Sergio Bermudes Advogados

Our legal staff is highly trained, experienced and committed to keeping up with the latest development in law and practice and this is reflected in the quality of the legal solutions offered by Sergio Bermudes Advogados. Ethics and transparency are at the heart of our commitment to providing our clients with high quality consultancy services and representation before courts and arbitration tribunals. The success of the firm and our members is reflected in our ranking in the major domestic and international law firm ratings. We are proud to be considered one of the country's leading law firms, based on our five decades of service to clients from various economic sectors. We act for several leading foreign and domestic corporations and conglomerates from the fields of finance, industry, commerce, energy, transport, media and communications, as well as public service concessionaires, foundations and associations. Our services cover legal and strategic advice, assistance and representation in judicial and arbitration proceed involving issues of Civil , Commercial, Bankruptcy and Restructure, Administrative, Regulatory, Insurance, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Consumer, Environmental and Energy Law and others. The firm also represents individual clients, notably local and national politicians and public figures, on issues of electoral law, copyright, privacy issues and others. Our lawyers are also frequently asked to provide expert legal opinions on complex issues of law and litigation practice. We have offices in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, S?o Paulo, Brasilia and Belo Horizonte, staffed by approximately 120 partners and 150 legal personnel supported by a modern and efficient support team of around 200 people. We have correspondents in all major Brazilian cities and regions and e partnerships with leading law firms abroad. Professional development is a core value of the firm. Most of our lawyers were interns at the firm and we encourage them to continue to develop their academic and professional skills. The firm actively supports members that wish to pursue specialist postgraduate training, in Brazil or abroad. Several of the partners teach part time at local universities and professional training bodies as part of the firm's commitment to the education and training of future lawyers. The firm has one of the largest law libraries in the country, with over 20 thousand Portuguese and foreign-language volumes.