Vernalha Guimarães & Pereira Advogados (VGP), established in 2000, is recognized as one of the most renowned Brazilian business law firms (Chambers and Partners , Leaders League and Análise Advocacia 500). Focused on providing tailor-made solutions for the business community, VGP team is composed by highly specialized professionals in different areas of corporate law, working in an integrated way to achieve the best results for local and multinational corporations. With offices in São Paulo (SP), Brasília (DF), Curitiba (PR) and a net of 550 corresponding lawyers all over the country and abroad, VGP main goal, more than providing legal assistance, is to identify opportunities and needs as well as to structure the best solutions and offer the best support for a safe business decision making. a bout us
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Intellectual Property Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) Legal Due Diligence Antitrust ► ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS PUBLIC LAW ► INFRASTRUCTURE ► MARITIME, PORTS AND CUSTOMS ► INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND CORPORATE STRUCTURING Each department has subdivisions, aimed at consulting and litigation services. Real State Commercial Agreements Incorporation of new companies Insolvency, Restructuring and Recovery Civil Liability and Consumer Liability Strategic Management of Claim ► CORPORATE LAW AND LITIGATION Employment Policies and Guidebook Cross-border employment and immigration Negotiation with Unions Advice on Risk Management and Labor Liabilities Labor Litigation and Administrative procedures Employment Relations Governance Advise and Negotiation on International Business Transactions Advise on FDI – Foreign Direct Investment Regulatory Processes Advice on Consortium Structuring Public Contracts Environmental Law Non-profit Organizations Institutional Relations Administrative and Judicial Claims Concessions and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Administrative Proceedings Support Public Procurement Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Legal Advice on Project Finance Local and International Contracts Structuring and Negotiation of Contracts Project Concept and Development Maritime Litigation Regulatory and Administrative Proceeding Customs clearance Operational Agreements Due Diligence Labor and Immigration Issues Insurance ► LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Compliance Program Structuring following local and international Tax Planning Tax Litigation Tax Compliance Advice on Cross-border transactions Advice on Risk Management on Taxation Regulatory and Registration Matters (ANS and ANVISA); Administrative Defenses and Litigation Contracts (R&D, Supply, Production and Distribution) ► CAPITAL MARKETS Risk Management and Civil Liability Intellectual Property Rights Advice on Strategic Alliances Compliance ► TAX ► FAMILY LAW AND WEALTH PLANNING ► COMPLIANCE AND ANTICORRUPTION legal requirements and standards Advice on Funds Structuring Compliance Training Review of Compliance Programs and Policies Crisis Management Criminal and Administrative Corporate Defense Risk Assessment Support for Funds Managers and Administrator Family Offices Structuring Advice on Family Succession Family Law Litigation Offices Tax related to Family Issues Advice on Legal Structures related to Family Business ► LIFE SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE
IN PURSUIT OF instance, a new business operation has implications, not only on practice aligned with the market new demands. clients with solutions based on multidisciplinary examination and legal analysis taking into consideration all those aspects. VGP serves its An efficient and reliable legal service is the one that provides clients with Law, Labor and Employment, Environmental Law, among others. Corporate Law, but also in Taxes, Administrative and Business Public issue could have important outcomes in different legal fields. For INCORPORATED The integrated solutions designed by VGP have as premise that every THE MARKET NEW DEMANDS TIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS MUL ALIGNED WITH VGP PROVIDES SOLUTIONS BASED ON SOLUTIONS ► INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
EXPERTISE: TO BE BUT WIDE-RANGING ALSO SPECIALIZED RESPONSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY The structuring of integrated solutions, throughout the multidisciplinary legal examination, requires the development of centers of expertise. This is the reason why VGP has specific departments in the different areas of law, with high specialized professionals who practice domestic and abroad and are commit- ted to provide resulted-oriented legal services. VGP offers a sophisticated management structure for legal procedures and costumer services. A state of art IT infrastructure and legal management system, along with strong guidelines of compliance on controlling of proceedings and services quality, ensure that VGP's services are provided following the best international standards for law firms.
