Legal professionals formerly associated with internal legal departments of major corporations and traditional law firms organized Advocacia Muzzi in the end of 1999. Therefore, it has gained considerable experience in providing top quality legal services to Brazilian companies since the '70s.

 Different aspects and circumstances related to the legal profession have brought together an extremely well qualified team of legal professionals searching for a common purpose: the creation of a law firm committed to providing, on a timely basis, cost-effective legal services in all areas of corporate law in Brazil .

  • Extensive work on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, spin-offs and corporate reorganizations in Brazil and Latin America;

  • Long-lasting experience in Banking and Finance, comprising the opening of bank branches in Brazil and abroad (in the Americas, Europe and Africa) and the drafting and structuring of Mutual Funds, Equity Funds, Receivables and Derivatives Funds, project financing and securitization.

  • Leadership in structured deals, such as industrial, mining, telecommunications and energy consortia, supply chain integration, and investment structures not based on equity but on output or EBIT;

  • Expertise in contracts and agreements, applying legal and drafting knowledge to the business objectives and operational, economic, financial and market-related circumstances;

  • In-depth knowledge of insurance, reinsurance and claims;

  • Expertise in the legal and regulatory aspects of Currency and Foreign Exchange;

  • Expertise in foreign trade, international financing and investments, maritime and shipping laws;

  • Extensive experience in corporate law and corporate secretary work, compliance regulation and governance;

  • The various aspects of law related to expatriates – both from and into Brazil – immigration law, permanent and working visas, employment relationship and taxation;

  • Industrial law in general – regulatory areas, such as telecom, energy, mining, banking, ships and navigation, pharmaceuticals, hospital supplies and food;

  • Well-established experience in taxation, providing conservative and reliable consulting services focusing on results, aiming to increase opportunities;

  • Great experience in court and administrative litigation, with an efficient court-follow-up structure on a nationwide basis;

  • Impressive litigation results, mostly on tax, labor and civil litigation;

  • Expertise in national and international arbitration;

  • Outsourcing capability and availability on a current basis, supporting services provided to internal legal departments, such as:

  • Outsourcing of legal services in general, specially civil and labor litigation;

  • Outsourcing of corporate secretary work – corporate books, share registry, meetings and minutes;

  • Outsourcing the management and control of patents and trademarks;

  • Offering training and seminars to client’s personnel on specific and applied legal aspects.