Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados (FCDG) cuts through complex litigious matters with enviable ease and is considered among the top disputes boutique firms in Brazil. The lawyers are kept up to speed with regulation changes, ensuring that the firm provides clients with cutting-edge legal knowledge. Clients benefit from a personalised and tailored approach to their specific business needs, winning the firm a place in advising some of Brazil’s top energy, chemicals and manufacturing groups before federal courts.
This firm’s litigators and arbitrators have earned an impressive name for themselves since it launched in 2005. The highly competent legal team is visible on some of the most high-profile cases in Brazil, often resulting in clients returning to the firm’s various departments for dependable guidance on separate legal issues. Some of the leading multidisciplinary outfits in Brazil lean on this specialised boutique for complex cases.
Lawyers at FCDG are well compensated, and young associates are rewarded with a fuller pay packet due to the firm’s low turnover strategy. Aside from a consistent presence inside and outside the most well-known arbitration chambers in Brazil, Europe and the US, the firm’s lawyers offer extrajudicial advice on commercial transactions, drafting and reviewing contracts and affidavits, as well as professional guidance on legal risk assessment.
Offices
The firm has offices in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.