Our conflict resolution team acts in various forms of conflict resolution, as well as pre-litigation situations.
We work closely with the consulting area to review and draft contractual instruments and structure guarantees to protect customers in future litigation.
We represent national and foreign clients in disputes in the various areas of civil, business, administrative and public law, dealing with complex issues of strategic importance.
Arbitration and mediation are also often appropriate solutions. We have a highly specialized team with a succesful track record in several national and international arbitrations, including matters involving the Government. In consensual conflit resolution, we have an increasing number of successful experiences in conflicts resolved by mediation.
Our services include:
Advisory on the most appropriate means of dispute resolution for different types of contracts and contexts
Preventive legal advice, advising and representing the client in negotiations prior to disputes, with public and private agents, whenever there is the possibility of results with better cost-benefit outcomes
Assistance in the analysis, preparation, drafting and negotiation of claims, counterclaims, extrajudicial notifications, claims for economic and financial rebalancing of administrative contracts and collection actions against the Government
Representation of clients in legal proceedings of any nature, whether in State or Federal Court, in all instances
Supervision of public civil investigations and preparatory procedures for the filing of public-interest civil actions and administrative misconduct actions by the Public Prosecutor’s Office
Monitoring special accounting cases, information and complaints filed within the scope of the Accounting Courts
Preparation of legal opinions on the applicability and interpretation of Brazilian law, when relevant in the context of international disputes or in a foreign jurisdiction
Representation in mediation processes, from the preparation of mediation agreements to the implementation of extrajudicial settlement agreements eventually reached
Representation of clients in arbitrations, both national and international
Acting in arbitrations involving the execution of contracts with the Government, to resolve issues such as the contractual economic-financial balance, default by the Government, disallowances in payments and execution of contractual guarantees
Representation of clients in the request for pre-arbitration precautionary measures and other judicial measures in support of the arbitration, as well as in the execution of national arbitration awards and in the homologation and execution of foreign awards
Specialized performance as arbitrators and mediators in disputes involving third parties.
