Azevedo Sette Advogados

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Azevedo Sette Advogados is a full-service law firm with over forty years of existence, and it is one of the leading law firms in Brazil. With offices in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Goiânia and Vitória, aside from correspondent law firms all over the country, we have been experiencing continuous growth in spite of the worldwide economic crisis.

Azevedo Sette Advogados is a large firm that still praises the quality of service and whose partners are directly involved in the work, with a hands-on approach. We provide services in all areas of legal services, but we excel at mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure, PPPs, tax planning and litigation.

In the past three years Azevedo Sette Advogados has assisted clients in transactions that amounted to more than 50 billion reais in several different sectors, including transportation, IT, insurance, telecommunications, mining, oil & gas, construction, tourism, agriculture and education. We have participated in high-profile deals and projects that are landmarks in the Brazilian market, such as the 11 billion reais joint venture between Mapfre (the leading Spanish insurance company) and Banco do Brasil (the largest Brazilian bank) and the 2.2 billion reais purchase by Andrade Gutierrez Concessões (one of the largest infrastructure groups in Brazil) of a 15 per cent equity stake in Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais – Cemig (a public utility company listed in Brazil, the US and Spain).

Brazil being the world’s seventh largest economy by nominal GDP and the eighth largest economy by purchasing power parity and a market in ascension, we at Azevedo Sette Advogados believe that we can provide valuable legal assistance to those foreign and local companies that want to develop their businesses and activities in the country.

The firm’s core value is to always work on creative solutions in a market that is more competitive every day. Azevedo Sette Advogados is proud to participate in the day to day activities of its clients in a proactive way, answering demands in a fast, effective and business oriented manner.

Our vision is to use our streamlined business structure, expertise and close relationship with clients to help them take advantage of the favourable economic and market conditions in Brazil, as well as tackling the difficulties presented by the adverse international scenario.

The success of Azevedo Sette Advogados is also based on its human capital, made up of lawyers from the best universities in Brazil who are constantly training and perfecting their skills, and who have very often acquired their academic and professional experience in the largest centres worldwide. Currently, a team of 200 lawyers render consulting services in more than 30 legal specialties and in six different languages.

Azevedo Sette Advogados’ international partnerships with Legal Network International – LNI and LexUniversal puts it in direct contact with law firms from all continents, giving its clients fast and efficient responses from all over the world.

Loyalty, commitment and dedication to clients are the base of the work carried out by Azevedo Sette Advogados, and delivering personalised and differentiated legal assistance is our mission.

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