Mr Luís Antônio Ferraz Mendes > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Mr Luís Antônio Ferraz Mendes
Work Department
Labour, Occupational Safety and Health, and Immigration.
Position
Partner.
Career
Luís Antônio Ferraz Mendes serves clients in advisory, due diligence and litigation in labor matters, as well as in negotiations with trade unions. Luis has extensive experience in assessing labor risks for M&A projects (M&A, private equity, asset acquisition) of companies in the manufacturing, technology, retail, service and financial areas. He also represents clients in administrative proceedings before the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Labor Affairs (MPT) in connection with civil investigations and preparatory procedures. Luis serves clients in labor litigation involving senior executives, trade unions, and in public civil actions (class action suits) before all labor court instances.
Languages
Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Memberships
Trade Association of Law Firms in the States of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro: Officer.
Education
Master’s Degree in Labor Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 1989;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 1984.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Labour and employment
(Leading individuals)The employment practice at Pinheiro Neto Advogados balances a busy non-contentious and contentious workload, where restructurings feature alongside negotiations with unions and executive-level compensation matters. The firm’s full-service structure allows the labour practice to work collaboratively with corporate specialists in the context of M&A and capital market transactions. Covering both individual and collective claims, the group is frequently engaged by major companies in administrative and judicial proceedings. Labour litigation is an area of particular focus for Luís Antônio Ferraz Mendes, who often advises on bet-the-company cases and collective bargaining. Multinational companies from the financial and technology sectors regularly seek Mauricio Froes Guidi‘s support in employment matters. Thais Galo maintains a broad practice covering hiring strategies, individual and collective lay-offs and reorganisations. Manuela Mendes Prata coordinates a number of individual suits and class actions, including cases initiated by the Labour Prosecutor’s Office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations