Bermudes Advogados, founded in 1969, is nationally and internationally acknowledged as the Brazilian leader in litigation, arbitration, and insolvency law.

Over the past 5 decades, the firm has represented companies operating in a broad range of commercial activities, including telecommunications and media, energy, oil and gas, banking and finance, insurance, intellectual property, airline services, rail, road, and maritime transport systems, ports, real estate, and public service concessionaires.

The firm

Bermudes Advogados is widely regarded as one of the leading litigation firms in Brazil. This reputation is largely based on the skill-set of our attorneys before courts, national and international arbitral tribunals and administrative bodies, representing clients in lawsuits and arbitration proceedings involving a broad range of legal issues including civil law, corporate and commercial, administrative and regulatory law, insolvency and judicial recovery, economic and competition law, insurance law, real estate law, consumer law, environmental law, intellectual property, privacy and media law, private international law (conflict of laws) and electoral law.

The firm also provides general advice and assistance, particularly in relation to business law, aimed at avoiding future litigation by means of carefully considered and drafted contracts and other agreements, and calculated structuring of commercial transactions in such a way as to minimize the risk of future conflict.

Specialist advice is offered to foreign clients on the legal aspects surrounding the execution of any business in Brazil, including the drafting of contracts and agency agreements, establishing companies both in Brazil and abroad, and specific advice and assistance at every stage of the operations.

Highly specialized team and core values

Our legal staff are highly trained, experienced and committed to keeping up with the latest development in law and practice and this is reflected in the quality of the legal solutions offered by Bermudes Advogados. Ethics and transparency are at the heart of our commitment to providing our clients with high quality consultancy services and representation before courts and arbitration tribunals.

The success of the firm and our members is reflected in our ranking in the major domestic and international law firm ratings.

Tradition and experience

We are proud to be considered one of the country’s leading law firms, based on our five decades of service to clients from various economic sectors.

We act for several leading foreign and domestic corporations and conglomerates from the fields of finance, industry, commerce, energy, transport, media and communications, as well as public service concessionaires, foundations and associations. Our services cover legal and strategic advice, assistance and representation in judicial and arbitration proceedings involving issues of civil, commercial, bankruptcy and restructuring, administrative, regulatory, insurance, antitrust, intellectual property, real estate, consumer, environmental and energy law and others.

The firm also represents individual clients, notably local and national politicians and public figures, on issues of electoral law, copyright, privacy issues and others. Our lawyers are also frequently asked to provide expert legal opinions on complex issues of law and litigation practice.

Continuous learning

Professional development is a core value of the firm. Most of our lawyers were interns at the firm and we encourage them to continue to develop their academic and professional skills. The firm actively supports members that wish to pursue specialist postgraduate training, in Brazil or abroad. Several of the partners teach part time at local universities and professional training bodies as part of the firm’s commitment to the education and training of future lawyers.

The firm has one of the largest law libraries in the country, with over 20 thousand Portuguese and foreign-language volumes.

Recognition

The firm has, for several years, topped the rankings of specialist law reviews and journals, having, over its 50-year history, handled several major lawsuits with national and transnational significance.

For more information, please visit www.bermudes.com.br

The Team

Senior Partners: Sergio Bermudes, Marcio Vieira Souto Costa Ferreira, Marcelo Fontes, Alexandre Sigmaringa Seixas, Guilherme Valdetaro, Marcelo Lamego Carpenter, Fabiano Robalinho Cavalcanti, André Silveira, Caetano Berenguer, Pedro Marinho Nunes
Main Partners: Roberto Sardinha Junior, Antonio Carlos Velloso Filho, Marco Aurélio de Almeida Alves, Eric Cerante Pestre, Vitor Ferreira Alves de Brito, Frederico Ferreira, Antonella Marques Consentino, Marcelo Gonçalves, Ricardo Silva Machado, Carolina Cardoso Francisco, Philip Fletcher Chagas, Luis Felipe Freire Lisbôa, Wilson Pimentel, Ricardo Loretti Henrici, Jaime Henrique Porchat Secco, Grissia Ribeiro Venâncio, Marcelo Borja Veiga, Adilson Vieira Macabu Filho, Ana Paula de Paula, Alexandre Fonseca, Pedro Henrique Carvalho, Rafaela Fucci, Henrique Ávila, Alessandra Martini, Pedro Henrique Nunes, Gabriel Prisco Paraíso, Guiomar Feitosa Lima Mendes, Flávio Jardim, Guilherme Coelho, Lívia Ikeda

Number of other partners: 120
Number of of counsels: 4
Languages: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Italian, German