SÃO PAULO/SP BRASÍLIA/DF VGP Sao Paulo is also considered as a business hub for clients located in other states of the southeast, northeast and north regions of Brazil. To provide legal support for companies located in the major Brazilian economic center, VGP has an office in Sao Paulo offering all areas of legal practice with especial emphasis to strategic sectors such as: Infrastructure, Capital Market, M&A, Life Sciences and Healthcare. The VGP Brasília is dedicated to specialized legal services before the high national courts, the main regulatory and executive agencies, control bodies and federal state-owned companies. OFFICES
After a long and intensive process of restorations and renovation of its historical and architectural aspects, the mansion Villa Sophia was renewed and prepared to host VGP . CURITIBA/PR: THE PALACETE VILLA SOPHIA VGP office in Curitiba (PR) is strategically located in the most dynamic economic center in the South of Brazil. Its address is the historic mansion Villa Sophia (1895), one of the only buildings of Swedish origin, with eclectic style still existing in Brazil.
COORDINATED TALENTS THE LEGAL TRAINEE PROGRAM In the first stage, the trainees go through various VGP departments, including the administrative and legal areas. The job rotation, own of trainee programs, aims to train lawyers complete with notions legal management. In addition, the trainees can identify the areas of greatest affinity. The program has periodic evaluations, also coordi- nated by an external and specialized entity. In the second stage, knowledge, trainees will have their activities related to a single department of expertise when they can improve their practices in legal areas of corporate law. Providing integrated legal services requires coordinated talents of different professionals. Looking for new tal- ents, VGP put in place a trainee program. From a selection process quite demanding and meticulous, the program constitutes a job phase rotation and another of knowledge.
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM VGP has established a modern and efficient compliance program. The concept of compliance rules must be founded, above all, in a prior com- mitment to act ethically. And it may seem obvious that act guided by ethics does not require explicit rules; it is just a position. Compliance rules do not change people, anyway. However, VGP has grown in recent years and continues to grow consistently. This growth, based on a significant number of lawyers and employees, requires that ethical behavior pattern is aligned. For this reason, VGP decided to establish and run its own compliance program. VG&P CUSTOMER HAS ABSOLUTE PEACE OF MIND IN RELATION TO ALL LAWYERS AND EMPLOYEES OF OFFICE. PRACTICE ETHICS
PUBLICATIONS Corporate Law: news and trends. The second collection intellectual development of its employees. office, reveals the importance of the VGP gives the and individual articles of the group members lawyers activities of clients. These journals, among other works line manuals, called Legal guides that guide the daily books, the VGP offers to its customers a series of guide- daily lives of our customers). In addition to academic legal pills (quick notes on legal issues relevant to the contains 24 legal articles written by VGP lawyers and 53 In 2015, VGP released their second academic work: BOOKS the fifteen lawyers who, at the time, made up the office. Law: current issues; a collection of articles produced by VGP released the commemorative book called Business interests of its clients. In 2010, when added 10 years, based, including the experiences on representing the the VGP carries out intense academic activity, which is recognizing the distance between theory and practice, by the dedication of its legal group to study law. While The quality of legal services offered by VGP is supported LAW ACADEMY SERVING BUSINESSES LEGAL GUIDES
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CLIENT GUIDE RELATIONSHIP SEMINARS AND TRAINING IN COMPANY VGP has intensively invested on the development and implementation of standards for legal work – consultancy and litiga- tion. The main goal is to provide high quality service to all clients, following the contracted terms and conditions. The Client Relationship Guide is the instrument to ensure this quality. The guide explains to the client the administrative procedures, from the secretariat, through the financial area, controllership, up to the legal services. VGP offers training programs focused on the clients' needs. In its auditorium, located in Villa Sophia Palace, or at the clients' places of business, VGP provides several courses and seminars dealing with current issues that affect corporate businesses.
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