Rafael de Filippis > Mattos Filho > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Mattos Filho Offices
Praia do Flamengo, 200 11º andar
Rio de Janeiro, RJ , CEP 22210-901
Brazil
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Rafael de Filippis
Work Department
Labor & Employment; Executive Compensation
Position
Partner
Career
Rafael has almost fifteen years’ experience working with litigation and advisory matters in the area of labor law. He provides legal assistance to clients from different industries with a focus on markets in Rio de Janeiro, working to facilitate business via an executive, problem-solving-based approach.
Prior to joining Mattos Filho, he worked as an international lawyer at Lewis Silkin in London, and also interned at the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Memberships
Rafael is currently a visiting professor at Ibmec’s postgraduate school.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC RJ);
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – King’s College London;
Specialization in American Public Law – American University;
Specialization in Corporate Labor Law – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV);
Specialization Degree in Arbitration – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Labour and employment
(Next Generation Partners)Praised for being ‘very engaged with new market trends‘, Mattos Filho
is often sought after by domestic and multinational companies for its extensive expertise in individual and collective labour matters of a contentious and non-contentious nature. Collective bargaining agreements, strategic litigation, dismissals and investigations are all core areas of activity for the group, which attracts instructions from clients operating in a variety of sectors, including technology, insurance, retail, pharmaceuticals, energy, education and food. Notable members of the practice include Cleber Venditti da Silva, whose expertise covers individual and collective claims; Domingos Antonio Fortunato Netto, who frequently acts in class actions and public civil actions; Rafael de Filippis, a key contact for matters involving trade unions issues.Sólon Cunha left the firm in December 2o24.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Tax > Tax litigation
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Wealth and succession planning
- White-collar crime and investigations