Finocchio & Ustra (FIUS) is a full-service law firm focused on understanding and improving its clients’ businesses. Placing the client at the center and harnesses multidisciplinary efforts to mitigate risks and deliver strategic, innovative, reliable, and effective solutions. FIUS is incredibly proud to have an extremely talented team with approximately 250 individuals who operate within an ethical and collaborative environment, continually preparing for upcoming corporate challenges. The firm's core values revolve around respect, innovation, and excellence. Established in Campinas for 22 years, with additional branches in Ribeirão Preto, São José dos Campos, and São Paulo, FIUS has a strong presence in the state of São Paulo, as well as associates throughout Brazil and abroad.
We are one of the most respected law firms in Brazil and Latin America. With a practice spanning more than 75 years, we have never moved away from our main purpose and long-term commitment: to deliver legal services with the highest standard of quality and excellence.
We support our clients with an integrated approach and teams carefully tailored to the needs of our clients and each specific project. Our lawyers are readily available when and where required, remaining highly motivated to contribute to the commercial success of our clients.
We consistently rank among Brazil’s leading law firms in a wide variety of publications, including Chambers and Partners, TTR Data, Latin Lawyer, The Legal 500 and IFLR.
CGM was founded by an experienced group of partners who have been working together for more than two decades and were joined by other partners coming from reputable law firms.
CGM enjoys strong client and market recognition as acknowledged in important international publications and rankings. The firm’s service model focuses on solving its clients’ issues in a responsive, efficient, and business-oriented manner, combining technical expertise and creativity.
With a team of professionals graduated from reputable Brazilian law schools, many of the firm’s lawyers have also obtained master’s degrees and other qualifications abroad and have worked outside of Brazil.
CGM has a tight-knit network of partnerships, which allows it to provide services throughout Brazil and coordinate multijurisdictional projects in Latin America. The team works at a very fast pace and has in-depth knowledge of the law and business environment of the region.
CGM positions itself as a “client-service firm”, which means it is prepared to assist its clients from the most sophisticated transactions to the management of their daily legal routine. CGM is keen on spotting issues but equally committed to addressing them. The firm’s team eagerly pursues solutions to help clients do business and achieve their goals. In addition, the firm’s professionals’ long-term experience working with international clients results in the ability to explain the Brazilian legal system to foreigners in a very practical way and in being sensitive to the cultural differences of doing business in Brazil and elsewhere.
CGM assists domestic and foreign clients from various industries, with strong expertise in agribusiness, automotive, banking, chemicals, construction, defense, e-commerce, energy, healthcare, heavy industry, hospitality and leisure, information technology, infrastructure, real estate, insurance, logistics, pharmaceutical, medical, professional, and regulated services, retail, wholesale and transportation.
Mello Torres is a full-service firm that allies the expertise of renowned professionals with deep experience in the corporate and financial world and the enthusiasm of the new generation of distinguished lawyers with solid academic background and international experience.
We stand as a valued strategic partner for our clients with a hands-on approach, providing highly technically and business oriented legal advice, with an acute sense of market practices.