Monteiro e Monteiro Advogados Associados

Founded in 1990, Monteiro e Monteiro Advogados Associados provides consulting services in Corporate and Administrative/Constitutional Law, mainly focused on tax litigation.

During its three-generation history, Monteiro e Monteiro has stood out from other law firms by conciliating legal knowledge with accounting and economic training, which allows agile decision-making on the most suitable litigation strategies, as well as accurate prognostics on the economic benefit of tax and corporate claims.

A history in tax litigation via collective suits: We are specialized in bringing the most promising tax theses to the collective sphere, representing various Unions and economic associations all throughout Brazil. Among the most relevant collective entities defended by Monteiro e Monteiro are the São Paulo Union of Retailers (Sindilojas-SP), the National Union of the Heavy Construction and Infrastructure Industry (Sinicon), and the São Paulo Union of Vehible Distributors (Sincodiv-SP).

Market leader on Municipal Law: Monteiro e Monteiro is one of the most trusted and tradicional law firms when it comes to the legal recovery of public resources. We are a market leader on the recovery of educational funds (FUNDEF and FUNDEB), as well as other relevant federative transfers, defending almost 1,000 municipalities against the Federal Government.

Individual tax litigation: Besides acting on the collective sphere, via Unions and associations, our law firm is also a strong player on individual tax litigation, acting both on the judicial and administrative phases of tax recovery. Relevant clients include Pague Menos S/A, Dislub Equador Group and Intercement Brasil S.A.

Administrative Law: It includes the preparation and analysis of administrative contracts, legal opinions and technical notes, legal counseling on administrative suits within the scope of State-level Accounting Courts (Tribunais de Contas), and legal assistance on public bidding procedures for the exploitation of public services.

Social Security Law: We represent various Municipal and State-level pension funds on its financial relations with the Federal Social Security Authority (INSS), mainly on the so-called compensações previdenciárias - relevant financial offsets tied to social security benefits.

Antitrust matters: It includes the most revant tools on repressive competition law, such as complaints directed to CADE (Brazil's Antitrust Regulator) on anti-competitive behavior, legal counseling on cooperation agreements (TCCs) and leniency aggrements (Acordos de Leniência), and antitrust damage repair suits (ARDCs).

Latin America offices Brazil: Recife (head office), Belém, Brasília, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Luís, and São Paulo.