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Limongi Advocacia Offices

Limongi Advocacia
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Limongi Advocacia > The Legal 500 Rankings

City focus - Recife > Leading firms Tier 2

With a ‘solid presence in the region‘, Limongi Advocacia‘s ‘team is made up of highly qualified professionals‘, who are well versed in high-stakes dispute resolution matters involving white-collar crime, civil, tort, regulatory, consumer and tax law. Offering state-wide coverage, the group, which is a popular choice for clients from the telecoms, energy, infrastructure, insurance, education and construction industries, has a strong track record before all judicial and administrative tribunals in Brazil, including the superior courts in Brasília. ‘A prominent professional in the Pernambuco legal market‘, Erik Limongi Sial is skilled  in regulatory and administrative proceedings. Graciele Pinheiro Lins Lima is noted for her expertise in consumer law litigation. Patricia Santa Cruz De Oliveira and Pedro Henrique Braga Reynaldo Alves left the firm in August 2023.

Practice head(s):

Erik Limongi Sial; Graciele Pinheiro Lins Lima

Testimonials

‘What sets the firm apart is the speed and quality of its responses, whether on business law issues or real estate matters.’

‘The firm does an exceptional job in defending clients with exquisite technical knowledge. The team is made up of highly qualified professionals, who are extremely committed to legal objectives.’

‘Erik Limongi Sial is a prominent professional in the Pernambuco legal market; he has solid technical knowledge combined with a unique charisma, which makes him recognised for his competence and respectability.‘

‘Graciele Pinheiro Lins Lima is an exceptional lawyer in the conduct of our consumer civil litigation portfolio, with extensive experience in the telecoms segment.’

‘The firm has a solid presence in the region and availability to act promptly in our defence, whenever required. The team’s lawyers have solid technical knowledge to act in our cases.’

‘The firm provides personalised services and is prepared to deal with a wide range of topics, especially in terms of litigation.’

Key clients

Brennand Energia

Claro Brasil

CONEXIS (Sindicato Nacional das Empresas de Telefonia e de Serviço Móvel Celular Pessoal – antigo SINDITELEBRASIL)

Congregação dos Sacerdotes do Sagrado Coração de Jesus

GB – Gabriel Bacelar Construções

Martin-Brower Comércio, Transportes e Serviços

OMPETRO (Organização dos Municípios Produtores de Petróleo e Gás e Limítrofes da Zona de Produção principal da Bacia de Campos)

PROPARK Estacionamentos

Sul América Companhia de Seguro Saúde

TELOS (Fundação Embratel de Seguridade Social)

Usina Petribú

Banco Bradesco

IGB / Embrasa – Embalagens Micronduladas do Brasil

Neoenergia Pernambuco – Companhia Energética de Pernambuco (CELPE)

Oi

Telefônica Brasil (VIVO)

Traditio Companhia de Seguros

Fundação Alice Figueira de Apoio ao IMIP (FAF)

Work highlights

  • Represented Oi in a lawsuit filed by DDCAR against Telemar Norte Lese and Oi Móvel, claiming losses incurred as a result of the unilateral termination and advance payment of a distribution agreement signed between the parties.
  • Representing Traditio Companhia de Seguros in a constitutional claim seeking to apply a binding precedent issued by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and suspend the provisional enforcement of a judgment that ordered the client to pay a multimillion-dollar compensation to the counterparties.
  • Representing Gilberto Salsa da Paz Portella and other individuals in an enforcement proceeding seeking to enforce a previous court decision that recognised the clients’ right to receive additional compensation from the National Institute of Colonisation and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) for an expropriation.

Limongi Advocacia > Firm Profile

The firm specialises in highly regulated sectors, such as energy, insurance, telecommunications, water distribution and treatment. The firm also has extensive experience in class actions (filed by State General Attorney’s offices, the Federal Attorney’s office, and consumer defence associations), as well as high-profile civil and tort law/liability cases.

Main practice areas: Limongi Advocacia is a law firm with notable expertise in the dispute resolution sector. We have been based in Recife since 1994 and are one of the longest-standing and traditional firms in the state of Pernambuco.

We are focused on a full-service offering, advising our clients in all areas of law, primarily in civil, tort law/liability, consumer, regulatory, real estate, environmental, and tax law. We also specialise in telecommunications and energy law.

Team composition: The firm has both male and female partners, but female partners have outnumbered male partners since 2011. They also hold the administrative power within the firm, particularly in terms of internal relationships and hiring. Women make up the majority of the firm’s lawyers, representing around 70%of them. Furthermore, all department and branch coordinators are women. The firm also embraces diversity, with a considerable percentage of black employees.

Our firm has a regulatory group within the litigation department, undertaking work from leading companies involved with highly regulated sectors, such as telecommunications, energy, insurance, water distribution and treatment. Our team’s extensive expertise allows us to represent heavyweight national companies throughout the Northeast Region, such as Telefônica/Vivo, Claro/Embratel, and Sul América.

It is essential to keep in mind that our lawyers have more than a decade of experience within the firm and are specialists in the specific areas of each case. It is also worth noting that name partner Erik Limongi Sial has been recognised as an outstanding lawyer by several judicial branches, such as the State Court of Pernambuco – TJPE (2022), the Judicial School of the State Court of Pernambuco – ESMAPE (2018), as well as the Federal Regional Electoral Court at Pernambuco – TRE/PE (2015), which have all awarded him with medals.

Senior partner Graciele Pinheiro Lins Lima also holds recognition awards from the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association – CF/OAB (2022) and the Brazilian Bar Association State Chapter of Pernambuco – OAB/PE (2021).

Specialities and strengths: We have a state-wide cover. Furthermore, the team can act before all courts in Brazil, including the Superior Courts in Brasília. It acts both on judicial and administrative cases for clients from a wide range of sectors, such as automobile, construction, education, energy, insurance, real estate, steel industry and telecommunications, water distribution and treatment, among others.

In addition, we have outstanding and leading expertise in the telecommunications sector. Three of Brazil’s four largest telecommunications companies (Oi, Telefônica/Vivo, and Claro/Embratel) use Limongi Advocacia’s legal services in the Northeast Region. The telecommunications national trade association (Conexis) also retains the firm’s legal services.

We have a partner-led approach, which means that every aspect of our work is overseen by at least one of its four leading partners.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Dispute Resolution, Corporate Law, Consumer Affairs, Insurance, Regulatory and White-Collar Crimes Erik Limongi Sial eriksial@limongiadvocacia.adv.br + 55 81 3423-8805
Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Law, Consumer Affairs and Judicial Reorganization Graciele Pinheiro Lins Lima graciele@limongiadvocacia.adv.br + 55 81 3423-8805

Meet The Team(s)

Languages

Portuguese
English (fluent)