TF Global

/Korea Desk

/China Desk

As China’s presence in the global economy continues to expand, trade relations between Brazil and China have become increasingly important. TozziniFreire’s China Desk is comprised of capable professionals who specialize in assisting Chinese and Brazilian companies with their investments and businesses in both countries.

The China Desk has extensive experience securing investments and deals in Brazil on behalf of major Chinese companies and financial institutions. In addition, the practice has represented numerous Brazilian companies seeking to invest in China.

Our professionals are regularly invited to speak on an array of China-related business and legal issues before a broad range of companies, several Brazilian government agencies, and the country’s top business schools.

/Italian Desk

We ally the force of a full service, Brazilian based, independent law firm, to the cultural knowledge of our professionals.

Italy is very present throughout Brazil’s history in industry, services and tourism. Our team help investors, bridging the gap between different cultures, local requirements and specificities of the law.

Working as a hub for Latin America, TozziniFreire assists clients not only on starting their ventures in the region, but also advice Brazilian clients to enter in the Italian market, using local partners.

The team is known for providing business oriented legal advice to clients, with a risk-based approach, helping them to start their new business and to solve any complex issues that could appear during the course of business.

Our partner responsible for this Desk, Giovanni Falcetta, has lived in the country on several occasions and knows profoundly its culture. His focused in foster opportunities of collaboration with clients and local firms, especially related to foreign investment and transactional work, both part of TozziniFreire’s DNA.

/German Desk

Our German Desk utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to providing legal assistance to major companies in the German, Austrian, and Swiss (DACH) region, as well as mid-size companies seeking to conduct business in Brazil. Fluent in German and up-to-date on the latest developments impacting bilateral trade relations, our professionals specialize in M&A, local subsidiaries, joint ventures with local commercial partners, and product sales in the Brazilian market.

The practice works with a number of foreign law firms on international acquisitions involving DACH and Brazilian companies. It also represents Brazilian companies seeking to expand business operations into DACH countries, and in the protection of various interests on behalf of Brazilian companies in foreign jurisdictions.

/Japan Desk

Japan Desk

TozziniFreire’s Japan Desk was created to offer tailor-made services to Japanese companies, with whom the firm has maintained relationships for decades. Today, the Desk is one of the biggest among Brazilian law firms. Working in a multidisciplinary fashion, the group fully assists Japanese clients in their businesses in Brazil, having significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects, establishment of subsidiaries, joint ventures with local partners and in selling their products in the Brazilian market.

The group has many of Japan’s major trading companies as its clients, as well as large and mid-sized industrial and financial companies, frequently acting as a project coordinator and having the support of specialized practices within the firm. The team has professionals with work experience in Japan, both in major law firms and companies. The group also has partnerships with law firms in Japan and Japanese offices of international firms that operate in global acquisitions involving Brazilian and Japanese companies.

/Portuguese Desk

The relationship between Brazil and Portugal goes far beyond history and commercial activity, which is extremely relevant for both countries and for Europe as a whole: there are more than 500 years of very close coexistence, which continues to this day.

Operating with all the necessary knowledge of the legislation and peculiarities of both countries, TozziniFreire’s Portuguese Desk can be considered as one of the most active and comprehensive foreign desks among Brazilian firms.

The group currently has two partners. João Ribeiro da Costa, native of Portugal, who has lived and worked in the Brazilian market for around 20 years, and maintains daily contact with Portuguese clients and firms, associations, entities, and relationship networks, in addition to the governments of Brazil and Portugal, ensuring the best channel to support the generation of business in a safe and agile way.

Giovanni Paolo Falcetta, Brazilian and one of the partners responsible for the firms’ relationship with Europe, works alongside with João in this role. Together, they consolidate TozziniFreire’s differential for the region, combining global expertise, local action, and constancy to develop and consolidate the three pillars of the Portuguese Desk:

1. Improving the business environment between Brazil and Portugal, through the promotion of solid partnerships.
2. Taking active role in relationship networks and associations to prospect joint opportunities.
3. Combining the local and international expertise of both partners to deliver a service with high added-value to our clients and partners.
    

With in-depth performance, we advise Portuguese and European companies that, from Portugal, want to invest in Brazil. In addition, we also support Brazilian companies seeking international expansion. We operate in the most diverse market sectors, including, among others, the industrial, energy, technology, food, education, financial, real estate, and tourism segments.

The Portuguese Desk also operates on other traditional Portuguese trade routes: Africa, China, and India. By making the most of the relationship and historical commercial agreements between Portugal and these countries, the Portuguese Desk uses its skills to add value to companies in these 3 geographies as they approach Brazil

/Latin America Desk

Brazil’s growing industry and unique characteristics, as well as the country’s strong connection with other Latin American countries, make it an attractive market to businesses around the world. TozziniFreire’s Latin America Desk offers in-depth expertise to clients conducting business in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Experienced in a variety of corporate matters across a spectrum of industry groups, our professionals provide clients with a full range of specialized services ranging from transactional to day-to-day activities, including M&A, local subsidiaries, joint ventures with local commercial partners, product sales in the Brazilian market, corporate and contractual matters, and tax, labor, and litigation issues.