GARCIA & KEENER ADVOGADOS - Manaus (Amazonas)

About this office:

José Geraldo Garcia de Souza and Ulysses Grant Keener, Jr. founded GARCIA & KEENER ADVOGADOS in May 1959. Since its founding, the firm has developed a comprehensive experience in all of its areas of specialization while offering consistent personalized attention to its corporate and private clients.

Garcia & Keener has traditionally represented its long-term and loyal corporate and private clients on a multi-disciplinary basis, particularly within the areas of international and domestic business transactions, taxation and commercial litigation. Non-exclusively and significantly, Garcia & Keener assists its clients in the formation and organization of medium and large-sized companies, mergers, splits, amalgamations, consortia, joint ventures, the purchase and sale of stocks and shares and company assets. The firm distinguishes itself in international law, preparing contracts between Brazilian and foreign companies and representing foreign companies before the principal government agencies, including the Central Bank of Brazil and the National Bank for Economics & Social Development (BNDES).

The head office of Garcia & Keener in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the firm's branch offices in the cities of São Paulo, Manaus and Campinas, as well as its correspondent offices in all of the major Brazilian cities handle a wide array of legal matters countrywide, attending its clients not only in Portuguese but in the English, Spanish, French and Italian languages as well.

International and Domestic Business Transactions, Corporate Law, including Shareholders Rights, Commercial Law Taxation, Contracts, Foreign and Domestic Investment/Financial Planning, Hotels, Taxation, Administrative, Commercial, Constitutional and General Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practice, Public and Private International Law, Civil Law, International Trade, Mergers and Acquisitions, Spin-offs, Split-offs and other Corporate Divestures and Restructurings, Administrative Law, including Tenders and Privatizations, Bankruptcy, including Commercial Foreclosure and Workouts, Maritime Law, Aviation Law, including Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Real Estate, including Development, Construction and Leasing, Labor, Employment and Workers Compensation Law, Intellectual Property, including Trademarks, Transfer of Know-How and Copyright, Computer and Internet Law, Franchise Law, Environmental Law, Natural Resources, including Mining and Petroleum and Oil and Gas Law, Agribusiness, Constitutional Law, Consumer Law, Municipal and State Government Law, Business Consultancy, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Entertainment Law, Media, Sports Law, including Professional Sports, Sports Contracts and Sports Liability, Family Law, Wills, Trusts and Estates, General Practice.

(For complete biographical data on personnel at Rio de Janeiro Office, São Paulo Office and Campinas Office, see Professional Biographies at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil and Campinas, Brazil)

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