Brazil: Management Labour & Employment
At a time when the Brazilian labour market is experiencing record lows in levels of unemployment, lawyers in this sector are needed for their counsel in relation to a wide spectrum of labour and employment matters. We pick out 12 of the leading lawyers in this field.
Veirano Advogados has an “exceptional” four listings in this chapter a testament to its strong labour and employment practice. Luiz Guilherme Migliora one of the heads of the practice, is an “excellent litigator” with experience handling highly complex matters on behalf of defendants. Eduardo Soto Pires has experience covering a wide variety of labour matters, from compensation policies for senior personnel and executives to corporate pension plans. He complements this experience with “persuasive” litigation skills. Maria Luisa Soter is considered an “asset” by her clients: she represents Brazilian and multinational companies and is a former judge of the Appellate Labour Court. José Carlos Wahle is highly regarded for his “practical and business-focused” solutions to labour and employment matters, having advised on special employment conditions, compensation and stock options.
Two partners feature from the firm Demarest e Almeida Advogados. Antonio Carlos Vianna de Barros is a “greatly respected practitioner” with extensive experience in the field. Vilma Kutomi is head partner of the labour department and her knowledge and skill in this area are “second to none”.
Mesquita Barros Advogados fields two lawyers in this chapter. Cássio Mesquita Barros has a “strong presence” in the field, and is president of the Labour Law Institute of Mercosul. Also at the firm, Nadia Demoliner Lacerda da Silva is considered a “specialist” in labour law among her peers, showing a “flair” for consultancy work.
Luiz Carlos Amorim Robortella founder of Robortella Advogados, is consistently described as an “excellent lawyer” with extensive experience of labour law. Ana Amélia Mascarenhas Camargos of Camargos Giostri Advogados Escritório de Advocacia, is regarded as a “fine practitioner” by her peers, while her “creativeness and results-oriented approach” is valued by clients.
Estêvão Mallet founder of the firm Mallet Advogados Associados, is a “distinguished intellectual” and a special counselor of OAB/SP Labor Law Commission. Camila Mendes Vianna Cardoso, managing partner of Law Offices Carl Kincaid - Mendes Vianna Advogados Associados, is noted for her “top quality work”.