Civil litigation with constant presence in court

Our lawyers work in the area of ​​contracts and business counseling, both in the private sphere and before government and administration agencies, including bidding processes, besides concessions, permissions and other administrative contracts, international business and companies, and notably before Courts of Audit.

Our Areas of Practice

Civil Law

Private law, including:

  • Preparation and review of contracts, agreements, guarantee structuring and financing operations;
  • Civil liability and secondary law;
  • Real estate law, comprehending guarantees, loan agreements and leases (whether associated with investments or not);
  • Family and succession, providing assistance to the organization of family assets;
  • Construction Agreements/Contracting to build plants, buildings and enterprises.

  • Atendimento nas matérias sujeitas ao direito societário, corporativo e direitos mobiliários, com destaque para:
  • Fusões e Aquisições (M&A) e estruturação de projetos start up;
  • Contratos financeiros;
  • Relações societárias, elaboração de atos societários e assistência em assembleias, reuniões de sócios, reuniões de conselhos;
  • Transformações societárias (cisão, fusão, incorporação);
  • Compliance
  • Investimentos estrangeiros
  • Assistência para investimentos e investidores estrangeiros no Brasil.

  • Domestic or international investments in the automotive industry.
  • Automotive contracts (supplies, tooling, business and related agreements).

Our law firm boasts extensive experience in providing legal advice to investors in the infrastructure sector, both in the development of greenfield projects and meeting the requirements in connection with brownfield projects, comprehending:

  • Assistance in matters subject to regulatory law and to the project relations with regulatory entities in different sectors (electricity, energy, road, port, airport, urban mobility and telecommunications): bids and/or procedures for granting concessions, authorizations, permits or other forms of delegation; work before regulatory agencies and administrative authorities to obtain licensing, renewals, contractual rebalancing, rate review, among others; legal counseling and expert’s opinions on different aspects involving sectorial regulatory frameworks; legal assistance for investments and environmental licensing, before environmental agencies and other authorities
  • Consultancy regarding corporate and contractual plans to organize joint ventures and/or create corporate vehicles for projects, including acting in M&A for the acquisition or sale of projects.
  • Consultancy on the contractual level for the different types of contracting of instrumental supplies for implementation: EPC’s, BoP’s, BoS’s, traditional contracts, alliances and other types of contracting of supplies, including executive engineering.
  • Consultancy in the contractual level for the structuring of project financing strategies, including bridge and/or long-term loans, issuance of securities or other modalities, including with regard to the establishment of guarantees.
  • Broad assistance in the operational phase of enterprises, including both the relationship with regulatory and/or controlling entities and relationships with private economic agents that legally interact with the project (e.g., suppliers, financiers, users, service providers, energy buyers – offtakers).
  • Expertise in administrative and court litigation and/or arbitration.

  • Defense before civil courts, circuit courts, district courts, Federal Courts, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Federal Supreme Court (STF), and special courts;
  • Filing or responding to lawsuits, complaints, injunctions, temporary injunctions, writs of mandamus, class actions, citizen suits, procedural impropriety actions and anti-corruption compliance, enforcements (including tax enforcements) and execution of judgements.

  • We represent and act on our clients’ behalf (whether plaintiffs or defendants) in arbitration procedures, including those against the Public Administration. Our law firm works in the most diverse arbitration chambers, whether in Portuguese or in English.

  • Regulatory and administrative proceedings before the respective regulatory agencies (ANEEL – the National Agency of Electric Power, ANTAQ – the National Agency for Ports and Navigation, ANTT – the National Agency of Land Transportation, ANAC – the National Agency of Civil Aviation), other administrative courts and control agencies, including courts of audit, the State and Federal Prosecution Services, and the Federal and State Comptroller General.
  • Defense in inspection proceedings and imposition of penalties.
  • Defense in administrative proceedings in general.

  • In-depth research and investigations regarding property, such as real estate, companies, rights, share equity.

As for litigation, our profile is that of intense and continuous work before district courts, circuit courts, the State of Parana Court of Justice, the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Area, and also before the Federal Supreme Court, the Superior Court of Justice and other Federal Courts – thus, our clients can count on the Firm’s constant presence in court.

Our Law Firm also counts on a broad legal network comprehending law firms in the cities of Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Florianopolis, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, and Recife, as well as throughout the interior of the State of Paraná (Londrina, Maringá, Foz do Iguaçu, Cascavel, Arapongas, etc.). This allows for an effective and quick response to issues brought by our clients.

Rodrigues e Bettega Advogados Associados