Practices
Learn more about our expertises
Civil Litigation and Counsel
In the vast field of civil law, in addition to broad knowledge, our team members are prepared to provide highly personalized counsel. Our firm’s approach, whether in civil litigation or counsel, is based in the fully understand of the situation in order to propose a solution that incorporates the best legal problem-solving approaches, while taking into consideration their financial and practical impacts.
In judicial litigation or arbitration, we are known for our expertise and litigation success. The personalized advocacy model allows us to submit the dispute to the courts (or arbitration) to greater effect. Various alternative approaches for presenting the conflict and the defense (such as organizational charts, graphs and audiovisual resources) improve the court or arbitrator’s understanding of the dispute, as well as help convince him or her of the arguments put forth.
Real Estate
As a subarea of civil law, real estate law has become highly important in the last few decades, especially because of its broad importance. The sophistication of operations (directly or indirectly) involving real estate justifies the prominence of real estate law. Our team is prepared to assist you even with the most complex real estate operations, such as developing multi-unit complexes, atypical rentals (built-to-suit and shopping center), secured fiduciary sale, coworking, time-sharing, dissolution of a condominium, registration issues etc.
Our attorneys are qualified to provide litigation assistance and counsel.
Family and Succession
In recent decades enormous changes have taken place in family rights, including the recognition of new types of families and common-law unions.
Highly personalized counsel is essential in situations that involve family relations, as they go beyond merely financial or business repercussions. Our personalized, multidisciplinary services lead to better and more efficient results, minimizing the suits or appeals filed.
We provide a full range of services including: succession planning, wills, assistance with commingling selection and alteration, common-law marriage (and inherent contracts), divorce, guardianship of minors, alimony, (judicial and extrajudicial) probate etc.
Tax
- Legal advice
The Brazilian tax system is known for being among the most complex, whether due to its multilevel structure (federal, state and local), or due to the constant legislative changes and innovations. This scenario requires tax advices extremely important for the day-to-day activities of a company.
We provide assistance to clients in a wide range of sectors, both in Brazil and abroad, regarding interpretation and application of tax legislation at the federal, state and municipal levels, in addition to legislation on social taxes and international taxation. We also provide support for developing and structuring measures to minimize tax burdens and identify tax benefits for our clients. Our assessments always take into account our client’s sector, in addition to administrative and judicial precedents, in order to attenuate risks in relation to possible tax disputes.
- Transactions
In addition to consulting services, our firm can assist you with strategic development of structures for consolidation, acquisition, disposal or corporate restructuring, in addition to investments’ transfer, with the objective of identifying the tax consequences of these operations.
- Litigation
We understand that tax litigation is strategic for companies operating in Brazil. Our work focuses both on reducing tax burden and refund of taxes paid, and on measures to reduce liabilities by contesting notices of violation (at the federal, state and municipal level), through administrative and judicial means, and during auditing processes. We also develop special regimes, formal counseling and assistance with payment plans for taxes due.
Labor
- Counsel
We provide legal advice regarding all aspects of labor law for individuals and Brazilian or foreign companies of all sizes and in all sectors.
Our objective is to provide a broad, strategic, multidisciplinary and up-to-date view of all aspects of a case in order to facilitate decision-making. For this reason, our guidance is based not only on labor law, but also on courts precedents and other agencies that affect labor relations.
Our advice is strongly preventive in nature. We assist our clients with routine human resources questions, preparing different kinds of employment agreements, studies and opinions. We also help manage risks and crises, and provide advice on implementing policies and practices with the highest ethical and legal standards. We find the most appropriate solution for organizations, supporting clients through audits, due diligence and dealings of various types with unions, including collective bargaining.
Our services for individuals are mainly related to clarification on complex labor laws and the negotiation of extrajudicial agreements, including support for negotiations when an employee is terminated.
- Litigation
In addition to advice, our firm has considerable experience in labor litigation, including administrative and legal cases throughout brazil.
In administrative cases, we litigate cases before the labor prosecution office and the ministry of labor, supporting our clients in civil inquiries and defending them against notices of infraction and in round tables.
In judicial cases, our support goes far beyond simple litigation support. Our aim is to resolve conflicts in a manner that results in the smallest possible impact on the client, which includes convenience and cost-benefit analyses.
