Dispute Resolution
Customized, innovative solutions are the specialty of our lawyers, who work to maximize our clients’ gains
Clients looking for custom-made solutions can count on BMA’s Dispute Resolution lawyers, with their multidisciplinary background, their litigation expertise, and their agile and efficient approach to resolving disputes and conflicts. Combining our team’s solid academic foundation with experience acquired in some of the biggest and most complex cases in Brazil, we focus on practical, effective solutions that serve our clients’ interests and the development of their business.
As a full service firm, our lawyers can customize solutions for different sectors and scenarios, offering precise strategies for each legal issue. We are known for our bold, assertive style that gets results both in the pre-litigation phase, preparing for or preventing litigation, and in litigation over business disputes at all instances, within Brazil and in cross-border matters.
Litigation and Superior Courts. With a permanent team based in Brasília, we are known for our work before Brazil’s highest courts. BMA has accumulated exceptional experience in contract litigation, corporate disputes, and other disputes that can arise in doing business.
Arbitration. Accustomed to sophisticated and complex disputes in the leading arbitration chambers in Brazil and worldwide, we put together a specific team for each case. We have the advantage of being a full-service firm, which allows us to invest in a mix of dispute resolution specialists and lawyers with expertise in different industries and sectors, creating a unique synergy that maximizes results.
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Mediation. Speedy resolution of disputes can have great value. Our team has experience in mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods that can offer clients enormous gains in terms of cost and time.
Business Recovery and Restructuring. We represent both national and international stakeholders in the various aspects of business crises. BMA’s team of experienced attorneys has made its mark on the market, defending the interests of businesses in difficulty and acting for creditors, controlling shareholders and investors in bankruptcies, judicial reorganizations, asset recovery, and acquisitions of distressed businesses and assets.
Our team has acted in major disputes in Brazil, and in some of the country’s most important mediations and business restructurings
Corporate: Bringing together our specialist litigators and renowned corporate attorneys who have been part of some of Brazil’s largest transactions, we have acquired notable experience in corporate disputes, representing clients before the courts and in arbitrations and assisting them at shareholders’ meetings and in other situations that can arise in a litigious environment.
Infrastructure: Working closely with our clients’ specialist staff, our team combines knowledge of the types of contracts and dispute resolution methods typical of the infrastructure industry with extensive experience in construction arbitration and disputes related to port activities, the basic sanitation sector and other infrastructure segments.
Real Estate: We have experience in all types of real estate disputes, representing clients in lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations involving the lease and operation of real estate assets ranging from logistics terminals and luxury hotels to construction of large commercial and residential developments, including built-to-suit projects.
Estates and Successions: With our understanding of the law and ability to develop effective solutions, BMA’s team has experience in high-value and high-profile disputes over filiation, marriage, stable unions, estates and succession planning.
Sports and Entertainment: BMA helped make the 2014 World Cup happen. We represent telecommunications companies, professional investors, athletes and former athletes in arbitrations and lawsuits involving image rights, protection of intellectual property, media rights, licenses, and other matters.
Environmental Law: Working with environmental law specialists, our team acts in legal proceedings involving environmental issues and assists clients in resolution of disputes through administrative settlements, agreements, programs for conversion or substitution of fines and penalties, and mediations.
Insurance: Focused on achieving efficient solutions, our team acts in complex disputes and mediations involving all types of insurance, representing the various agents in the sector, including brokers and reinsurers.
Contract Disputes and Damages Claims: Bringing together the advanced legal knowledge of experts holding graduate degrees in law and experience gained over years of disputes in various sectors, we have a record of success in contract disputes and actions for damages, including disputes over the creation and enforcement of security interests.
Recognition
Professionals
Partner
Paulo Cezar Aragão
China Desk, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Private Equity, Privatizations and Concessions, Telecommunications
55 11 2179-4584 pca@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Francisco Antunes Maciel Müssnich (Chico Müssnich)
Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Private Equity, Sports and Entertainment, Wealth and Succession Planning
55 21 3824-5863 mussnich@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
André Macedo de Oliveira
Agribusiness, Compliance, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Government Relations, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 and@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Felipe Galea
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Sports and Entertainment
55 11 2179-5280 fes@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Mario Felippe de Lemos Gelli
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution
55 21 3824-6043 mario@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Matheus Barcelos
Arbitration, Construction Projects, Dispute Resolution
55 21 3824-5865 mth@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Pedro Costa
Arbitration, Crisis Management, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Insurance, Private Equity
55 21 3824-5844 poc@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Rafael da Rocha Castilho
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Mineral and Metals Industry, Oil & Gas
55 21 3824-5844 rrc@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Raquel Mansanaro
Agribusiness, Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Sports and Entertainment
55 11 2179-4652 rmo@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Renan Frediani Torres Peres
Arbitration, Construction Projects, Dispute Resolution, Sports and Entertainment
55 11 2179-4652 rft@bmalaw.com.br
Partner
Sergio Savi
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency
55 21 3824-5865 sergio.savi@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Aécio Filipe Coelho Fraga de Oliveira
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, French Desk
55 11 2179-5252 aecio@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Ana Carolina Villa
Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency
21 3824-5800 acrv@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Ana Paula Pereira
Dispute Resolution, Government Relations, Superior Courts
app@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Annaclara Bitencourt Araujo Murato
Dispute Resolution, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 acba@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Eduarda Souza Dantas Martins Torres
Dispute Resolution, Government Relations, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 edt@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Gabriel Nobrega Morgado
Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency
21 3824-1073 gnm@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Giacomo Grezzana
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Insurance
55 11 2179-5252 ggr@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Giovani Menicucci
Agribusiness, Compliance, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, Dispute Resolution, Government Relations, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 gte@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Glória Almeida Mendes
Dispute Resolution, Government Relations, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 gls@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
João Pedro Ramos Soares Souza
Dispute Resolution, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 jprs@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Laura Cyreno
Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency
+55 21 3824-5840 lmco@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Lívia Caldas Brito
Dispute Resolution, Government Relations, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0300 lib@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Pedro Aurélio Azevedo Lustosa
Dispute Resolution, Government Relations, Superior Courts
55 61 3323-3401 peaa@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Renan Saraiva Leão Bezerra
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution
55 11 2179-4600 rslb@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Sarah Roriz de Freitas Pimenta
Dispute Resolution, Superior Courts
55 61 3218-0337 srf@bmalaw.com.br
Lawyer
Victor Baldi
Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency
55 21 3824-1010 vtr@bmalaw.com.br
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