In the corporate environment, Compliance is a set of measures and procedures aimed at preventing, detecting and remedying the occurrence of irregularities, fraud and corruption.

Compliance is related to corporate integrity, which may vary according to the activities carried out by the company and may involve labor, tax, regulatory and competition obligations, among others.

Complying with such rules is what the expression “being in compliance with” is all about, which also refers to internal controls and corporate governance.

Our Governance and Compliance Department advises companies of all sizes to develop and implement Compliance policies and mechanisms.

The department is also responsible for advising clients to be in compliance with LGPD (Brazilian Data Protection Regulation).

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The biggest challenge in litigation management is risk and information management. These actions must be constantly aligned with the strategic objectives of the organizations.

GNL’s Civil and Business Litigation department stands out in services of monitoring and defending its client’s interests in lawsuits and administrative proceedings, with full performance in all types of demands.

The department sectorizes and specializes by topic and level of complexity to accommodate all business civil litigation.

Our goal is to provide modern, dynamic and consistent services, always focused on the financial and legal outcomes of our clients.

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Commercial relationships progressively require more prevention or direct legal action to solve recurring issues between consumers and service providers.

For this reason, GNL acts both preventively and in litigation. We conduct lawsuits involving consumer complaints in general, including damages, compensation, redresses or contract review and renegotiations, among others.

We also litigate in administrative proceedings with the competent agencies arising from violations and rulings in such proceedings.

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Each contract is unique. It is essential to rely on a specialist who can offer legal support and identify inconsistencies, translate the business deal into contract terms and ensure the performance of all obligations.

Our Business Contracts department is dedicated to the drafting, review and negotiation of contracts for our clients, in addition to providing consulting in the many negotiations of business and financial contracts.

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GNL has a team used to the complexity of the demands involving the government.

We provide consulting and legal assistance on public biddings and government contracts in general to support businesses related to Administrative Law such as consortia and public-private partnerships (PPPs).

Our team also works with litigation law, which involves the public authorities, such as challenges to public notices, appeals and others.

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Our Real Estate Law department actions are linked both to real estate developers and to large business groups. We offer advisory on the acquisition and leasing of properties, incorporations and implementation of subdivisions, mortgages and other security interests. The scope of our legal advisory is threefold:

Cases based on consumer relations: advisory on lawsuits or administrative proceedings based on consumer relations in the context of real estate developments and land subdivision.

Real estate litigation: legal services in proceedings related to real estate, such as adverse possession eviction, expropriation and easement suits, among others.

Strategic real estate consulting: preventive or remedial legal advisory, on an ongoing basis, for any and all legal issues related to common issues of real estate companies. We work on drafting and reviewing contracts, advising on negotiations, due diligences, real estate developments, drafting legal opinions, conducting lawsuits and administrative proceedings involving strategic issues. See also our services in Built to Suit contracts.

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The department is responsible for advising and conducting corporate demands that range from the incorporation and alteration of companies and opening of branches to complex corporate operations, such as primary funding of investments, asset restructuring and succession planning.

Working together with our Tax Law department, we seek to implement these operations with maximum tax efficiency and with the least possible interference in the operational activities of our clients.

We perform our actions in tandem with the clients, increasing their business potential and, consequently, their results through the law.

Our team’s multidisciplinary training and qualifications provide a broader vision and positioning rather than the purely legal approach.

The department also operates in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) operations.

In addition to preparing and structuring all documents related to these operations (memoranda of understanding, share purchase and sale agreements, shareholders’ agreement, etc.), we actively participate in their negotiation, including in aspects that go beyond the legal aspects.

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In GNL, the Labor department focuses on caring for the client’s business. This value has been in the essence of the firm since its beginning.

To litigate in labor suits, GNL was structured to offer custom care for each client. We conduct multiple actions, representing both plaintiff and defendant preventively and in the solution of existing issues. We litigate in tandem with the client’s HR, Board of Directors and in connection with the Labor Prosecution Office, among others.

Answers to Notices of Infraction, Legal Opinions and Due Diligences, including for M&A’s, are also included in our services.

In addition to legal technique, we believe in a data-oriented approach, to support the client’s decisionmaking regarding recurring problems, as well as more assertively predicting liabilities.

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For GNL, ethics and transparency are the main pillars of a good relationship with its clients and business partners.

With trade unions, of course, it could not be different. Within the scope of Labor Law, collective bargaining agreements are negotiated according to the reality of the client and the industry sector.

Our performance is guided by negotiation in order to provide the security these demands require, which are paramount for business activity.

From the participation in preliminary meetings and negotiations, to the drafting of Collective Agreements, GNL’s team is always present.

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The firm’s Tax practice offers strategic and customized legal solutions for companies, economic groups, and investors, providing highly complex advisory and litigation services.

