Administrative and Constitutional Law

Because of the peculiarities of Brazil, where public administration sometimes deviates from the imperative of serving the public interest, we perform our work in this area to assure that the individual and collective rights of the citizens and companies we represent in their relations with government entities are fully respected, in both the institutional and contractual ambits.

We have achieved notable results in this respect, both by advising clients and representing them in court. Our conduct is never to serve surreptitious interests that can undermine well-intentioned government policies, but rather to attain perfect harmony between the intent of the law and fiscal responsibility on the one hand and the interests of private parties in their necessary interactions with the public authorities on the other.

Among the many subjects covered by this area of law are expropriations, where we have extensive experience in assuring that clients’ rights are respected at all stages of the process, and other forms of state intervention in private property rights, such as landmarking of buildings and establishment of public easements. Besides this, we have expertise in public tenders and government contracts, concessions of public services and obtaining licenses, permits and other authorizations.