About this office:
Denis Borges Barbosa Advogados is a boutique IP and business law firm. Founded1990, we were active in some of the most significant court and consulting cases regarding Intellectual Property and high technology industries that happened during the period, have a large experience in international M&A deals. In the consulting area we have profound and continuous activity in major real estate and hotel large scale investments, broad experience in the corporate, investment funds, as well as entertainment law. We have been assisting the Government in drafting and carrying policies in connection with innovation and IP matters. We advise and assist in the field of our specialization many of the top Brazilian sister law firms, real estate investors and the largest Brazilian companies and multinational clients. It has aggressive litigation teams, especially in intellectual property matters and its partners are experienced in helping the negotiations on a large scale including joint ventures, contracts and settlements, technology transfer and international business.
Law Firm Alliance: Moreau Advogados and Spencer Advogados.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Tax and Corporation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatization, Business Law, Internet Law, Intellectual Property, Technology, Computer, Utility Regulation and Public Contract Law, International Business, Foreign Investment in Brazil and Brazilian Investment Abroad, International Taxation, Dumping and Countervailing Duties, Antitrust and Unfair Competition, Sports Law, Insurance, Real Estate, Commercial Law, Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical, Entertainment Law.
Documents by Lawyers at this office
Summary of Tax Incentive to InnovationDenis Borges Barbosa, Marcelo Gustavo Silva Siqueira, September 25, 2009
In the past years, Brazilian Government has established tax incentives to stimulate research and innovation in the market. We shall analyze here some benefits of the new law and rules that became known as ¿Lei do Bem¿ or ¿Good Law.¿
Adjucatory Bodies and TRIPSDenis Borges Barbosa, September 24, 2009
The purpose of achieving a proper balance in the field of Intellectual Property treaties and International practice pass necessarily by the treatment the pertinent adjudicatory bodies are giving to the legal texts under their consideration. For all practical purposes, the most relevant bodies in...
Incorporating in BrazilAna Beatriz Nunes Barbosa, September 24, 2009
Brazilian law provides for several types of business organizations, each one with its own particularities, which means advantages and disadvantages that should be carefully considered in accordance with the investor¿s final purpose. Two kinds of corporations are by far the most common used, one...
Year Established: 1990
Representative Clients:
Petrobras; Compania Siderurgica Nacional - CSN, AMBVE, Electrolux, Companhia Brasilieira de Cartuchos, Companhia Brasileira de Lítio; Uniao Química, LAOB-Laboratório Ortoterápico Brasileira Ltda; Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Química Fina; Biotechnology e suas Especialidades (ABIFINA); Associação dos Laboratórios Nacional (ALANAC); Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Química Farmoquimica (ABIQUIF); Associação das Empresas Nacionais Defensivos Agricolas (AENDA); Vale do Rio Doce Alumino ALUVALE a VALESUL; Milenia, Cristalia, LGR, Suzano de Papel e Celulose Carbonor; Nitroclor; Owens Corning Fiberglass; Sauípe S.A.; FIR Capital Partners Ltda.; Stratus Investimentos Ltda.; Fiducia Asset Management; Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura-SNA; Kato World Tide; AIG WorldSource; Tracker do Brasil Ltda.; Tennant; Brasil e Movimento; Rotam Group; Nortox, Petroleum Geophysical Services - PGS; Souza Cruz and many other IP and general practice firms. Had opportunity of attending Verisign; Cidera; ISP; BGH Finanzaz S.A.; Nippon & Telegraph Corporation; Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários Banco Brasil-PREVI; Starman Hotels; IBMEC, American Commercial Lines LLP; KONE Corp. (Finland); Electricidad de Caracas (Venezuela); Grupo Porto do Sol; Stolichnaya; Mark Monitor; Greenfield Partners; Editora Senac; Natasha, Hotéis Deville; Air France; Johnson Controls of Brazil; Tiang Corp. (RPC); Instrimpex Corp (RPC); Ningbo Water Meter Works (RPC); McIlhenny Company; Isuzu Motors (Japan); Bowne Brazil-Software Localization (Bowne Inc.).
Languages: English, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and New York.