Practice Areas

Our attorneys take particular interest in give the best counsel to corporate and securities what will affects business goals and objectives.The CAS team is prepared to apply the essential legal aspects in order to protect the interests of clients in matters related to commercial defense measures.

In the United States of America, with the assistance of INTER VIVOS network (http://www.intervivosplan.com), we act as advisory services to Brazilian companies or individuals involved in commercial defense and asset protection procedures through the establishment of international branches.

The CAS also provide strategic and comprehensive advice on other legal issues that may affect international business, including international tax planning, guidelines on rules in force of the law, support in negotiations, contracts and international collections and valuation of assets abroad.

We provide environmental advice about the compliance with legal advice by:

– Elaboration of legal chapter of environmental impact studies (EIA-RIMA), contemplating interpretative legal analysis of the legislation applicable to the companies;

– Identification and management of potential environmental conflicts related to the installation and operation of companies;

– Elaboration of legal opinions and technical notes regarding specific environmental legal aspects and effects of new standards;

– Elaboration of administrative defense and litigation, with formulation of strategy for the management of environmental conflicts and adoption of compensatory measures;

– Legal support for the collection of environmental liabilities, their management and due diligence;

– Legal evaluation in loco, alternatives with notes of existing environmental legal restrictions;

Our team is prepared to provide legal advice based on preventive and contentious suits related to consumer law, as well as negotiations in the draft of contract for goods and services destined for consumption, aiming to adapt to the pertinent legislation.

Brazilian Labor law it’s one of the most complex relations. If the companies do not comply with the labor rules, that can represent great losses. We assist in various procedures in the labor law area, especially in the preventive action in order to avoid contingencies and suits; we also assist in structuring the employment relationship and other temporary work relationships.

We act as labor auditors, analyze all aspects of risk and suggest preventive actions through a complete audition report, in order to avoid labor actions or mitigate inherent losses.

We also act in litigation in the administrative and judicial sphere.

Litigation is focused on cases that may have a financial impact, as well as on cases involving relevant and strategic issues.

The Brazilian tax system is among the most complex in the world, especially by the cascade effect of taxes and contributions, making the tax a basis for calculation of itself and other taxes.

Because of this complexity, it is incumbent upon companies to implement tax planning techniques, aimed at mitigating tax risks, such as fines, and also rationalize the incidence of taxes, thus reducing the tax costs.

Tax planning is crucial for a business to succeed and achieve greater market competitiveness.
Our team works in the development of effective tax planning techniques.