Demarest Advogados

Dispute Resolution, Consumer and Retail and Wealth and Succession Structuring

Partner

Partner in Demarest's Dispute Resolution, Consumer and Retail and Wealth and Succession Structuring practice areas, Maria Helena Ortiz Bragaglia holds a specialization in Civil Procedure Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a Bachelor of Laws from Faculdade de Direito das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas. She represents local and foreign companies in judicial and administrative disputes involving civil, commercial and consumer law matters. Specifically in relation to Consumer Law, she has more than ten years of experience, especially in administrative procedures and lawsuits involving recall issues, having participated in the main public calls in the country in the period, which provided her to maintain very close contact with the main agencies and regulatory bodies of Brazil. She also assists clients in drafting wills, donation contracts, and in judicial procedures for altering property regimes, among others.

Portuguese and English

Member of the Committee of the Brazilian Institute of Competition, Consumption and International Trade Studies (Comitê do Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Concorrência, Consumo e Comércio Internacional - IBRAC) Member of Lex Mundi's Product Liability and Product Safety Group

–Post-graduate degree in Civil Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil (2001)

–Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of the United Metropolitan Colleges (FMU), São Paulo, Brazil (1995)