Barretto Ferreira, Kujawski e Brancher Advogados

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Barretto Ferreira, Kujawski e Brancher - Sociedade de Advogados (BKBG) brings together a team of top professionals in the area of business legal services. The legal experience of the members of BKBG, coupled with the ability to discern and understand the business aspects of the needs of its clients, distinguish BKBG in the legal market. The combination of these qualities enables this firm to create strategic planning tailored to meet the objectives of each of its clients. BKBG is committed to resolving the legal challenges of its clients, creatively, intelligently and on a cost-effective basis.

BKBG professionals have eclectic backgrounds and experience, enabling them to meet the needs of Brazilian and foreign companies that directly or indirectly maintain commercial relations in Brazil, in many and varied areas. Some of these professionals have been practising business law for almost 40 years, with proven national and international recognition.

The professionals of BKBG have extensive experience in the areas of corporate law, including merger and acquisition; general civil, commercial; and tax law practice; international trade law (including imports and exports, Mercosur and WTO matters); real estate law; labour law; information technology law (including internet, e-commerce and software matters); intellectual property; communication law; oil and energy law; administrative law; antitrust; international contracts; arbitration and judicial litigation; company reorganisation and restructuring, bankruptcy, bank law, foreign investments in Brazil, foreign loan and financing contracts; legal assistance in the formation of joint ventures in Brazil; privatisation; environmental law; sport and entertainment law; aeronautical law; agribusiness; and bio-ethics, among others.

The firm maintains professional relationships with the following associations, which are the most important associations related to the field of law in Brazil and abroad: the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB); the Center for Law Firm Studies (CESA); the São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP); the São Paulo Lawyers Institute; (IASP); the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT); the Brazilian Association of Computer and Telecommunications law (ABDI); the International Technology Law Association (ITECHLAW); the International Federation of Computer law Associations (IFCLA); the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA); the International Bar Association - Section of Business Law (IBA); the Inter-American Bar Association (IABA); American Bar Association - Section of International Business law (ABA); the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr); the Licensing Executive Society (LES); the American Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo; the Brazilian Institute on Antitrust, Consumer and International Trade Studies (IBRAC); and the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI).

Members of the firm have been listed in the Martindale Hubbell law directory for many years as Brazilian lawyers of international reputation. Partners of BKBG are listed for Brazil in the ‘Telecommunications Industry Report’ published by European Counsel Magazine, in the Law Business Research publications The International Who’s Who of Internet and e-Commerce Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Telecom Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Arbitration Lawyers, and in Chambers & Partners as TMT (Telecoms, Media and Technology).

The professionals forming the BKBG legal team are highly specialised and trained to assist our clients on a very personalised manner, being fluent in various foreign languages, particularly in English, Spanish, French, Italian and German. The CVs of the professionals that work in BKBG can be found at www.bkbg.com.br. As a demonstration of the quality of BKBG’s legal team, several of its professionals hold postgraduate degrees in Brazil and abroad, including LLMs, LLDs and PhDs from top universities.

The firm maintains professional relationships with other law firms in the major cities of Brazil and abroad, including but not limited to Paris, Amsterdam, London, Madrid, Barcelona, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Miami, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Caracas, Asuncion, Bogotá, Quito and Mexico City.

With a view to increasingly enhancing the services provided to its clients, BKBG developed its quality policy and created a detailed management manual, in accordance with the ISO 9001:2008 STANDARD, having been certified in October 2005 by Fundação Vanzolini, an entity accredited by INMETRO and member of IQNet (The International Certification Network), in all its practice areas, including its administrative sector.

Rua Dr Eduardo de Souza Aranha
No 387 – 15th Floor
Juscelino Plaza Tower
São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 04543-021
Tel: +55 11 3897 0300
Fax: +55 11 3897 0330
Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva
barretto@bkbg.com.br

bkbg@bkbg.com.br

www.bkbg.com.br