Tax Consulting

Our team works on structuring and restructuring operations with a focus on tax efficiency and legal certainty. Services include:

  • Domestic and international tax planning;
  • Application of treaties to avoid double taxation;
  • Succession planning and asset organization;
  • Analysis of tax regimes and assessment of tax risks;
  • Structuring of real estate investments through investment funds;
  • Advice on foreign investments in Brazil;
  • Obtaining special regimes and federal, state, and municipal tax benefits;
  • Tax diagnosis and recovery of tax and social security credits;
  • Taxation in the financial and capital markets;
  • Tax support in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.

Tax Litigation

With strong administrative and judicial expertise, we represent clients in complex tax disputes at the federal, state, and municipal levels. Our services include:

  • Defense in tax audits and tax assessment notices;
  • Strategic representation before CARF and other administrative councils;
  • Judicial representation in federal, state, and higher courts;
  • Monitoring of leading cases in the STF and STJ;

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    Our firm offers specialized advisory in Environmental and Urban Law, which ranges from preventive consulting, from drafting of legal opinions to monitoring licensing and authorizing acts issued by all entities of the federation.

    In addition, GNL is constantly performing administrative work with environmental agencies and in the evidence production and follow-up stages of civil inquiries, advising and intermediating Consent Decrees, as well as in the defense of public interest civil actions, or environmental criminal suits.

    We also offer legal advisory for prior analysis of environmental risks (due diligence) to mitigate negotiation risks and lead to a successful venture.

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    Our Mining Law department has extensive experience in advising limestone mining companies, and with the peculiarities related to the typical karst terrain.

    Our team drafts legal opinions, participates in negotiations involving companies, surface-right owners, or regulatory agencies, and in mining litigation and administrative proceedings.

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    The Family and Succession Practice offers comprehensive legal support and customized solutions for property, emotional, and succession issues, ensuring legal certainty and peace of mind for families. Our work ranges from preventive planning to the resolution of complex conflicts, always with the aim of avoiding disputes, preserving family relationships and assets, optimizing resources, and ensuring that our clients’ wishes are fulfilled.

    Among the main activities of the Center, the following stand out:

    • Drafting of wills (public, private, or closed), tailored to family needs and asset profiles, ensuring that the wishes of the owner are respected and that succession occurs harmoniously and within legal limits.
    • Structuring lifetime gifts with the aim of reducing tax costs and preventing future litigation.
    • Conducting extrajudicial inventories (via a notary), facilitating sharing without bureaucracy.
    • Acting in complex judicial inventories, including inheritance disputes, undeclared assets, or situations where there is no consensus.
    • Calculation and regularization of ITCMD (Tax on Causa Mortis Transfers and Donations), ensuring tax compliance.
    • Guidance on property regimes, common-law marriage contracts, prenuptial agreements, and other legal instruments involving estate planning and the protection of family interests.
    • Planning for reconstituted families (second marriages), ensuring the rights of spouses, children, and stepchildren.
    • Defense of necessary heirs and guidance on exclusion for unworthiness or disinheritance.

    At the Family and Succession Center, we transform complex challenges into practical solutions, ensuring that family assets and histories are preserved with ethics, technique, and humanization.

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    Our firm’s Wealth and Succession Planning Group was created to offer comprehensive, secure, and customized solutions. We act strategically and preventively to protect the assets of families, entrepreneurs, and investors, combining legal knowledge, tax optimization, best governance practices, and human sensitivity.

    With a multidisciplinary team of specialized lawyers, tax consultants, conflict mediators specializing in corporate law, and corporate governance professionals, the center offers an integrated approach. Our team is able to identify risks, anticipate scenarios, and suggest the best alternatives for asset management and transfer, always aligned with each client’s objectives and needs.
    Among the main activities carried out by the Center, the following stand out:

    • Detailed asset diagnosis: thorough analysis of assets, liabilities, corporate structures, and tax aspects, providing a basis for safe and efficient decisions.
    • Development of customized succession plans: use of instruments such as wills, direct donations, establishment of family holding companies, creation of offshore companies, asset funds, and other legal mechanisms, with the aim of perpetuating assets and maintaining harmony in family relationships.
    • Corporate structuring and reorganization: with a focus on asset protection, business succession, and business continuity, always in compliance with current legislation and best governance practices.
    • Specialized tax advice: identification of tax savings opportunities and assurance of compliance with federal, state, and municipal regulations, optimizing the transfer of assets and rights.
    • Monitoring of judicial and extrajudicial inventories: management of asset distribution and regularization, seeking quick and effective solutions for the transfer of assets.
    • Consulting on family law and succession issues: guidance on property regimes, prenuptial agreements, family agreements, and conflict mediation, always with a focus on dispute prevention.

    Our commitment is to ensure legal certainty, peace of mind, and efficiency at every stage of estate and succession planning. In this way, we ensure that our clients’ interests are preserved and that succession occurs in an orderly and harmonious manner. The multidisciplinary approach of the team provides a broad and integrated view, resulting in real, viable solutions tailored to the reality of each family or company.

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