Mr Vinicius Pereira > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
RUA LAURO MULLER, 116, 17TH FLOOR
TORRE RIO SUL
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ, 22290-160
Brazil
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Work Department

LITIGATION, ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION / CORPORATE LITIGATION / CONSTRUCTION / CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Position

Partner

Career

Specialist in preventing and resolving disputes before the Judiciary, arbitration courts and public administration bodies. Has extensive experience in national and international processes, collective actions and crisis management. Provides advice on disputes on civil, contractual, business, corporate, capital market and construction issues. In his practice, he represents Brazilian and foreign companies from various sectors, such as oil and gas, energy, construction, private equity, finance, hotels and technology.

Memberships

  • Brazil Chair of the Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration), 2019-2021
  • CBAr – Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (Brazilian Committee of Arbitration)
  • IBDiC – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito da Construção (Brazilian Institute of Construction Law)
  • IDiP – Instituto de Direito Privado (Private Law Institute)
  • IBDCivil – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Civil (Brazilian Institute of Civil Law)
  • Comissão de Arbitragem e Mediação da ICC Brasil (ICC Brazil Arbitration and Mediation)
  • Comissão de Arbitragem da OAB/RJ (Arbitration Commission of OAB/RJ)
  • Coordenação Estadual das Relações Brasil-China da OAB/RJ (State Coordination of Brazil-China Relations at OAB/RJ)
  • Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/RJ)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Standing out for its strong track record in bet-the-company cases, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is ‘a reference‘ in the litigation market given its notable credentials in complex proceedings at all judicial and administrative levels. Recent highlights have seen the group advising on high-value disputes in the mining, technology, pharmaceutical, banking, aviation and automotive sectors. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of the department, which is under the leadership of duo Eliane Cristina Carvalho and Gláucia Mara Coelho: Carvalho particularly excels in the resolution of civil disputes, and Coelho is proficient in both judicial and administrative litigation, including strategic disputes, class actions, consumer law and product liability cases. Technology and digital law are key specialisms for Eduardo Perazza De Medeiros, while the recently promoted Marcos Costa has in-depth knowledge of the aviation, telecoms, banking and retail sectors. Vinicius Pereira, who recently joined from Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper, ‘has a great presence in the courts‘, and is skilled in civil, contractual, corporate and construction claims. Associate Débora Chaves Martines Fernandes defends domestic and foreign clients from the banking, chemicals, energy, life sciences and retail segments in an array of disputes.