Mr Luis Renato Ferreira da Silva > TozziniFreire Advogados > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

The arbitration and litigation team at TozziniFreire Advogados has extensive experience handling class actions, commercial, contractual and shareholder disputes, and consumer lawsuits for clients from the energy, transport, and infrastructure industries. The breadth of the practice has attracted an impressive client roster, which continues to expand. The practice is under the joint leadership of five practitioners: Eduardo Mariotti is skilled in arbitration and litigation matters involving consumer, banking, contractual and real estate-related issues; Luis Renato Ferreira da Silva specialises in corporate and contract law, and predominantly represents clients in arbitration cases; Vinícius de Oliveira Berni is adept in proceedings before the regional and superior courts, as well as regulatory litigation on behalf of clients from the energy, infrastructure, and telecoms sectors; Guilherme Carneiro Monteiro Nitschke concentrates on commercial arbitrations; and Gabriela Vitiello Wink focuses on litigation pertaining to civil, banking, and corporate law.

TozziniFreire Advogados‘ arbitration department stands out for its ‘technical capacity and quality to work on several fronts in parallel’, evident in the diversity of mandates it handles, including post-M&A, shareholder, infrastructure, and public law disputes. The team is led by São Paulo-based Fernando Eduardo Serec, who has a wealth of experience in international arbitration, including  financial, post-M&A and contractual lawsuit. The practice also features Luis Renato Ferreira da Silva in Porto Alegre, who often acts as counsel in energy-related cases. Lucas Britto Mejias handles domestic and international arbitrations arising from corporate, commercial, real estate, banking and administrative law disputes, while Guilherme Carneiro Monteiro Nitschke possesses ‘extensive experience’ acting as counsel and arbitrator in complex arbitral proceedings. Senior associate Maria Isabel de Sá Dias Machado is often engaged in domestic arbitrations involving corporate, commercial, administrative, insurance and contractual disputes.