Azevedo Sette Advogados
With offices in key business hubs across Brazil, Azevedo Sette Advogados is equipped to represent clients before the main courts, administrative authorities and regulatory agencies in the country. The group is regularly instructed on mining and environmental claims, and also acts in contractual, shareholder, tax and consumer claims, among others. Head of the dispute resolution practices in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Paulo A. Ciari de Almeida Filho is trusted by clients from the insurance, retail, technology and telecoms sectors. Also in São Paulo, Danielle Chipranski Cavalcante focuses on civil litigation and lawsuits in the TMT space. In Belo Horizonte, João Capanema, Marcos Augusto Leonardo Ribeiro and Leonardo Farinha Goulart handle an array of contentious matters, ranging from mining and real estate disputes to IP, competition and environmental claims.
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Testimonials
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- 'The teamwork of the office, always available, proposing a brainstorm with enriching discussions to solve the case. Always available at any time.'
- 'Caio de Araújo was a great partner, he absorbed the case as his own, he supported us in decision-making, always with proposals and advice.'
Key clients
- Anglo American Minério de Ferro Brasil
- Banco Volkswagen (Volkswagen group)
- White Martins Gases Industriais
- Claro
- Mineração Morro Verde
- JCI (Johnson Controls)
- Sascar Tecnologia e Segurança Automotiva
- Samarco Minerações
- Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia
- Turkish Airlines
- Localiza Rent a Car
- Electronic Arts (EA)
- Auto Viação Guaianazes
- Banco Semear
- MIP Engenharia
- Globo Comunicação e Participações
- Jaguar Mining INC e Mineração Serras do Oeste
- Ibe Business Education De São Paulo Ltda and Fundação Getulio Vargas
- Empresa de Transmissão do Alto Uruguai (Etau) E Transmissora Aliança de Energia Eletrica (Taesa)
- Magnesita Refratários
- Zopone
- Labtest
Work highlights
- Represents Anglo American in several cases involving civil, mining, environmental, real estate and contractual disputes.
- Obtained a favourable decision for Claro in an action for indemnity filed by Atitude Telecomunicações.
- Acts for Samarco Minerações in a public civil action filed by Sociedade Gaya Religare against the State of Espírito Santo and SAMARCO involving the construction of Highway ES 060 and SAMARCO's mining waste dump.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ricardo Azevedo Sette, Paulo Ciari de Almeida Filho, João Capanema, Rodrigo Badaró de Castro, Leonardo Platais Brasil Teixeira, Marcos Augusto Leonardo Ribeiro, Leonardo Farinha Goulart, Danielle Chipranski Cavalcante