Corporate

Our firm’s highly-qualified corporate lawyers and other professionals consistently find the most efficient ways to reach our clients’ intended objectives always in the most practical and cost-effective manner, relying on our vast knowledge and expertise in the corporate field to identify and take on any risks involved in such transactions.

Our corporate practice group services all kinds of entities, from start-ups to large corporations and multinational groups, and implements all necessary procedures to ensure prompt, practical and cost-effective solutions for all kinds of corporate transactions including incorporation, restructuring, and reorganization of various entities.  Indeed, we have a long-term partnership with our clients on the day-to-day corporate work from a diversified range of sectors of industry, trade and services businesses.

What We Do

• Formulating the best corporate structure for our client’s overall and specific objectives, and providing legal support on all phases of running and operating a company from a legal standpoint;
• Assisting in pre-incorporation and drafting of articles of incorporation/bylaws for the selected structure; registering corporate documents with the competent state commercial registry, Brazil’s federal tax authority (CNPJ/MF), São Paulo’s municipal government (CCM), and the state treasury (IE), as applicable;
• Drafting specific guidelines for holding general meetings for shareholders, directors and officers; drafting and updating related corporate documentation, including drafting ordinary and extraordinary meeting minutes for shareholders and the board of directors, amendments to articles of incorporation, etc;
• Drafting corporate documents for liquidating and winding up companies, and advising and assisting in de-registering procedures;
• Representing clients, whether individuals and/or legal entities in their capacity as partners and/or shareholders of Brazilian companies;
• Conducting due diligence investigations and auditing company documents and other legal information of buyer and/or seller, as the case may be, and assessing potential legal risks and other relevant findings;
• Devising investment structures for local or international investment funds;
• Drafting and negotiating investment agreements, shareholders agreements and related documents;
• Drafting and negotiating financing agreements;
• Monitoring and controlling investments while actively participating in the invested company’s growth process.