When a family has assets, heirs or residence in more than one country, succession stops being a probate case and becomes a structural problem. We deal with it before it becomes a dispute.
Brazilian law applies to succession the law of the deceased’s last domicile. The country where the property, the account or the equity interest sits usually applies its own. The result is predictable: the same estate subject to two incompatible sets of rules, heirs in different jurisdictions and a probate that drags on for years.
We advise families, partners and family businesses on the structuring of their wealth and the organization of succession — holdings, wills, gifts, family agreements and governance — so that the transfer follows what the family decided, not what the conflict of laws dictates.
We also conduct probate proceedings and disputes when planning was not done in time, including with assets located in more than one country.
Each structure is built with the specialist it requires: tax counsel for ITCMD and Law 14,754 matters, and a local correspondent in each country where the family holds assets. Coordination and responsibility remain with the firm.
This practice combines three competencies that rarely coexist in the same firm: corporate and international structuring, courtroom experience in probate and family disputes, and knowledge of how large estates are actually managed by banks and family offices.
When the case requires tax counsel, a valuation expert or a foreign lawyer, the professional joins the team — and the client keeps dealing with the person who studied the case.
Corporate law and international transactions; comparative governance and the formation of structures in Brazil and abroad.
More than twenty years of courtroom practice in probate, estate division and family disputes before the Brazilian courts.
Decades in wealth management and multi-family offices in Brazil, New York and Switzerland, at Vice President level.
The first conversation is with the responsible partner, under professional privilege, and serves to understand the composition of the estate and define whether and how we can help.