Amaral,
Paes de Andrade and
Figueirêdo
Attorneys-at-Law

Established in 2014, A&PA – Amaral, Paes de Andrade and Figueirêdo Attorneys-at-Law – is made of a team of professionals that are committed to technical excellency, effectiveness and dedication to its clients through a swift, tailored service that is based on ethical principles.

Our Firm is home to outstanding attorneys with experience on several fields of Law, such as Administrative, Commercial, Private, Labor and Tax Laws.

In order to provide our clients with better services, A&PA implemented a state-of-the-art system of case management that allows our clients to access a report of their legal cases and follow-up on the time spent on each procedure, be it consultative or litigious.

Our team, besides working on the immediate needs of our clients and business partners, is dedicated to studying solutions for profitability and growth of your business, bringing new opportunities and/or mitigation of the risks involved in your activities.

Subscribe to our newsletter


    Contact our Firm


       

      Administrative Law

      1. Legal assistance with government acquisitions (competitive bidding);
      2. Legal assistance with government contracts;
      3. Legal assistance with the drafting of government-related agreements, specially concession contracts and public-private partnerships, as well as with the formulation of the necessary PMIs [Procedimentos de Manifestação de Interesse (Expressions of Interest – EoI)] for those projects, roughly in the fields of street lighting, solid waste, energy efficiency and port terminals;
      4. Monitoring and preparation of defenses against sanctioning procedures instituted by the Government.

      Private Law

      1. Legal assistance with real estate transactions, development and structuring of projects;
      2. Actions for reviewing of consumption-related agreements;
      3. Legal assistance with security agreements and fulfilment of contractual obligations;
      4. Real estate, condominium related, possessory and eviction actions;
      5. Action for damages;
      6. Judicial and out-of-court inventory;
      7. Claims;
      8. Judicial and out-of-court adverse possession.

      Commercial Law

      1. Resolution of corporate disputes;
      2. Commercial Agreements;
      3. Proprietary and Estate Planning;
      4. Legal assistance with Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A);
      5. Structuring of Foreign Investments;
      6. Corporate Law;
      7. Resolution of corporate disputes;
      8. Commercial Agreements;
      9. Proprietary and Estate Planning;
      10. Legal assistance with Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A);
      11. Structuring of Foreign Investments;
      12. Structuring of Startups;
      13. Legal audit of corporate transactions.

      Labor Law

      • Preparation of administrative and judicial litigation defenses, and monitoring of investigative procedures conducted by the Labor Prosecution Office;
      • Preparation of advisory opinions on subjects related to Labor Laws;
      • Performing of labor audits (due diligence);
      • Labor Compliance;

      Tax Law

      • Consulting on tax and social-security matters;
      • Administrative and judicial litigation;
      • Auditing of corporate transactions (due diligence);
      • Tax review;
      • Attainment of tax breaks;
      • Tax planning;
      • Foreign trade.

      Edinaldo Paulo do Amaral

      Practice Area: Administrative Law

      Education: Bachelor of Laws at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies in Corporate Law at IBMEC (Brazilian Institute of Stock Market).

      Language skills: Portuguese and English.

      edinaldo@aepa.adv.br

      Braz Paes de Andrade Filho

      Partner

      Practice Area: Tax Law.

      Bachelor of Laws at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies in Tax Law at the Brazilian Institute for Tax Studies; Tax Law LLM at INSPER (undergoing).

      Language skills: Portuguese and English.

      braz@aepa.adv.br

      Luiz Filipe Figueirêdo Batista

      Partner

      Practice Area: Administrative Law.

      Education: Bachelor of Laws at The Catholic University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies in Administrative Law at The Federal University of Pernambuco. Graduate studies in Electoral Law at the OAB/ESA (Brazilian Bar Association / Higher School of Law).

      Language skills: Portuguese, English and German

      luiz.filipe@aepa.adv.br


      Carolina Pirro Ayres de Moura

      Attorney

      Practice Area: Private and Labor Law.

      Education: Bachelor of Laws at The Catholic University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies in Private Corporate Law at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies in Public Law at The Maurício de Nassau University.

      Language skills: Portuguese, English and Spanish

      carolina.pirro@aepa.adv.br

      Luísa Dubourcq Santana

      Attorney

      Practice Area: Administrative Law.

      Education: Bachelor of Laws at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies at Administrative Law at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Master’s degree of Law at The Federal University of Pernambuco (undergoing).

      Language skills: Portuguese, English, German and Spanish.

      luisa@aepa.adv.br

      Eduarda Diniz Leal

      Advogada

      Área de Atuação: Direito Empresarial e Tributário.

      Formação: Graduada em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco;

      Idiomas: Português, Inglês e Francês.

      eduarda.diniz@aepa.adv.br

      Ricardo Arruda

      Advogado

      Área de Atuação: Direito Tributário.

      Graduado em Direito Pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Pós Graduado em Planejamento Tributário pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Mestrado em Processo Civil pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (em curso)

      Idiomas: Português, Inglês e Espanhol.

      ricardo.arruda@aepa.adv.br


      Rafaella Maçães

      Attorney

      Practice Area: Private Law.

      Education: Bachelor of Laws at The Integrated College Barros Melo and licensed at the Brazilian Bar Association under the number # 36203 with a vast experience in private litigious actions.

      Language skills: Portuguese and English.

      rafaella.macaes@aepa.adv.br

      Diljesse de Moura P. de Vasconcelos Filho

      Practice Area: Tax Law.

      Bachelor of Laws at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Graduate studies in Tax Law at the Brazilian Institute for Tax Studies.

      Language skills: Portuguese; English; Spanish and German.

      diljesse.vasconcelos@aepa.adv.br

      Ricardo Schmitz Filho

      Attorney

      Practice Area: Private Law.

      Education: Bachelor of Laws at The Federal University of Pernambuco; Master’s degree in European Legal Practice at the University of Lisbon (undergoing).

      Language skills: Portuguese; English; French and Spanish.

      ricardo.schmitz@aepa.adv.br

      Anne Beatriz Moreira de Lacerda

      Bachelor of Laws at The Catholic University of Pernambuco.

      Language skills: Portuguese, English and Spanish.

      anne.lacerda@aepa.adv.br


      Nathália de Carvalho Grizzi Proto

      Ggraduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of Recife - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), lawyer registered in OAB / PE nº 30.782, postgraduate by Ibmec in LLM in Corporate Law, master's degree by UFPE in the line of international contractual relations, with studies focused on law and new technologies, and a researcher at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in the line of creative economy. She has extensive experience in the corporate area, focusing on the areas of corporate law, contracts and national and international investments, M & A, structured operations, corporate reorganization projects, estate and succession planning and capital restructuring.

      Language skills: Portuguese and English.

      nathalia.grizzi@aepa.adv.br

      Maria Beatriz Saboya Barbosa

      Graduada em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito do Recife - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), advogada inscrita na OAB/PE sob o nº 36.422, Beatriz é pós-graduada em Direito Administrativo pela Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp, possuindo vasta expertise em demandas relacionadas ao Direito Civil, tanto na parte consultiva como na esfera contenciosa.

      Idiomas: Portuguese; English and German.

      beatriz.saboya@aepa.adv.br