Our list of positive judicial labor dispute outcomes is impressive, and includes the negotiation of agreements.
Commercial Contracts and Business
Currently, a company’s value is closely tied to its intellectual property, whether in the form of trademarks, technologies, inventions, utility models, among others. Arbach & Farhat boasts a highly qualified and experienced team specializing in the drafting, negotiation, and structuring of business transactions, providing assistance in contracts of varying complexity across a wide range of economic sectors.
We operate with a multidisciplinary approach, always seeking to understand the broader context of negotiations when drafting a legal document. With a pro-business approach, we aim to realize the client’s expectations through firm yet constructive negotiations.
Our extensive experience encompasses franchise agreements, cost-sharing contracts, export and import contracts for services and products, back-to-back operations, among others.
We seek to stay updated with the latest jurisprudence and precedents, adapting clauses and commercial conditions to the modern legal perspective reflected in the most recent court decisions.
Wealth and Succession Planning
With extensive experience in wealth and succession planning operations, Arbach & Farhat Advogados seeks to reconcile the best legal techniques, and tax efficiency with the sensitivity that matters involving personal and family assets demand.
We consider wealth and succession planning extremely important for individuals, given the direct impact of such movements and the relevance of the subject. Thus, with a very humane and close approach, our professionals always work considering the needs and opportunities that the results of such planning may bring, with the necessary care to protect personal assets and prevent discussions and disputes arising from succession.
Always attentive to legislative developments that directly affect this area regularly, our team has expertise and various cases in wealth and succession planning and in the restructuring of assets and businesses that effectively bring present and future gains to our clients, in addition to the intended protection and efficiency.
Financial and Capital Markets
Specialized consultancy related to the financial and capital markets, assisting our clients in making the best decisions considering specific regulations.
Assistance in obtaining registrations and authorizations before the Brazilian Central Bank.
Intellectual Property And Data Protection
We understand that a significant portion of a company’s value is closely tied to its intellectual property, whether in the form of trademarks, technologies, inventions, utility models, and more.
Anticipating the growth of this market and the need to protect intellectual property, our firm has established a specific area to address demands of this nature, particularly for the acquisition and management of trademarks, domain names, industrial designs, patents, plant varieties, copyrights, and computer programs. Additionally, we offer programs for adaptation and compliance with the General Data Protection Law, covering diagnostic, structural, and operational phases.
Moreover, we provide assistance in drafting and negotiating licensing, editing, assignment, technology transfer, confidentiality agreements, cost-sharing research, know-how, and franchise system structuring contracts.
We also engage in defending intellectual property rights, both in judicial and administrative proceedings.
Corporate
Day-to-day corporate activities, drafting and negotiation of agreements, and review of documents related to corporate law, such as articles of association and bylaws, minutes of meetings and general quota/shareholders meetings, warranties, mergers and spin-offs, private debenture deeds, drafting and negotiation of shareholder agreements, partial or total liquidation, dissolution of companies, and others.
In addition to corporate matters related to companies, we also handle the daily operations of investment funds, as well as provide legal advice on corporate restructuring and reorganization, and corporate consultancy.
Merge and Acquisitions
We assist our clients in all phases of an M&A or investment process, with professionals with extensive experience and involvement in significant M&A transactions in Brazil and abroad, including engagements with private equity funds, both on the buyer/investor and seller/target sides.
We engage in drafting and negotiating all documents related to the purchase, sale, merger, association, and joint venture, among other corporate transactions, conducting legal due diligence, and structuring operations for both closed and publicly traded companies.
Venture Capital
Arbach & Farhat Advogados highlights its specialized team in advising funds, investors, and startups in investment rounds, divestments, and strategic M&A. We aim to apply the best legal techniques in line with the dynamism that characterizes this field, with a prominent presence in the market involving significant operations with startups.
We operate on all fronts and at all stages of an investment round, divestment, and strategic M&A, including:
- Structuring
- Negotiation
- Due Diligence
- Drafting of Definitive Documents
Additionally, we always act as counselor for funds and startups, leveraging our experience as an ally in business transactions, networking, and the creation of a network of companies and funds that interact and grow collaboratively.