With sectoral expertise in tax, energy, transport, games and e-commerce, the government relations team at MJ Alves Burle e Viana Advogados boasts a strong reputation in the market for its wealth of experience in securing legislative amendments and policy changes. Regular mandates include representing the interests of clients in trial and appeal proceedings, with an emphasis on appellate litigation before the superior courts, and interactions with National Congress and the executive branch, including regulatory agencies and ministries. Founding partners Marcos Joaquim Gonçalves Alves, a tax and administrative law specialist, and Fernanda Burle, a corporate and international trade lawyer with experience in Switzerland, Chile, Portugal and Washington DC, lead the team alongside Alan Flores Viana, who fields expertise in negotiating settlement agreements before public agencies. The practice was reinforced by the February 2023 addition of Adriana Cordeiro da Rocha Abrão, who joined from the federal Public Prosecutor’s Office.