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Peixoto e Cury Advogados > Firm Profile

A Brazilian firm of more than 70 years, Peixoto & Cury Advogados has an experienced and renowned team, which assists national and international clients in complex issues both in consulting and litigation matters. Since its foundation, P&C has always focused on excellence and reliability, working alongside clients in search of strategic solutions for their businesses.

With a result-oriented approach and a solid relationship with Brazilian and foreign clients and partners, P&C assists companies from a broad range of industries established in Brazil, and also aims to establish its business in the country.

P&C partners’ previous experience includes working at full-service Brazilian firms and also multinationals from various sectors. While P&C’s team has not only a professional, but also an educational background normally seen only in large firms, it is able to offer its clients a personalized service focusing on the uniqueness of each case.

P&C is also known for its international experience and for the support it offers its team in relation to international activities. Peixoto & Cury’s associates are regularly encouraged to study in foreign universities, and are also offered opportunities to work as foreign associates at foreign law firms through P&C partners’ contacts all around the world.

Pro bono and diversity: P&C is a member of Instituto Pro Bono and runs a women focused program entitled P&C Mulheres. The firm’s projects started with the signing of the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), committing itself to promote and work collaboratively in multistakeholder networks to foster business practices that empower women. In relation to its involvement with Instituto Pro Bono, partner Claudia Garcia worked on the incorporation of the Female Journalist Association and provided legal support for such operation.

Offices
São Paulo, Brazil
New York, US

Practice areas
Administrative law and infrastructure: Our firm has extensive experience in regulated sectors, which includes advising on negotiating, structuring and implementing infrastructure projects on electric power, oil & gas and renewable energy, as well as telecommunications, transportation and utilities services. The firm’s practice also includes consultancy in government contracts, bidding procedures for the public sector, as well as representation in administrative processes before regulatory agencies.

Advertising and entertainment: Our firm has been helping clients from the advertising and entertainment sector, such as advertising agencies, digital companies, promotions and events companies, producers and advertisers, for more than 40 years, since the implementation of advertising self-regulation in Brazil.

Antitrust: Our antitrust practice offers legal counsel in matters relating to merger transactions, joint ventures, partnerships and commercial agreements, asset acquisition and businesses cluster where competition law must be observed before the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), including obtaining prior approval for the effectiveness of such operations.

Arbitration and litigation: Our practice serves clients in a wide array of dispute resolution matters, before judicial, administrative and arbitration courts, spanning cases involving shareholders’ litigation, insolvency and commercial disputes. Our work is also focused on strategic solutions, with the aim of minimising exposure to risk and avoiding disputes.

Banking: Our firm advises national and international clients in a wide range of financial operations, such as analysis and review of contracts relating to inter-company loans, financing through commercial banks, development agencies and development banks. Our team also advises clients on regulatory aspects of financial activity relating to Central Bank issues, foreign exchange, international remittances, registries with Sisbacen (ROF and RDE-IED), and financial services.

Compliance: Our compliance practice is formed by a multidisciplinary and experienced team, which advises clients on sensitive issues involving the adaptation of business activities under the anticorruption and compliance legislation. Our experience also includes assisting clients in anti-corruption investigations and settlements before authorities, and also in the designing of compliance programs, training, and monitoring. Our team also participates in external overseeing committees.

Corporate and M&A: Our firm has historically been well regarded in the corporate/M&A practice and we have registered a steady growth of middle market transactions in the past ten years. We are specially known for our technical expertise in matters relating to corporate restructuring, inbound/outbound transactions and M&A transactions, with partner involvement in all the projects.

Corporate criminal law: Our firm advises clients on business matters involving criminal law, and also shareholders and administrators on investigative and judicial proceedings involving illicit conduct relating to crimes against the financial system, money laundering, bribery, anti-competitive practices and illegal acts relating to business law.

Environmental: Our practice provides preventive and corrective legal advice on environmental legislation, which involves business licensing and certain activities that requires resolution of environmental liabilities. Our practice also advises clients on environmental litigation and collective/individual claims in the administrative, civil and criminal spheres, including negotiating and monitoring agreements with authorities, and on compliance issues, such as preventive auditing of best environmental practices.

Family and succession: We advise clients on issues involving extrajudicial and judicial (contentious and non-contentious) divorces, family disputes, division and sharing of assets. We also provide legal counsel on succession planning focused on patrimonial protection, succession in family-owned companies from various sectors, including corporate disputes, succession planning, inheritance, property regime, donation, anticipation of legitimate parts, usufruct institution, among others.

Intellectual property: Our highly qualified attorneys advise clients on a wide range of intellectual property issues, such as drafting of contracts involving licensing and grant of industrial property rights and assets, analysis and elaboration of reports involving issues relating to industrial property and to the Central Office of Collection and Distribution (ECAD). We also assist clients in activities relating to obtaining records and protection of industrial property assets before the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

Labor and employment: Our labor and employment practice has been a driving force of the firm since its foundation and is considered one of the most traditional labor practices in Brazil. We represent national companies and large multinational corporations not only in labor litigation, but also labor and employment consultancy, complex labor arrangements, union negotiations, and matters involving governmental agencies such as the Labor Prosecutors’ Office and the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

Privacy and data protection: Our firm is strongly structured with a team of highly skilled professionals dedicated to privacy and data protection matters fully available to help companies comply with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD) rules, which follow transparency, privacy and personal data security international standards. We are specialized in the analysis on the nature and level of sensitivity of the treated data, its form and treatment purpose, evaluation of involved risks and implementation of customized tools for each type of business aiming at the structuring and implementation of standards, policies, and good practices when dealing with personal information. We also assist our clients in the development, analysis and negotiation of agreements between data controllers and operators.

Real estate: Our multidisciplinary and specialized team provide legal advice in a wide range of segments in relation to real estate law. Our firm offers advice on negotiation and preparation of real estate contracts, including pledge of purchase and sale of real estate assets, formalization and implementation of sureties in the context of real estate operations such as mortgage, fiduciary alienation, mineral rights, built to suit contracts, sale and lease back, and institution of easements.

Tax: Our team has solid experience both in litigation and advisory tax matters. In addition to general tax advice for industries from the most varied sectors, including construction and real estate to advertisement, heavy machinery, and food services, our team represents companies in multimillion cases before administrative and judicial courts. We also assist clients in matters relating to income tax, capital markets and real estate transactions, and tax planning. Our experience also includes assisting clients in all the tax aspects relating to M&A transactions, aiming to find the most suitable tax solution to each case.

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