We provide advisory on the planning, preparation and conclusion of all types of civil and business contracts. In addition to advisory law, we have a prominent role in the litigation area, even with participation in legal suits involving international contracts.
We also sponsor legal actions related to bids and administrative contracts involving concessionaires and public service licensees.
Our Head Office differs from traditional past models, thus reflecting our concept of modern advocacy adapted to the changes of business profile in recent times.
We are a single team of lawyers who share a modern, collaborative work environment without artificial stratifications.
Business Disputes
Issues related to Corporate Law have always been part of our office routine. We have outstanding performance in business disputes, with professionals that are teachers and masters in Business Law
Arbitration
We are supporters of CAMARB, the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration and have sponsored several arbitration suits over the last few years at CAMARB, CAMINAS and the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce. In addition, our lawyers, Thales Poubel Catta Preta Leal and Hugo Leonardo Teixeira have extensive experience in acting as presiding arbitrators and co-referees.
Legal structuring of undertakings
Our professionals have an extensive experience in the legal formatting of various kinds of projects. We participate and execute the legal structuring of land division, shopping malls, joint ventures, consortiums and partnerships.
Labor
We provide advice to companies in compliance with labor legislation, in the development and prevention of disputes between employees and employers, and also in the labor litigation area.
Taxes
We have legal professionals who also have training in accounting, so that preventive advice is complete and effective.
We act in the following areas:
– consulting, through the elaboration of Legal Opinions and statements, about doubts and tax contingencies related to indirect taxes, income, or incidents in foreign trade;
– Tax planning of business models that are operational or being formatted and implemented, seeking to maximize enterprise tax savings, within legal framework;
– Analysis of the legality and constitutionality of tax requirements, with the indication of appropriate measures for the recovery of undue taxes;
– Management of tax, administrative and judicial litigation;
– proceedings before Public Organs with the purpose of obtaining installment payments, special taxation regimes, formulation of official consultations on tax legislation and compliance with control measures;
– Preparation of due diligences to measure tax liabilities in acquisition, merger, incorporation, joint ventures, among others.
Corporate
Our most traditional area counts with professionals who know in depth the business registration procedures of the Commercial Boards, conducting assemblies/ meetings of partners and management boards. Our lawyers act as members of the Board of Directors of large companies, acting as Presidents and Assemblies´ Secretaries.
Our routine:
– Proposal and follow-up of legal actions concerning company dissolution proceedings;
– Proposal and follow-up of liability suits against administrators;
– Preparation and execution of agreements among shareholders/quota holders;
– Due diligences;
– Mergers, acquisitions and divisions;
– Corporate transformation operations;
– Corporate organization of enterprises.
Medical legal relations
We work in legal structures of hospitals and medical clinics, health plans and legal relationships between doctors and patients.
Legal relationships between tenants and real estate owners
We specialize in drafting traditional, commercial and built to suit lease contracts. In the contentious area, we also work with renewal, revision and eviction legal suits.
Bankruptcy and business recovery
We have a large volume of lawsuits representing the interests of bankrupts and creditors. In the team, we have professors dedicated to the area and who have also worked as judicial administrators in bankruptcies before.
We provide advisory on the planning, preparation and conclusion of all types of civil and business contracts. In addition to advisory law, we have a prominent role in the litigation area, even with participation in legal suits involving international contracts.
We also sponsor legal actions related to bids and administrative contracts involving concessionaires and public service licensees.
Issues related to Corporate Law have always been part of our office routine. We have outstanding performance in business disputes, with professionals that are teachers and masters in Business Law
We are supporters of CAMARB, the Brazilian Chamber of Arbitration and have sponsored several arbitration suits over the last few years at CAMARB, CAMINAS and the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce. In addition, our lawyers, Thales Poubel Catta Preta Leal and Hugo Leonardo Teixeira have extensive experience in acting as presiding arbitrators and co-referees.
Our professionals have an extensive experience in the legal formatting of various kinds of projects. We participate and execute the legal structuring of land division, shopping malls, joint ventures, consortiums and partnerships.
We provide advice to companies in compliance with labor legislation, in the development and prevention of disputes between employees and employers, and also in the labor litigation area.
We have legal professionals who also have training in accounting, so that preventive advice is complete and effective.
We act in the following areas:
– consulting, through the elaboration of Legal Opinions and statements, about doubts and tax contingencies related to indirect taxes, income, or incidents in foreign trade;
– Tax planning of business models that are operational or being formatted and implemented, seeking to maximize enterprise tax savings, within legal framework;
– Analysis of the legality and constitutionality of tax requirements, with the indication of appropriate measures for the recovery of undue taxes;
– Management of tax, administrative and judicial litigation;
– proceedings before Public Organs with the purpose of obtaining installment payments, special taxation regimes, formulation of official consultations on tax legislation and compliance with control measures;
– Preparation of due diligences to measure tax liabilities in acquisition, merger, incorporation, joint ventures, among others.
Our most traditional area counts with professionals who know in depth the business registration procedures of the Commercial Boards, conducting assemblies/ meetings of partners and management boards. Our lawyers act as members of the Board of Directors of large companies, acting as Presidents and Assemblies´ Secretaries.
Our routine:
– Proposal and follow-up of legal actions concerning company dissolution proceedings;
– Proposal and follow-up of liability suits against administrators;
– Preparation and execution of agreements among shareholders/quota holders;
– Due diligences;
– Mergers, acquisitions and divisions;
– Corporate transformation operations;
– Corporate organization of enterprises.
We work in legal structures of hospitals and medical clinics, health plans and legal relationships between doctors and patients.
We specialize in drafting traditional, commercial and built to suit lease contracts. In the contentious area, we also work with renewal, revision and eviction legal suits.
We have a large volume of lawsuits representing the interests of bankrupts and creditors. In the team, we have professors dedicated to the area and who have also worked as judicial administrators in bankruptcies before.
Our team of lawyers is formed by professionals who, in addition to their effective advocacy experience, stand out as teachers in some of the best universities of the country, as referees and as consultants of large Brazilian and foreign companies.
The lawyers on our team were outstanding undergraduates and started out as trainees in the office.
Thales Poubel Catta Preta Leal
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 80.500, OAB/RJ under no. 185.258 and OAB/SP under no. 413.710.
Lawyer with more than twenty (20) years of experience dedicated to legal litigation and consultation in civil and business areas.
Graduation in Law from UFMG School of Law.
Master in Business Law from UFMG School of Law.
Graduation and Post-graduation Professor of Business Law at Milton Campos Law School, having been honored several times as patron and teacher of honor of different classes.
Director of Unibh School of Law.
Treasurer Director of Caixa de Assistência aos Advogados de Minas Gerais – Social Welfare Assistance of Minas Gerais Lawyer Association (triennium 2019/2021).
Arbitrator in Arbitration Chambers throughout the country.
Member of the examination board of Judge of Law public tender in the State of Minas Gerais for two times.
He has already been a member of the Board of Directors and Corporate Committees of several companies.
He specializes in corporate litigation and judicial corporate crisis management.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish.
Hugo Leonardo Teixeira
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 82.451.
Lawyer with more than 20 (twenty) years of experience in litigation and advisory law.
Master in Business Law from Milton Campos Law School.
Professor of business law at the graduation and post-graduation at Milton Campos Law School.
He joined the public tender examination board for Public Notaries of the State of Minas Gerais as an examiner of Commercial Law (2011).
He acted several times as arbitrator in several Arbitration Chambers throughout the country.
He has already been a member of the Administration Board and Corporate Committees of several companies.
He specializes in corporate litigation and corporate crisis management.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish.

