo Tepedino, as well as the other professors in the firm, have gained wide experience in the drafting opinions in the context of negotiations, judicial and arbitration proceedings, nationally and internationally, with consolidated performance as expert witnesses. Both the individually signed legal opinions as well as those prepared by the firm have been a reference as relevant argumentative support for observing compliance rules, for conflict prevention, and for strategic arbitration and judicial litigation.

Mediation and Arbitration:
GTA has a consolidated performance in defending its clients in national and international mediation and arbitration proceedings. The law firm assists in drafting arbitral clauses; participates in the planning and execution of procedural and substantive strategies; provides legal advice, by issuing technical opinions and providing testimonies as expert witness. Our partner Gustavo Tepedino, as well as the other professors in the firm, have wide experience as mediator and arbitrator in national and international disputes.

Strategic Litigation:
GTA has a wide experience in strategic litigation, especially in civil and business areas. Its activities include defending clients before judicial and administrative bodies in all spheres and instances. GTA assists in planning and implementing procedural and substantive strategies; constantly assesses the possibility and convenience of consensual dispute resolution; constantly monitors and discusses the progress of each case and its effects on the client’s position.

Legal Consulting:
GTA has extensive experience in consulting, especially in civil and business matters. It drafts legal opinions to its clients, signed by its members, and also provides legal support for strategic business decision making. The law firm analyses risks related to current or future dispute; participates in negotiations; prepares and revises agreements; structures transactions; develops and revises compliance programs; advises on changes to comply with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), as well as other legislative innovations; and also conducts in-company training. The integration between the consulting and the litigation areas provides security to the client on different fronts. It also allows for anticipating the prospects of a possible litigation, in order to avoid it or reduce its scope.

Among the practice areas of our firm, the following stand out:

• Class actions
• Legal consulting
• Agribusiness
• Arbitration
• Compliance and personal data protection
• E-contracts
• Strategic civil and corporate litigation
• Banking law and financial services
• Real estate law
• Preparation and restructuring of business and credit operations
• Setting precedents in the courts
• Corporate litigation
• Financial and capital markets
• Opinions
• Credit recovery in and out of court
• Conflict resolution and mediation