Miguez de Mello Advogados
Attorneys/Consultants
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Office View all offices
Avenida Rio Branco, 128 - 17th Floor
20040-002
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RJ
Telephone: +55 21 3094-7070
Facsimile: +55 21 3094-7071
http://www.miguez.com.br
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About this office:
Founded in 1991 by Gustavo Miguez de Mello and consisting of lawyers with many years of practice and considerable national and international experience, Miguez de Mello Advogados is based in Rio de Janeiro, with correspondent firms in Minas Gerais, Brasilia and São Paulo, where it carries on a substantial amount of business. It is recognized today in the Brazilian legal world as one of the country's most important and competent law firms, and its activities are continuously being expanded in an integrated manner, using its resources always with the aim of providing the best legal assistance to its clients, both in Brazil and abroad.
In order to offer an agile and qualified standard of assistance to its extensive range of clients who represent the most expressive segments of the economy, Miguez de Mello Advogados has formed a team of well known names in the legal world and young lawyers with excellent academic background and is fully prepared to offer specialized legal services in the area of Tax Law and Insurance Law, not only for its Brazilian and foreign clients but also for international companies seeking to do business or to invest in Brazil.
In addition, the firm offers assistance in the areas of Business Law, Civil Law and Company Law.
The firm is completely computerized and is equipped with the latest software to enable it to follow up cases in the various Brazilian courts, and maintains links with important international legal institutions. Its ever-increasing portfolio of clients includes financial institutions, insurance companies, as well as companies in the areas of energy and telecommunications, information technology, civil construction and cinema, among many others.
Miguez de Mello Advogados also has wide experience in cases before the Higher Courts in Brazil, especially the Federal Supreme Court and the Higher Court of Justice, having successfully handled various direct actions of unconstitutionality.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Tax Law: Consultancy and Tax Planning, Analysis of Operations and Tax Consequences, Administrative and Judicial Litigation and Legal Opinions. Insurance Law: Legal Representation of Principal Brazilian Insurance Companies and Entities in Insurance Sector. Company Law: Mergers and Acquisitions, Associations and Spin-offs. Civil Law: Civil Liability, Real Estate, Law Collection and Execution, Bankruptcy, Family Law and Succession.
Representative Clients:
AIG Brasil Interamericana Cia de Seguros Gerais; AIG Life Companhia de Seguros; Allianz-Ultramar Cia de Seguros; Akzo Nobel Ltda.; Akzo Nobel Coatings Ltda.; American Home Assurance Company; Aracruz Celulose S/A; Axa Seguros Brasil S/A; Banco Bozano, Simonsen S/A; Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange); Bozano Simonsen-Leasing Arrendamento Mercantil; Bradesco Seguros S/A; Cia Vale do Rio Doce; Cimento Mauá S/A; Chubb do Brasil Cia de Seguros; CGU Cia de Seguros (General Accident Cia de Seguros); Generali do Brasil Cia National de Seguros; Golden Cross Seguradora S/A; Elevadores Schindler do Brasil S/A; Hanover Seguros S/A; Icatú Hartford Seguros S/A; HSBC Bamerindus Capitalização S/A; Ina Seguradora S/A Interamericana Cia de Seguros Gerais; IBMEC-Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado do Capitals; IBM S/A; Industria e Comércio de Metais; Itaú Winterthur Seguradora S/A; Motor Union Seguros S/A; Nationwide Maritima Seguros S/A; Petróleo Brasileiro S/A; Prudential-Atlântica Cia de Seguros Gerais; Sociedade Michelin de Participações Ind. e Com. Ltda.; Souza Cruz S/A; Sul América Capitalização S/A; Sul América Seguros Gerais; Xerox do Brasil Ltda.
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