Martinelli Advogados is one of the most distinguished and innovative full-service law firms in Brazil, driven by excellence in services and reputation with a business perspective. Founded in 1997, the firm has expanded throughout strategic Brazilian cities, with a highly qualified technical excellence and quality legal services to satisfy its clients' needs. Different clients, different solutions, and because of that we always play on our client’s side providing personalised services.
We believe that our greatest asset is our people. That is the reason why we focus on constant training, development, and evolution, employing our best efforts to qualify our professionals, assuring that they have the skills to make things happen with efficiency, excellence, speed and compliance. Our daily purpose is to surpass our clients’ expectations. We seek to be long-term business partners to our clients, since intelligent and innovative solutions enable us both to grow together. What especially binds us to our clients is a close, personal and permanent relationship with them.
Our multidisciplinary team of more than 750 professionals includes lawyers, advisers, consultants, interns and paralegals, assuring that the client receives high-quality legal and advisory services in addition to a customised support provided in a deep understanding of our clients’ objectives.
The firm has also global reach, being part of an international network of independent firms and also having best friend alliances with worldwide local and global law firms, advising domestic and foreign clients in Brazil and also giving support to Brazilian companies in foreign jurisdictions.
The reflection of our alliance and commitment with clients allows us to be more interactive and closer to them in different locations throughout several cities in this country: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Brasilia, Florianópolis, Joinville, Maringá, Caxias do Sul, Campinas, Criciúma, Chapecó, Cascavel, Passo Fundo, Riberão Preto and Sinop.
Social responsibility and pro bono
Martinelli has also a strong commitment to citizenship actions, demonstrated by our pro bono activities and by our Instituto Martinelli Solidariedade, the social arm of our firm, that recently completed 10 years of work, supporting countless entities and helping people to improve education, health conditions and social justice.
Since 2020, and renewed annually, Martinelli Advogados became a signatory member of the ODS SC National Movement, adhering to the UN Global Compact for Sustainable Development and Citizenship, assuming the responsibility of contributing to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Compact is a call for companies to align their strategies and operations with 10 universal principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labor, Environment and Anti-Corruption and develop actions that contribute to facing society's challenges. It is now the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 16,000 members, including companies and organizations, spanning 160 countries.
