The Zanin Martins team has a great deal of experience in managing company or personal crises caused by legal factors related to civil and criminal matters.
The Zanin Martins Advogados team has a great deal of experience in managing company or personal crises caused by legal factors related to civil and criminal matters.
Such experience, coupled with the ability to integrate the practice of law with other professional fields, such as communications, make the firm’s associates a benchmark when it comes to guidance and facing crises.
Zanin Martins has its brand in some of the main and most complex judicial disputes taken place in Brazilian courts both in company law related cases and criminal cases.
Zanin Martins has its brand in some of the main and most complex judicial disputes taken place in Brazilian courts both in company law related cases and criminal cases.
The associate lawyers are known for their fierce, fast, and innovative profile when it comes to defending and representing their clients straight from the trial court up to the appellate courts, including the Higher Courts such as the Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Supreme Court.The experience of the Zanin Martins associates in complex and huge cases within the national and international scenario place them as benchmark when it comes to situations in which the case is mistaken with the very survival of the company or institution, modality which is also known abroad as “bet-the-company litigation.”
Here are some strong examples of Brazilian litigious cases in which the firm’s associates have acted:
Conviction of the American company General Electric (GE) ordered to compensate Transbrasil, one of the main former air companies in Brazil, due to the bankruptcy filing based on a promissory note that had already been paid. The dispute started in 2002 before São Paulo State Court and pended before all instances;
Varig Case. Legal assistance in the acquisition of “Nova Varig” within the scope of judicial reorganization proceedings in 2007. Proceeding in a wide national and international litigation aiming at making the rights acquired by the client and the limits of responsibility established in the publication and the Judicial Recovery Act prevail. Leading case before the Federal Supreme Court to prevent the acquirer of assets in process of judicial reorganization from being contaminated with debts (RE 583.955/RJ).
Stopping the sale of Quattor petrochemicals to Brasken and to Petrobras after violation of rights of minority shareholders. The proceeding started in 2011 and was terminated in the same year after agreement between the parties.
Suspension of BM&F S/A capital stockholders’ meeting for prior problem resolution related to the bond sold to TOV brokerage to access the trading floor. The proceeding started in 2006 and was terminated in 2007, after the parties settled an agreement;
Stopping the sale of the Schincariol brewery to Japan’s Kirin , in view of the violation of the right of first choice and preference of minority shareholders. The proceeding began in 2011 and was terminated after agreement between the parties.
Operation Car Wash. Complete follow-up of all stages of the operation, launched in 2014, with the purpose of advising and guiding clients on the developments of the investigation. Representation of defendants during the pre-procedural and procedural stage. Limitation of the competent jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Curitiba (PR), where the operation started, by means of appeals judged by the Federal Supreme Court.
In the current national and international scenario of greater regulation and intensification of inspections and investigations, clients turn to Zanin Martins in search of our perceptions and wide experience in advisory and defense in compliance matters.
In the current national and international scenario of greater regulation and intensification of inspections and investigations, clients turn to Zanin Martins Advogados in search of our perceptions and wide experience in advisory and defense in compliance matters.
With an experienced and multidisciplinary team, we vigorously defend companies and individuals by anticipating action and strategically responding to investigations based on the Anti-Corruption Act, white-collar crimes, administrative corruption, competitive aspects, data protection, among others.
Our team has extensive experience conducting internal investigations in response to possible problems related to these aspects.
The Office maintains international partnerships aimed at the defense of clients who are subject to investigations based on the United States-issued Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and other similar acts regarding jurisdiction extension in international territories.
We associate legal knowledge with other tools such as auditing, expert analyses and press advisory to better cope with each specific situation.
Headed by professionals with extensive training and experience in the field, the Zanin Martins team is known for its speed and proficiency in legal guidance when it comes to corporate law.
Headed by professionals with extensive training and experience in the field, the Zanin Martins team is known for its speed and proficiency in legal guidance when it comes to corporate law.
Overall, the firm’s performance includes:
Business and activities structuring;
Company incorporation, joint ventures, consortiums, foundations and other forms of associations and partnerships.
Drafting and amending contracts and articles of incorporation, shareholders agreements, meetings and assemblies’ minutes, and other company documents.
Company reorganization and advisement in consolidations and acquisitions (company purchases and sales, holding of shares, assets, private equity operations and financed acquisitions), spin-offs, mergers, and liquidation.
Legal audits.
Advisement and counseling in various corporate matters.
Advisement for public and private companies.
Litigation and mediation involving corporate matters (exclusion of members, partial or total dissolution, civil liability of the partner for misuse of purpose, examination of assets, accounting, among other things);
Support for the management of consecutive crises in any type of association.
In this field, our team also has expertise in the analysis of the adequacy and elaboration of the arbitration clause, as well as upholding of arbitrary foreign sentences, providing appropriate and personalized advice.
Zanin Martins acts directly or in partnership before the most diverse International Courts.
Zanin Martins Advogados acts directly or in partnership before the most diverse International Courts. Its professionals were responsible for the first individual communication made by a Brazilian citizen to the UN Human Rights Committee, in 2016; and obtained, in 2018, unique preliminary decisions by this international body.