TozziniFreire boosts its office in the Brazilian South market hiring new partner

August 05, 2016

Specialist in labor law, Maurício de Carvalho Góes is the new member of TozziniFreire in Rio Grande do Sul. With his lateral hire, the firm now has 80 partners across the country.

Born in Porto Alegre, 40 years old, Doctor in Nanotechnological Labor Law, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos, 2014), and Master in Labor Law, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Ulbra, 2008). Góes has additional activities as a professor in several courses such as: the degree course in Law at PUC; the specialization course in Labor Law and Procedure at Centro de Estudos do Direito (CETRA); and at Escola Verbo Jurídico. He is also an official member of the Academia Sul-Riograndense do Direito do Trabalho.

Maurício joins the corporate team of TozziniFreire in South Brazil, which is formed by partners Luis Renato Ferreira da Silva, Gustavo Nygaard, Eduardo Mariotti, Roberto Bersch, Rafael Mallmann, Vinicius Berni and Gabriela Wink.

According to Roberto Bersch, Góes’s arrival is an important decision to the office's growth strategy in the South. "We are sure that Maurício will reinforce our labor team to meet current demands and, of course, meet those to come up with the Brazilian’s economic recovery", he says.

Founded 40 years ago, TozziniFreire was the first major Brazilian law firm to open its doors in Rio Grande do Sul in 2000. TozziniFreire is a full-service law firm acting in all areas of corporate law and has offices in Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Brasilia and New York.

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