Tostes e Associados Advogados Information

TOSTES E ASSOCIADOS ADVOGADOS law firm was established in Rio de Janeiro in April 1973 by the lawyers Sergio Tostes, Edmundo Lins Neto (one of the most traditional lawyers of Rio de Janeiro) and James Clark. Sergio Tostes, master in Comparative Case Law by the University of New York and Law by the Harvard Law School, had been a partner of one of the main Brazilian law firms and foreign associate of one of the most distinguished US Law Firms with headquarters in Washington, DC. The intention of combining the international expertise developed by Sergio Tostes with the vast expertise of Edmundo Lins Neto in litigation law resulted in the establishment of a law firm qualified to operate with equal capacity to provide legal advice to clients and representation services before the Judiciary. The office operates under the management of Sergio Tostes, who, conciliating his work as a lawyer, held a leading position at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/RJ), including the Presidency of the Ethics and Discipline Court, which is the maximum body in the legal segment to judge the ethical behavior of legal professionals. The office adopted the name of TOSTES E ASSOCIADOS ADVOGADOS after the retirement of Edmundo Lins Neto, when Dr. Olavo Tostes Filho, formerly a Judge, Associate Justice, General Magistrate of the Supreme Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro and President of TRE-RJ, joined the firm.