Limongi Advocacia

The firm specialises in highly regulated sectors, such as energy, insurance, telecommunications, water distribution and treatment. The firm also has extensive experience in class actions (filed by State General Attorney's offices, the Federal Attorney's office, and consumer defence associations), as well as high-profile civil and tort law/liability cases.

Main practice areas: Limongi Advocacia is a law firm with notable expertise in the dispute resolution sector. We have been based in Recife since 1994 and are one of the longest-standing and traditional firms in the state of Pernambuco.

We are focused on a full-service offering, advising our clients in all areas of law, primarily in civil, tort law/liability, consumer, regulatory, real estate, environmental, and tax law. We also specialise in telecommunications and energy law.

Team composition: The firm has both male and female partners, but female partners have outnumbered male partners since 2011. They also hold the administrative power within the firm, particularly in terms of internal relationships and hiring. Women make up the majority of the firm's lawyers, representing around 70%of them. Furthermore, all department and branch coordinators are women. The firm also embraces diversity, with a considerable percentage of black employees.

Our firm has a regulatory group within the litigation department, undertaking work from leading companies involved with highly regulated sectors, such as telecommunications, energy, insurance, water distribution and treatment. Our team's extensive expertise allows us to represent heavyweight national companies throughout the Northeast Region, such as Telefônica/Vivo, Claro/Embratel, and Sul América.

It is essential to keep in mind that our lawyers have more than a decade of experience within the firm and are specialists in the specific areas of each case. It is also worth noting that name partner Erik Limongi Sial has been recognised as an outstanding lawyer by several judicial branches, such as the State Court of Pernambuco – TJPE (2022), the Judicial School of the State Court of Pernambuco – ESMAPE (2018), as well as the Federal Regional Electoral Court at Pernambuco - TRE/PE (2015), which have all awarded him with medals.

Senior partner Graciele Pinheiro Lins Lima also holds recognition awards from the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association – CF/OAB (2022) and the Brazilian Bar Association State Chapter of Pernambuco – OAB/PE (2021).

Specialities and strengths: We have a state-wide cover. Furthermore, the team can act before all courts in Brazil, including the Superior Courts in Brasília. It acts both on judicial and administrative cases for clients from a wide range of sectors, such as automobile, construction, education, energy, insurance, real estate, steel industry and telecommunications, water distribution and treatment, among others.

In addition, we have outstanding and leading expertise in the telecommunications sector. Three of Brazil’s four largest telecommunications companies (Oi, Telefônica/Vivo, and Claro/Embratel) use Limongi Advocacia’s legal services in the Northeast Region. The telecommunications national trade association (Conexis) also retains the firm's legal services.

We have a partner-led approach, which means that every aspect of our work is overseen by at least one of its four leading partners.