Rogério Alves & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL

The firm: Rogério Alves & Associados is a full-service law firm, with a national and international reach, established in 2003 by the confluence of the lawyers: Rogério Alves, João Perry da Câmara e Jo��o Pedro Varandas.

RA provides legal assistance based on high standards, always acting for the strong and determined defence of its clients’ rights. Its motto is to advise its clients in a highly skilled, permanent and personalised manner, to best fulfil their rights and duties, and always focus on their real needs and interests.

For RA, lawyers are those who assist, advise, defend and protect all those in need of assistance, counselling, defence and protection.

The firm consists of several lawyers, each with a love for the profession and track records of success. This is what the firm offers its clients.

Areas of practice: The main areas where RA acts are: litigation and arbitration, white-collar and criminal law, labour law, family law, M&A, commercial and corporate, real estate and urban development, construction, tourism, finance, banking and projects, restructuring, tax law, media and information technologies, health and pharmaceutical law, sports law, environment law, public companies law, and regulation and administrative litigation.

Litigation and arbitration: arbitration stands out within litigation as a new and modern way of achieving a final legal ruling, in a swifter, less formal and therefore faster manner. Rogério Alves & Associados is strongly focused on this legal practice. Whether litigation is of a criminal, civil or commercial nature, or in matters related to private international law, the firm fully commits to each case. With maximum commitment, competence and fighting spirit, the team upholds the rights of those it represents. The practice area of litigation and arbitration is headed by founding partner Rogério Alves.

Business law: Rogério Alves & Associados created its business law practice area in order to provide an integrated and comprehensive legal service for companies and entrepreneurs. In permanent liaison with its clients, Rogério Alves & Associados offers pragmatic, regular and ongoing legal advice in the areas of corporate and commercial, finance and banking, tax, real estate, construction and sports law, by negotiating in mergers and acquisitions, internationalisation projects in Portuguese-speaking countries, financial restructurings and bank liabilities management, health and pharmaceutical, and media and technologies sectors. The practice area of business law is headed by the partner João Pedro Varandas.

Public law: the public law team aims to provide clients with a specialised service in various aspects of administrative law, with particular focus in the areas of procurement, planning and construction law, public employment, environmental law, fund law and community funding, expropriation, and administrative law in general. Rogério Alves & Associados provides customised legal advice in all matters of public law, which may take many different forms, depending on the specific needs of the client, namely legal advice granted in given projects or transactions, providing legal information and advice, updates and follow-ups of legal proceedings, and patronage in court or arbitration proceedings. The practice area of public law is co-headed by partners Rogério Alves and João Pedro Varandas.