The office acts in both judicial and extra-judicial spheres.

Judicial sphere - The office represents clients in judicial suits in all instances, including the filing of judicial suits and defense in all legal areas, including cautionary and preparatory suits. It acts in all the stages of lawsuits, especially the drafting of initial petitions, pleas, motions, appeal briefs and oral statements.

Judicial suits:

• Canceling
• Cautionary and preparatory
• Covenants, bankruptcy and credit rehabilitation
• Dispossession
• Enforcement
• Indemnity and civil responsibility
• Inventory and register
• Writ
• Revocation
• Labor
• Renovation, reviewing and eviction
• Abrogation.

Extra-judicial sphere – The office provides consultancy and assistance in administrative and private legal matters, for instance, the drafting and execution of various contracts, research and replies to enquiries aiming at avoiding judicial conflicts and guidance regarding technical legal information, such as the participation in alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Consultancy and assistance:

• Guidance at negotiating stages
• Assistance in drafting writs and wills
• Company splits, incorporations and mergers
• Setting up new businesses
• Contracts and agreements
• Establishment of joint ventures
• Bid proposals
• Profit share systems
• Legal work supervision

Administrative lawsuits

• Administrative defense and appeals
• Analysis of cases and lawsuits
• Tax recovery and compensation

Technical and legal information:

• Bulletins
• Drafting of statutes and regulations
• Technical studies
• Advisory sessions
• Reports and minutes
• Corporative campaigns
• Bills, justifications and law amendments
• Announcements
• Shopping mall regulations
• Reports

Alternative Dispute Resolution:

• Conciliation
• Mediation
• Arbitration