Furriela Advogados Information

SANTOS E FURRIELA ADVOGADOS was founded in 1989, just before Brazil began to liberalize its legislation and procedures for international trade and investment. In the context of the modernization of the government and Brazil’s insertion in the international scenario, the law firm SANTOS E FURRIELA has been playing an increasingly important role maintaining its traditional high level of quality and professional standards and advising Brazilian and international clients in a wide range of areas—Business Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Banking Law and Real Estate Law. During the first five years of the firm, one main focus was on activities that required a highly technical understanding, being one of the very few firms that were really specialized in Information Technology Law, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property rights. Other areas in which the firm has played a pioneer role include Environmental Law and Non-Governmental-Organization Law. In these segments the firm was among the first to provide consultation and follow-up services on the structuring, funding and functioning of national and international organizations focused on environmental and social projects. Since then, the firm has continued with the same quality of services in these areas, with an increased level of involvement in the development of these sectors, such as new legal questions arising in areas of the Environment, the Internet and the technological convergence of the communication media, as well as the expansion, professional training and public recognition of organizations focused on social projects, an area known today as the Third Sector. The firm has also expanded its practice in the principal areas of Law, such as Labor Law and Economic Law, which include questions related to competition and antitrust, consumer’s relations and product liability, having developed expertise in the automotive, banking and food sectors.