AREAS OF PRACTICE
Civil and Business Litigation
Our practice encompasses contractual disputes, civil liability, real estate litigation, debt recovery, and enforcement proceedings. We combine technical rigor with a strategic vision, seeking the most efficient solution for each case—whether through litigation or out-of-court negotiation. The firm has recognized expertise in tax enforcement, debt collection actions, precautionary measures, and urgent injunctions, with a significant track record of debt recovery for clients in the industrial, financial, and service sectors. Among the most relevant results in this area is the recovery of over R$ 1 billion for a multinational company in the dye-industrial sector, obtained through collection actions and enforcement proceedings conducted throughout the country against defaulting debtors—a mandate that illustrates the firm's ability to manage highly complex portfolios on a national scale.
Debt collection
(debt recovery)
Compensation for property/non-property damages
Legal measures related to the possession and ownership of real estate.
Drafting and reviewing contracts
Divorce, Alimony, and Probate
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Our team advises clients from the drafting of arbitration clauses to the complete conduct of the arbitration procedure, including the evidence production phase, briefs, and oral arguments. We also handle transnational disputes, with the capacity to coordinate strategies across multiple jurisdictions, supported by a network of relationships with international law firms. We advise clients seeking the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Brazil, as well as the collection of arbitral awards from debtors abroad.
Labor Law
Our labor law practice serves companies of varying sizes and sectors—particularly in industry and services—offering representation in individual and collective lawsuits, annulment actions, labor disputes, and appeals at all levels of the Labor Courts. Among the firm's most significant achievements is the annulment of a judgment exceeding R$ 800 million in a collective action brought by the Construction Workers' Union of the State of Bahia—a case that demonstrates the firm's ability to handle highly complex and economically impactful labor disputes. In an advisory capacity, the firm provides preventative advice on labor compliance, review of employment contracts, and risk management, assisting companies in structuring their labor relations with legal certainty and adherence to current legislation.
Tax Law
In the litigation sphere, Bueno Advogados has a significant track record in annulling tax assessments and reducing tax liabilities, having successfully reversed hundreds of millions of reais in tax debts for its clients—including a single case in which more than R$ 600 million in undue charges were annulled. Our work includes filing administrative defenses, challenges to tax assessments, writs of mandamus, annulment actions, and objections to tax enforcement proceedings. In the advisory field, we conduct tax audits to identify overpaid taxes, structure tax-efficient operations, and recover credits from the tax authorities.
DIAGNOSIS
TAXATION
We analyze the taxes collected by the company in order to determine which of them were unduly paid or increased by the tax authorities and, if possible, to claim a refund of the amounts overpaid.
LITIGATION
ADMINISTRATIVE
Submitting defenses in administrative proceedings aimed at challenging or overturning infraction notices issued with irregularities by the inspection authorities.
LITIGATION
JUDICIAL
Filing lawsuits or presenting defenses aimed at re-discussing or annulling the assessment of taxes and fines improperly levied by the tax authorities.
Business and Corporate Law
Our corporate practice encompasses the formation and restructuring of companies, drafting and reviewing business contracts, shareholder agreements, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and due diligence. In litigation, we represent clients in highly complex corporate disputes, including conflicts between shareholders, dissolution of companies, and liability of directors. The firm also advises foreign clients seeking to establish or expand operations in Brazil, offering integrated legal support in the structuring, negotiation, and implementation phases of their operations.
Real Estate and Inheritance Law
In the real estate area, our practice includes purchase and sale agreements, leases, incorporation, property regularization, adverse possession, possessory actions, and disputes related to residential and industrial developments. In inheritance law, the firm conducts judicial and extrajudicial probate proceedings, advises on estate planning and the drafting of wills, and represents heirs and legatees in disputes involving the division of assets. The firm also defends property owners in expropriation proceedings brought by the Public Authorities, seeking fair compensation for the affected properties.
Oil and Gas & Infrastructure
Our firm advises construction and engineering companies on a wide range of legal issues inherent to their activities, including construction contracts, subcontracting, supply of materials and equipment, construction insurance, civil liability, and sector-specific regulatory matters. Our team possesses in-depth knowledge of the contractual and operational peculiarities of these sectors, allowing us to offer precise advice aligned with the client's business reality.
Of particular note is the firm's extensive experience in formulating revisionary claims in construction and service contracts. We act in structuring and conducting requests for economic and financial rebalancing, contractual adjustments, compensation for supervening events, and offsets for scope variations, both administratively—with the contracting party or regulatory bodies—and in judicial and arbitration proceedings. This expertise allows the firm to build solid and well-founded arguments, maximizing clients' chances of success in recovering amounts and preserving the economic balance of contracts.
Administrative Law
Our practice includes advising on bidding processes and administrative contracts, preparing proposals, challenging tender notices, appealing bidding procedures, and managing contracts with the Public Administration. The firm also represents clients in administrative sanctioning processes and in legal actions involving the Public Sector, including writs of mandamus, annulment actions, and challenges to decisions and debt imputations issued by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).
We also have a prominent track record in defending landowners in expropriation proceedings initiated by the Public Authorities, representing clients in cases involving large tracts of land and obtaining fair compensation for the compulsory loss of property. We advise companies in the oil and gas, infrastructure, and industrial sectors on their regulatory interactions with public bodies and regulatory agencies.
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