Brazil
Practice

Being born in Brazil, our Managing Partner, Paula Aguila, leads our Brazil Practice. She helps Brazilian individuals and companies navigate the U.S. legal system, litigate disputes in U.S. courts, domesticate foreign judgments, and obtain evidence and assets in the U.S. for use in proceedings pending in Brazil. Possessing an intimate knowledge of Latin American legal systems, rules, and culture, our team understands not just the language in key international disputes, but how cultural norms affect concepts of fairness, patterns of negotiation and expectations. We regularly coordinate with counsel in Brazil to effectively handle complex business disputes that have sensitive political, international, or criminal ramifications. Over the last fifteen years, our attorneys have frequently represented Brazilian nationals in U.S. legal proceedings, including representing a Brazilian citizen involved in the FIFA corruption case, defending a Brazilian citizen in litigation over real estate in Florida, and finding assets in the U.S. for use in a high net worth Brazilian divorce proceeding.