To provide legal services
according to these values
and offer strategic and customized
solutions to the client´s business,
aimed at establishing a lasting relationship
that aggregates value
to the company and brings
effective results.
MISSION
Commitment,
Professionalism,
Transparency,
Ethics,
and Efficiency.
VALUES
The law firm AAA – Albino Advogados Associados, founded in 1990, stands out for its customized legal services that fulfill the needs of each client. Such flexibility helps the clients with achieving their objectives, irrespective of size or line of business.
AAA is committed to act with commitment, professionalism, ethics, and transparency, choosing always the most efficient and economical solutions for the specific business of each client. Working as a legal advisor, in preventive and ligation practice, the law firm offers strategic customized solutions in all legal practice areas.
By means of a modern and integrated system of management and services, the law firm makes available to all clients, at any time, the complete legal support of an entire professional team.
AAA adheres to innovative, dynamic, effective, and expeditious legal practice focused on results. This model ensures more complete and efficient services with an excellent cost-benefit relation.
In addition to the traditional areas, AAA responds to new social and economic trends and their reflections on legal practice, to stand out in segments where professional performance depends on expertise and specific technical knowledge such as, for instance, within the scope of the antitrust, capital market, and environment areas, and in structuring operations, tenders and infrastructure projects joining public and private ventures, such as the so-called Parceria Público-Privada – PPP.
ANTITRUST
Actions required by the Brazilian antitrust enforcement agencies (Sistema Brasileiro de
Defesa da Concorrência – CADE, Secretaria de Direito Econômico – SDE and Secretaria de Acompanha-mento Econômico – SEAE).
ACQUISITIONS, SPLIT-UPS,
CONSOLIDATIONS, AND
MERGERS
Assistance during all the
phases of the process of acquiring and disposing of companies, in particular by preparing due diligences, structuring operations, drafting and negotiating contracts.
BUSINESS / CIVIL
Contracts and consultancy in the commercial area for deals between companies or individuals.INTERNET / E-COMMERCE
Structuring, developing, and carrying out new businesses by means of innovating platforms and systems.CONSUMER´S RIGHTS
Preventive consultancy and follow-up of administrative and court proceedings involving relations with the consumer.REAL ESTATE
ENTERPRISES
AND CONTRACTS
Drafting contracts and assisting in structuring real estate enterprises, such as shopping malls, real estate developments, hotel enterprises, residential and commercial condominiums.SUCCESSION
PLANNING AND
FAMILY OFFICE
Designing succession structures, including the formation of trusts abroad.PRIVATIZATIONS AND
TENDERS
Advisory services to companies participating of the privatization of state-owned companies and of tenders in general. Analysis of administrative contracts.
JOINT PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
(PARCERIAS
PÚBLICO-PRIVADAS – PPP) /
TENDERS
Advisory services aimed at developing projects that make feasible the execution of contracts under Joint Public and Private Enterprises and Tenders.
Practi ce areas
ADMINISTRATIVE
AND COURT LITIGATION
AND ARBITRATIONS
Defending the client´s interests in all the areas where the firm is engaged before the governmental agencies, the courts and in arbitration procedures.PROJECT FINANCE,
CORPORATE FINANCE
AND SECURITIZATION
Designing and structuring financing operations, projects related to infrastructure, and securitization of receivables.COMMERCIAL
DEFENSE
Acting in investigations to impose antidumping rights, and safeguards of compensation measures.
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESSES
Advisory serviceswhen setting up subsidiaries, branches, offices and representations abroad, and when
doing international business.
ENVIRONMENT
Analysis of the regular status of activities from the legislation viewpoint, consultancy in environmental matters, defining strategies for projects and for the defense in court and administrative proceedings.
FINANCIAL AND
CAPITAL MARKET
Designing operations focused on fund raising. Foreign financing, investment and reinvestment advisory services.LABOR RELATIONSHIPS
Prevention and corrective advising, review of labor and social security procedures, preparing documents for the defense and the action of subordinates in litigations at the Labor Courts, and filing of defenses and appeals in the administrative sphere with the Brazilian Social Security Service, the INSS, with the Labor Ministry, and with the Labor Attorney General.CORPORATE
RECOVERY AND
REORGANIZATION
Designing and structuring corporate reorganization operations in general.TAX
Tax planning for the regular activities of the companies, investment operations, new businesses, consolidations, split-ups, mergers and tax recovery. Administrative and court defenses in the litigation area.
Characteristi cs
PRODUCING HIGH TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE
AND STRATEGIC VISION TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS
QUALIFICATION AND
EXCELLENCE
AAA has a team of professionals qualified for their technical excellence, large corporate experience and broad view of business strategies.
SOLUTIONS
Each case is jointly analyzed by the team specialized in the area, focused on seeking solutions that ensure the best economy and efficiency to the clients.
FOLLOW-UP
At all the stages, the cases are followed up by one of the partners by means of constant meetings with the team, and the client is informed regularly with consultations to the procedural information systems.
INFRASTRUCTURE
With easy access and free parking, the law firm facilities in the cities where it is present are modern and functional, with comfortable meeting rooms and advanced telephone and technological devices to ensure the best quality of services to the clients.PARTICIPATION
The clients are involved in all the stages of the process and informed in a pro-active manner about the progress of the services with the objective of achieving the results sought for each case.
