Mr Luiz Guilherme Migliora > Veirano Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Veirano Advogados Offices
AV BRIGADEIRO FARIA LIMA ,3477
16º ANDAR – SÃO PAULO
SP 04538-133
Brazil
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Mr Luiz Guilherme Migliora
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Labor & Employment, Insolvency & Restructuring and Consumer Affairs & Product Liability
Position
Partner
Career
Luiz Guilherme Migliora is a senior partner of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice on managing complex litigation in product liability, civil and labor matters. He has represented one of the world’s largest tobacco companies for several years and has acquired prominence and deep expertise in the area of consumer products litigation. Clients value Mr. Migliora’s comprehension of the Brazilian legal system and routinely retain him for advice on complicated and strategic issues.
Also being a partner of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, Mr. Migliora has significant experience advising international and Brazilian corporations on labor issues. He offers clients the unique combination of extensive real-world experience in labor litigation and advice and counsel with unprecedented academic knowledge gleaned from over a decade of teaching Labor Law in Brazil’s top educational institutions. Mr. Migliora is an active member of Ius Laboris, the international alliance of leading Human Resources law practitioners, with more than 2,500 lawyers providing local labor law knowledge and coverage in more than 100 countries.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Memberships
- American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Rio de Janeiro
- Ius Laboris
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre
Education
- Negotiation Workshop, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1998
- Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center, Dallas, TX, 1989
- LL.B, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 1988
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Labour and employment
Veirano Advogados fields a market-leading labour practice praised for its ‘excellent legal knowledge’ of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. With a strong profile in individual and collective labour claims, the practice is also well positioned to advise on collective bargaining agreements, M&A transactions and the restructuring of compensation schemes. Compliance and investigations are other regular engagements for the group, which often works in close collaboration with the firm’s corporate and tax experts. National practice leader Luiz Antonio dos Santos Junior is noted for his ‘proactive and strategic approach to dealing with legal challenges’ faced by domestic and international clients; his areas of expertise cover consulting and litigation matters. Cristian Divan Baldani frequently handles individual and collective labour claims, investigations and public civil actions. Jose Carlos Wahle brings over 20 years of experience in litigation, employee transfers, compensation and benefits policies, while senior partner Luiz Guilherme Migliora excels in complex contentious matters. Flavia Azevedo is a key contact for oil and gas clients. Recently promoted partner Bruno Leandro Palhares Perez focuses on lawsuits brought by executives and class actions.
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Covering civil, corporate, commercial and consumer matters, Veirano Advogados‘ dispute resolution team is seen with great regularity acting for longstanding and new clients across the banking, life sciences, energy, logistics and mining industries, among others. Singled out for its technical knowledge and availability, the litigation group is under the joint leadership of Ricardo Gama, a Rio de Janeiro-based practitioner with a wealth of experience in domestic and cross-border proceedings, and Mateus Carreteiro in São Paulo, who has the ‘capacity to act strategically and decisively in disputes of the most varied matters‘. With over 30 years’ experience in this space, Luiz Guilherme Migliora is a senior figure in the Rio de Janeiro office, where Lívia Miné is the name to note for contractual litigation, product liability and environmental claims, and Guilherme D’Aguiar stands out at the associate level. Diego Capistrano joined from BMA Advogados in April 2022, bringing to the team considerable experience in bankruptcy and restructuring cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition and antitrust
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- International trade
- Projects and infrastructure
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Wealth and succession planning
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Public law
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Venture capital
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Life sciences
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Intellectual property