Rio de Janeiro

Our Rio de Janeiro office serves as a base for our 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 Derraik Advogados, we assist 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 Brazil team 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 in Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo and São Paulo 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.