ATTENTION TO THE CLIENT
All the possible legal actions are discussed by the office team with the client, and the strategic decisions are made jointly, in a fully transparent manner.PRODUCING HIGH TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE
AND STRATEGIC VISION TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS
NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL
SCOPE
AAA acts abroad through its associated law firms with reputable technical qualification, in cooperation with local professionals.
Partners
FOLLOW-UP
At all the stages, the cases are followed up by one of the partners by means of constant meetings with the team, and the client is informed regularly with consultations to the procedural information systems.
Focus on Capital Market and Infrastructure
USP, 1969; master in Compared Law – New York University, 1975; doc-tor in Economic Law, USP, 1988; professor at PUC/SP – post graduati on, author of books in his specializati on, ex-Director of CVM, member of Administrati on Boards of company and fi nancial enti ti es.
Languages: English, French and Spanish
Focus on Corporate, Commercial, Mining, Regulatory, and Competi -ti on Law
USP, 1976; master – USP, 1982; author of papers in specialized magazi-nes. Ex-director of juridical departments of multi nati onal companies, president of Comissão de Estudos da Concorrência e Regulação Econô-mica (Commission on Competi ti on and Economic Regulati on Studies) of OAB/SP, member of IBRAC, member of the Editorial Board of Revis-ta de Direito Minerário (Magazine of Mining Law).
Languages: English and Spanish
Fernando Albino
Pedro Zanott a
Focus on Financial Market Law and Regulati on; Bank, Company, and Corporate Law; and Corporate Governance and Compliance
PUC-SP, 1979; specialized in Corporate Law (USP) – 1980; in Accoun-ti ng and Financial Management (USP) – 1980; and in Business Admi-nistrati on (FAAP) – 1981; he took part in the Program of Instructi on for Lawyers in Harvard Law School and in numberless congresses and workshops in Brazil and worldwide; professor of FGV (GVLaw); ex-juridical director of banks Santander, ING, and Chase Manhatt an; he is member of Legal and Compliance Committ ees of ABBI and of Committee of Corporate Governance of Financial Insti tuti ons and Committ ee of Corporate Risks of IBGC; he was president of the Legal Committ ee of ABBI; he was member of Juridical and Compliance Committ ees of FEBRABAN.
Languages: English and Spanish
Focus on Corporate, Real Estate, Labor Law and Civil Liti gati on
UNICAP, 1995; post graduati on, UFPE, 2001; MBA – FGV/RJ, 2010. Language: English
Valeria Abbud Jonas
Focus on Judicial, Extrajudicial Litigation, Arbitration and Real Estate Law
Milton Campos College - MG, 1999; post graduationinCompany Law, FGV/RJ, 2001.
Idioma: English
Raquel Batista de S. Franca
FocusonCivil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
Cândido Mendes University/RJ, 1997; post graduationin EconomicandCompany Law, FGV/SP, 2007.
Idioma: English
Diogo Dias
FocusonTax Law
USP, 2004; specializationin Tax Law, IBET, 2006; now in mastership Financial Law, USP, 2012.
Idioma: English
Cesar Augusto Seijas de Andrade
FocusonAdministrative Law, Bids, and Public Private Partnership - PPP PUC/SP, 2003
Idioma: English
Partners
Central University of Barcelona, 1994, PhD and Master on Commercial Law, both from the Law School of the Central University of Barcelona (UB), 1995. Member of the Barcelona Bar Associati on (iCab) and in the process of approval for the OAB/SP (Brazilian Bar Associati on). Res-ponsible for the “Spanish Desk” in the AAA.
Experti se: Corporate Law, Contracts, Agreements between partners, Purchase and Sale of Companies, PPPs (Public-Private Parti cipati on) and Infrastructure, Banking and Insurance, Restructuring and M&A – Mergers and Acquisiti ons, Business and Succession Planning, and Fo-reign Investment. Involvement in cases of project fi nance and private equity, MBO, LBO and BIMBO, helping Spanish and Lati n Americans customers in the defense of its interests in Brazil.
Secretary of the Legal Committ ee of the Spanish Chamber of Commer-ce in Brazil. Professor of Commercial Law and Banking, InsuranCommer-ce and Securiti es Market of the Central University of Barcelona – School of Economics. Speaker at various seminars in Spain and abroad on sub-jects of their specialty. Legal advisor of the Center for Innovati on and Development (CIDEM) for companies in the government of Catalonia. Secretary and Director on the Boards of Directors and Legal Counsel of many Spanish companies. Collaborati ons usual in arti cles in the ge-neral press.
Languages : Portuguese, Spanish, English and Catalan.
Antonio Ramallo Fernández
Spanish Desk
Focus on Labor Law, Civil Liti gati on and Civil Responsibility
UFF/RJ, 1974; post graduati on in Environmental Management COPPE/ UFRJ, 1977; specializati on in Comparati ve Labour Law at the University of Porto – Portugal, 1985; master in Business Law, PUC/RJ, 1980; Ph.D. in Civil/Civil Liability, UERJ, 2011; professor at the University Estácio de Sá/RJ.
Languages: English and Germany
Valeria Abbud Jonas
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