Ricardo Quass Duarte > Souto Correa Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Souto Correa Advogados Offices
AV PRES. JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, 2041
TORRE D, 8 ANDAR, COMPLEXO JK
SAO PAULO, SP, 04543-011
Brazil
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Ricardo Quass Duarte
Work Department
Arbitration; Litigation; Consumer and Product Liability; and Wealth and Succession Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Ricardo Quass Duarte has more than 20 years of experience in strategic and high-complexity civil litigation. He is responsible for the coordination of civil and arbitration proceedings involving several areas of law, with special emphasis on civil, commercial, consumer and intellectual property law.
He represents national and international clients from a number of industries, such as infrastructure, technology, consumer goods, and agribusiness.
He also has wide experience in supporting transactional areas, especially in M&A transactions, in addition to assisting clients in Wealth Planning.
Languages
Portuguese (native), and English
Education
- LL.M. Master of Laws from Columbia University (EUA) – 2009
- Master’s degree in Civil Procedure Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 2008
- Bachelor of Laws from USP – 2001
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation
At Souto Correa Advogados, the litigation practice ‘comprises highly qualified and technical lawyers‘ focused on strategic disputes, including acting for defendants and claimants in class actions, and in matters arising from contractual, environmental, corporate and public law conflicts. The Porto Alegre-based team is often involved in nationally significant litigation, and its practitioners in Brasília are skilled in cases before the superior courts. Guilherme Rizzo Amaral devotes his time to arbitration and litigation proceedings on behalf of major companies. He jointly heads up the group with associate Rafael Sirangelo de Abreu, whose experience covers judicial and out-of-court disputes. Marcelo Gandelman is a name to note in Rio de Janeiro for dispute resolution, while São Paulo-based partner Ricardo Quass Duarte, who has a strong international background, specialises in civil litigation. Diogo Squeff Fries handles civil and commercial litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Labour
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Intellectual property
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Environment
- Labour and employment
- Life sciences
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- TMT: Media
- Corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Transport: Aviation