Rio de Janeiro

Derraik Advogados Associados serves as a base for clients throughout Latin America. Representing multinational clients in the Brazilian market and Brazilian businesses expanding locally and globally, Squire Sanders unites its local presence with its integrated global platform. Operating in association with Squire Sanders, Derraik Advogados assists many of the largest multinational corporations from the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia in managing their investments, acquisitions or other matters simultaneously in multiple Latin American countries. Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French, our lawyers are familiar with the civil law systems and commercial environment throughout Latin America, providing clients with a regional consistency and minimizing travel costs for matters outside Brazil.

Clients seek our team in Rio de Janeiro for its extensive experience and local know-how in matters involving a wide array of sectors and industries such as construction, energy, financial services, consumer goods, telecom, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, information technology and transportation. Our services are as diverse as our clients with areas of expertise including mergers and acquisitions, tax, corporate, securities, competition law, financing, dispute resolution, privatization, environmental and intellectual property law.

The Squire Sanders Legal Counsel Worldwide Network is in more countries in Latin America than any major law firm. The network consists of Squire Sanders offices as well as other established firms in major Latin American cities, all dedicated to sharing resources to provide high-caliber legal services to clients with interests in the region. Clients also receive access to legal counsel from the fully integrated Squire Sanders global platform, which spans Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.

Brazilian legal services in Rio de Janeiro are provided by Derraik Advogados, an independent firm exclusively associated with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.