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Public Law

• Public Procurement and Government Contracts
We advise clients, whether individuals or companies, at every stage of public tender proceedings and throughout the performance of government contracts, providing all the technical and legal support required, as well as in court actions seeking recognition of rights and the review of administrative decisions.

• Infrastructure and Regulatory
We structure and provide the legal modelling of infrastructure projects, and advise clients seeking to take part in tenders for public-private partnerships (PPPs), concessions, permissions and authorisations for public services, supporting them through the performance of such contracts and up to their conclusion. We also guide clients on regulatory matters before regulatory agencies and oversight bodies, as well as on corporate and contractual issues.

• Administrative Misconduct
We defend clients in administrative misconduct actions;

• Courts of Auditors We represent clients before the Municipal, State and Federal Courts of Auditors at every procedural stage.

• Administrative Proceedings
We defend clients in administrative proceedings involving contract termination, sanctions and disciplinary matters, among others brought before government bodies.

• Constitutional Actions
Our work also includes representation in constitutional actions before trial and appellate courts, as well as before the Superior Courts.

• Advisory Services
We advise clients on public law, offering legal solutions to the everyday problems faced in public administration. This work involves research into legal scholarship, legislation and case law, and the preparation of legal opinions, among many other activities.

Corporate Law

• Advising companies, entrepreneurs and investors on every challenge of business development, particularly planning, financing, restructurings, reorganisations and mergers and acquisitions;

• Estate and succession planning;

• Implementation of corporate governance;

• Corporate reorganisations;

• Internal codes, policies and regulations;

• Quotaholders' and shareholders' agreements;

• Corporate acts and other corporate instruments;

• Operational and commercial contracts.

Criminal Law

• We defend clients in criminal investigations and prosecutions at trial and appellate level, before the Superior Courts and the Federal Supreme Court;

• We advise on and follow administrative proceedings that precede formal charges;

• We act before Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry, Special Investigation Committees, disciplinary panels and any other body where representation is needed to secure the client's defence;

• We represent victims, advising on investigative work and acting, representing and assisting before the Public Prosecutor's Office, including the filing of private criminal complaints and the conduct of private prosecutions where applicable;

• We advise clients on implementing criminal compliance programmes, structuring a set of due-care measures designed to prevent offences by the organisation's staff and to avoid criminal liability arising from omission, negligence or the acts of third parties connected to the executive (partners, fellow officers, employees, business partners or clients);

• We represent clients in non-prosecution agreements, leniency agreements and plea bargaining.

Strategic Litigation

• Judicial and out-of-court representation in highly complex civil disputes;

• Judicial and out-of-court representation in corporate and commercial disputes;

• Representation in arbitration proceedings.

Corporate Law

• Advising companies, entrepreneurs and investors on every challenge of business development, particularly planning, financing, restructurings, reorganisations and mergers and acquisitions;

• Estate and succession planning;

• Implementation of corporate governance;

• Corporate reorganisations;

• Internal codes, policies and regulations;

• Quotaholders' and shareholders' agreements;

• Corporate acts and other corporate instruments;

• Operational and commercial contracts.

Tax Law

• Strategic tax planning and structuring for companies, family groups and innovation projects;

• Defence of taxpayers in highly complex tax disputes;

• Risk and contingency analysis, identification of tax opportunities and review of procedures;

• Tax law advisory services;

• Preparation of memoranda, opinions and legal advice on the application of tax rules;

• Recovery of tax credits.