Carolina Mendes Catta Preta Leal
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 83.500.
Lawyer with 20 (twenty) years experience in litigation and advisory law.
Graduated from Milton Campos Law School.
Postgraduate in Civil Law from Milton Campos Law School.
She is an Italian citizen and has extensive experience in assisting European Community clients with investments in Brazil.
She specializes in corporate litigation and corporate crisis management.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: Italian, Spanish and English.
Thúlio Poubel Catta Preta Leal
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 96.200.
Lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and advisory law, with outstanding performance in Civil Law.
Graduate and Master in Business Law from Milton Campos Law School.
He is Professor of Legal Practice and Civil Law at UNA University Center.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: Spanish and English.
Michelle Poubel Catta Preta Leal
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 102.500.
Lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and advisory law.
Graduate and Master in Business Law from Milton Campos Law School.
Professor of recognized academic standing, currently teaching Civil Procedure, Civil and Corporate Law at Centro Universitário UNA.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish

Mateus Ribeiro Gonçalves Dias
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 119.197.
Registered in CRC/MG under no. 118.006 /O-4.
Lawyer with expertise in accounting with extensive experience in tax, judicial and administrative Law.
Graduated in Law and Accounting Sciences from Milton Campos School of Law.
Post-graduate in Tax Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais.
Specialist in tax, inheritance and corporate planning.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: Spanish and English.
Gustavo Guimarães Reis
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 139.500.
Lawyer with experience in business and civil law.
Graduate and Master in Business Law from Milton Campos Law School.
At graduation, he was a Civil and Business Law class monitor.
Professor of Business Law at UNA University Center.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish.

Clarisse Kelles Fonseca
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 150.828.
Lawyer with extensive experience in labor, litigation and advisory law.
Post-graduate in Labor Law.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish.

Fabrício Leite Soares
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 166.500.
Lawyer with outstanding performance in business and civil law.
Graduate and Master in Business Law from Milton Campos Law School.
During graduation he was monitor in Business Law I, II, III and IV.
He is auditor of the Sports Court of Minas Gerais.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English

Victória Carvalho Scaramello
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 173.050.
Graduated from Milton Campos Law School.
Post-graduate in Business Law from PUC-MG.
During her graduation she was class monitor in Business Law I, II, III and IV.
She has extensive and recognized experience in Corporate Law, having participated actively in several M&A projects.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish.

Luma de Morais Amorim
Registered in OAB/MG under no. 183.400.
Lawyer with experience in civil, contentious and advisory Law.
Graduated in Law in FUMEC University, having been a prominent student and speaker of her class.
She also holds a degree in Physiotherapy from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, which allowed her to have a truly holistic view of Law.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English

Pedro Henrique Bengtsson Bernardes
Registered in OAB /MG under no. 183.500.
Lawyer with experience in litigation and advisory law.
Graduated from Milton Campos Law School.
Idiomas: Language: Lingue parlate: English and Spanish.
Effective and recognized experience in litigation and advisory law
CATTA PRETA LEAL is a law firm that values ethics, respect and a holistic view of Law.
The work environment is collaborative and does not have any kind of artificial stratification of professionals.
Our Head Office is in a region marked by intense business activity where some of the large law firms of Minas Gerais are situated.
By working in litigation and advisory law our firm provides permanent legal advice to companies from various Brazilian and foreign cities that have investments in the country, with confidence and excellence.
The office is located in a region marked by intense business activity. With a modern and dynamic structure, we are prepared to receive customers and future clients in a personalized and transparent way, meeting their legal needs with ethics, respect and efficiency.
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