About us

As an international law firm specializing in key services for foreign citizens, we strive to work with clients who can truly benefit from our services. We always evaluate first if we are a good match for your needs. If we accept work on your behalf, you will have our full attention and dedication to achieving your goals in Brazil and Portugal.

Check our practices to know if we provide the service you are looking for. We seek to provide cost estimates whenever possible. Book a consultation to have clear answers to questions about your case, learn how things really work in Brazil or Portugal, and get our practical and actionable advisory on the best strategies to achieve your goals.

We are a good match for selective clients and foreign counsel who value their time and are looking for a one-stop solution for their needs. The fees we charge for our services translate into clear benefits to our clients:

Brazil and Portugal are not for beginners. There are plenty of bad deals and scams around. Getting a lawyer looking out for you at key points of your transaction will substantially reduce the chances of severe losses.

Doing things right from the start doesn’t just mean better results - it also saves you money. Many of our clients reach out after running into costly hurdles they could have avoided by engaging our services from day one.

Time costs money and mistakes will cost you even more. Our clients tell that by hiring our services they remove the stress and uncertainty of doing transactions in a different country.

We can help with needs in all 26 states, the Federal District, and any of the country's 5,570 municipalities. Brazil offers advanced electronic systems for legal filings, registries, and applications, allowing our team to properly represent you anywhere. Our clients have found that our skills, services, and understanding of their specific reality as a foreigner, are way more important than picking a strictly local service.

Remote representation

For the vast majority of cases we can fully represent our clients remotely and without a need for traveling to Brazil. Such representation may be through a limited-powers power of attorney or electronic certificates such as the e-notariado. We assist our clients understand the best way to secure proper representation as well as the related supporting paperwork required.

Range of our solutions

We know from experience that our clients will typically need more than just a legal representative. They have needs ranging from banking to taxation and local realtors to insurances. Over our two decades of activities, we have been developing commercial relationships with quality vendors in different areas. As our client you may benefit from our services and also the network we made accessible to you.

Our attorneys have represented foreign parties in Brazil and Portugal in hundreds of cross-border transactions and legal cases. Our experience with the representation of foreign citizens started in 2004 when Leonidas Oliveira, the late father of our managing partner Luciano Oliveira, joined forces with one of the leading law firms in California to work on a massive cross-border legal case.

Over the last two decades, we have assisted thousands of clients from all continents with business and personal needs in realms such as real estate, immigration, investments, contracts, probates, lawsuits, and conflict resolution in Brazil and Portugal.

We offer reliable solutions for your problems. Once we take you on board, we will guide you through the many challenges Brazil and Portugal represent to foreign clients. We will steer you away from bad deals, scams, and nonsense. We will guide you to achieve your goals the safest and fastest way possible. We will bring in other professionals such as bankers, accountants, realtors, translators, and others when needed. Don’t want to waste time calling a bunch of people?
Don’t want to learn how things work in Brazil or Portugal the hard way? Don’t want to risk your money with legal providers who don’t understand your needs and background? We may be the right choice for you.

Schedule a consultation with our attorneys now to have your matter reviewed and learn the best strategies to achieve your goals:

We believe that trust and consistency are the two main qualities that Family Offices seek when choosing legal representation abroad. That's why we have been chosen as the counsel of choice in Brazil for many Family Offices based in the US, Europe, and Middle-East.

From asset management to succession and dispute resolution, we are the safe harbor that families rely on to keep and multiply their assets in Brazil.

As Brazilian members of the American Bar Association, International Law Sector, and the International Bar Association, we often meet with the leading law firms in conferences and legal events around the globe.

We offer legal services specifically designed to act as the local representatives in Brazil of legal counsel and fiduciary representatives based abroad. Our confidentiality and disciplined reporting are welcome by such professionals to properly represent their constituents' interests in Brazil while fully retaining the relationship with their clients.