Our office acts in a combative way in cases of a criminal nature, specifically in crimes against the tax order, currency evasion, financial crimes and crimes against consumers.

The professionals are qualified to act in research and fact finding; trademarks and patents registration.  Residence permit for administrator, manager, director and foreign investor (permanent) and work permit for foreigner (temporary).

Lai e Pinheiro Sociedade de Advogados law office is well aware that, sometimes, the conflicts, difficulties to close a contract or inserting of a certain clause into an agreement occur due to failures in the negotiation process. For this reason, we act in the facilitation of complex negotiations, whether in the initial phase of the deal, during the deal, or after its conclusion.

Facing a globalized world, our law office’s staff is prepared to meet its clients’ needs for registration of investments, reinvestments, remittances of profits and dividends, receiving of royalties and repatriation of capital. The office is qualified to advise foreign companies and investors to accomplish investments in Brazil by means of acquisitions, subsidiaries, holdings or joint ventures.

In the labor area, our law office renders preventive and strategic consulting services. It prepares documents on labor matters, legal opinions, collective agreements, internal regulations, incentive plans (profit sharing). It renders consulting services to the Human Resources department in the hiring of alien workers, in the assessment of labor liabilities. In the litigation area, it acts in the preparation of administrative and judicial defense, in individual and collective labor agreements.

In the Civil area Lai e Pinheiro Sociedade de Advogados law office renders consulting and advising services in the preparation of contracts and agreements in all fields. It also operates in the litigation area, in actions for damages and for review, among others. Real Estate Law In the Real Estate Law segment, it covers contracts for purchase and sale, donation, rental and lease. In the litigation area, it acts mainly in repossession suits, actions for boundary lines, actions for expropriation and actions for adverse...