FRANCESCHINI E MIRANDA Advogados is a business Law Firm founded in 1992, by José Inácio G. Franceschini and Custodio da Piedade U. Miranda, to address legal practice in business enterprises in multiple fields of Law, as Competition Law (including mergers and acquisitions and antitrust litigation), Civil Law, Commercial Law, Consumer's Law, Environmental Law, Industrial Property, Tax Law, Labor and Social Security Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Public and Private International Law, Mercosur-related matters, among others.
The Firm is fully qualified to act as a Counsel for both bodies corporate and individuals. With a team of highly-skilled attorneys, its philosophy of personal commitment has spanned into the Firm's relationship with its clients. Its impressive client portfolio is composed of large national, foreign and particularly multinational companies from a diverse group of industries, as mining, technology, food and beverage, consumer products, construction products, oil and gas, steel, automotive, pharmaceutical, telecommunications and transport corporations and financial institutions.
Famous for dealing with cases of elevate value, the Firm has large and recognized experience in the representation of clients before the Brazilian antitrust authorities and is ranked among the top Brazilian and worldwide Law Firms by clients in this area, including specialized British rankings. Finally, it has also vast experience in all areas of Civil and Commercial Law. In some practice areas, such as Antitrust and International Trade Law, they are assisted by a team of renowned economists.
The Firm is associated to the International Bar Association (IBA), the Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (IBRAC), the São Paulo Attorneys Association (AASP), the São Paulo Attorneys Institute (IASP) and to the following Chambers of Commerce: American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, and Brazil India Chamber of Commerce.
Headquartered in São Paulo with a branch in Brasilia, and associated offices in Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Salvador and Belo Horizonte and correspondents throughout the country, in the USA, EU and India.