Ricardo Quass Duarte > Souto Correa Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Souto Correa Advogados Offices
AV PRES. JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, 2041
TORRE D, 8 ANDAR, COMPLEXO JK
SAO PAULO, SP, 04543-011
Brazil
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Ricardo Quass Duarte
Work Department
Arbitration; Litigation; Consumer and Product Liability; and Wealth and Succession Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Ricardo Quass Duarte has more than 20 years of experience in strategic and high-complexity civil litigation. He is responsible for the coordination of civil and arbitration proceedings involving several areas of law, with special emphasis on civil, commercial, consumer and intellectual property law.
He represents national and international clients from a number of industries, such as infrastructure, technology, consumer goods, and agribusiness.
He also has wide experience in supporting transactional areas, especially in M&A transactions, in addition to assisting clients in Wealth Planning.
Languages
Portuguese (native), and English
Education
- LL.M. Master of Laws from Columbia University (EUA) – 2009
- Master’s degree in Civil Procedure Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 2008
- Bachelor of Laws from USP – 2001
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation
The ‘experienced and highly dedicated team‘ at Souto Correa Advogados is noted for providing ‘innovative solutions to complex and multidisciplinary disputes‘. The firm, which is headquartered in Porto Alegre, represents clients from the public and private sectors in mandates concerning consumer law, public concessions, civil liability as well as environmental, construction, corporate and contractual disputes. Class actions are a strong point for the department, which is equipped to act for defendant companies and industry associations as plaintiffs. The team is under the joint leadership of two partners: current CEO Guilherme Amaral in Porto Alegre and civil litigator Ricardo Quass Duarte in São Paulo. Names to note in the Porto Alegre office also include Roberta Feiten and associate Julia Klarmann, both of whom excel in consumer claims; Otávio Augusto Dal Molin Domit; Diogo Squeff Fries, who often acts in public civil actions; and associate Rafael Sirangelo de Abreu, who specialises in administrative litigation in the energy sector. Marcelo Gandelman is no longer at the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Labour
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Intellectual property
- Life sciences
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Environment
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- TMT: Media