WHO WE ARE
We are business lawyers
BVZ was built to provide legal services for local companies, multinational groups, investment funds, financial institutions, high-net-worth individuals, family businesses and start-ups. BVZ supports and values our community and our entrepreneurs: we take care of the legalese so you can focus on what you do best.
We believe Law is a powerful tool for
structuring and running businesses
We design legal solutions that effectively protect our clients and their interests as well as develop administrative and tax efficient legal structures. This means creating holistic outcomes to preserve and optimize your business, enabling it to thrive.
We keep things simple and use
technology to benefit our clients
Our focus is to take care of your interests and add value to
your activities. Clean, precise and straightforward language are cornerstones of our work. We treat technology and innovation as tools to improve our services and facilitate interaction with our clients.
Relationships matter
Professional services are based on trust and communication.
We believe in the power of close and meaningful face to face relationships, grounded on ethics and transparency. To offer this to our clients, we do our homework: we cherish a healthy and horizontal work environment between our team members.
OUR TEAM
To talk about:
Wealth planning and family office. Tax consultancy involving Federal, State and Municipal taxes. Capital markets taxation. International taxation. Administrative and judicial tax litigation.
Life before BVZ:
Master of Laws from FGV. Postgraduate from FIPECAFI, FGV, IBET, Delaware and Leiden University. He was also a researcher at FGV's Fiscal Studies Center.
Life beyond BVZ:
Professor of Tax Law at FGV and Ibmec Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and Tax Policy Studies Group at FGV.
To talk about:
Dispute resolution, judicial and arbitral litigation, debt restructuring, judicial reorganizations and liquidations, transactions in special situations and mergers and acquisitions.
Life before BVZ:
Masters in Commercial Law at Law School of University of São Paulo. Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), the Attorneys Association of São Paulo (AASP), and Inovarb-Amcham (Young Arbitration Initiative). Author of papers and books regarding corporate litigation.
Life beyond BVZ:
Graduated in Law from FGV Direito SP.
To talk about:
Consultancy in Corporate Law and governance., contracts and capital markets. Wealth planning and family office.
Life before BVZ:
Graduated in Social Sciences from USP and Law from Mackenzie, Master of Laws from FGV and PhD in Commercial Law from USP.
Life beyond BVZ:
Professor of Corporate Law graduate courses at FGV, Ibmec and IDP.
To talk about:
Tax assistance to multinational groups, local companies and individuals. Domestic and international tax planning. Administrative and judicial tax disputes.
Life before BVZ:
Bachelor of Laws from UFPR and Master of Laws from FGV. Postgraduate from Leiden University, FGV, IBFD, FIPECAFI and Cambridge Law Studio. He was also a researcher at FGV's Fiscal Studies Center.
Life beyond BVZ:
Professor of Tax Law at FGV and Ibmec Member of the Tax Policy Studies Group at FGV.
To talk about:
Consultancy involving Federal, State and Municipal taxes. Capital markets taxation. Customs Law and indirect taxes. Administrative and judicial tax litigation.
Life before BVZ:
Professor of Tax Law in preparatory courses for examinations to obtain certifications related to financial and capital markets.
Life beyond BVZ:
Graduated in Law from USP.
To talk about:
Resolution of private business disputes and involving public authorities. Judicial, arbitral and administrative litigation. Consultancy in Civil and Corporate Law. Contracts. Bankruptcy and judicial reorganizations and liquidations.
Life beyond BVZ:
Currently in the Postgraduate program of Corporate Law at FGV Direito SP.
Life before BVZ:
Graduated in Law from UFMG.
To talk about:
Dispute resolution, judicial and arbitral litigation, debt restructurings, bankruptcy, judicial reorganizations and liquidations, wealth planning, corporate law, contracts and M&A.
Life beyond BVZ:
Member of the Study Group of Corporate Mediation of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.
Life before BVZ:
Graduated in Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.
WHAT WE DO
PRICING
Transparency in pricing is at the core of our business:
Because constantly watching the clock might get in
the way of a trusting and collaborative relationship.
We believe that providing effective legal services requires us to develop
and nurture flexible and open communication channels for problem-solving,
so we seek to establish billing practices that allow us to be responsive to
questions by phone or email without additional and unexpected charges.
We are also available for a coffee, a drink, or a meeting in our office.
We always discuss pricing in detail, in advance. You want great
legal services at a reasonable and predictable price. We want to focus
on delivering results rather than chasing billable hour targets.
Let's make this happen.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Institutions and individuals are accountable for contributing to build a better community. Therefore, we dedicate a relevant part of our time to causes we believe. Our pro bono practice focuses on organizations that support social impact entrepreneurship: financially sustainable businesses that generate beneficial outcomes to community in several fields, such as education, health and environmental preservation.