About us

We are a full-service law firm operating for over 42 years, present in relevant financial centers in Brazil and the world. With offices in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, New York and London, and over 200 employees, we endeavor to assist domestic and international clients with their legal needs. Our client portfolio comprises from Brazilian, multinational, Global 1000 and Fortune 500 companies to emerging businesses oriented towards developing leading technologies in their industries.

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COOPERATION WITH DLA PIPER

For over 12 years, we have worked in cooperation with DLA Piper, one of the world’s largest law firms (www.dlapiper.com), affording us access to over 5,000 lawyers located in over 40 countries, including Nordic countries, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. CMA’s broad service platform and market presence meet the needs of clients of all sizes and from all industries. We have a unique combination of a local traditional corporate law firm and an international giant, resulting outstanding service and an ability to deliver high quality results that live up to the highest market standards.

CMA in Numbers

44

Partners

86

NPS

+890

Recognitions

297

Employees

22

Practice Areas

6

Offices

Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Brasília
New york
London
Miami

14

Industries

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Being always aware that clients require cost and price efficiency as well as high-quality, agile, effective solutions, and with the mindset that we must operate and grow in a way that is healthy, sustainable, mindful, and consistent with our values, we adopt the most modern and innovative management methods to support our constant pursuit of improvement.

The best way to do this is with people who meet high technical standards, and are diverse, empathic, and so motivated that not only do they execute the management plan, but they also help build it. Therefore, people are one of the pillars of our management. Hence, monitoring performance, making training programs available, and caring for employees’ physical and mental health are fundamental practices, as is building an integrated work environment where we value collaboration and shared knowledge.

We want to execute our new management program with persistence and discipline, and we believe ethics and principles are the basis of any relationship – and relationships happen to be one of our values. Therefore, governance is fundamental to ensuring that principles will be respected throughout the journey and thus guaranteeing the trust of the firm’s interest groups such as partners, employees, clients, vendors, and society at large.

That is why our partners meet frequently and regularly, as do our committees, to address, propose, approve, and monitor the implementation of policies, procedures, processes, and various other matters, always prizing a diversity of perspectives.

Probono / Projetos Sociais

Pro Bono/ Social Projects

We consider it our duty to contribute to society and we do that in various ways, one of which is pro bono work.

Together with our commercial partner DLA Piper, we advise several organizations oriented towards various issues, all with a common goal: transforming our world into a better place.

All our pro bono work is done by volunteers from the CMA team, who are also passionate about the goal of being able to contribute to Brazilian society.

Secondments

At CMA, we believe our clients are our business partners and we must constantly improve to better serve them. We continuously invest in various forms of training, with secondments being one of them.

We are very proud to be able to provide our lawyers with the opportunity to undergo secondments at various DLA Piper offices, in different countries and continents. In addition to providing professional learning, a secondment is an enriching personal experience which will make a mark on their careers. "

Secondment

Recognitions

"Our recognition is s result of the CMA team of specialists’ daily contributions to solving our clients’ challenges.

To us, nothing is more important than the relationship and the excellence we offer to our clients. This is embedded in our values. And that is why we have adopted the NPS (Net Promoter Score) methodology as a process in which we are constantly evaluated by our clients. Our most recent score (2021) was 89, which is considered to be within the range of excellence – the highest level under the methodology. In addition, we participate in the most important legal rankings and are often compared with the best law firms in evaluations made by major organizations using the opinions of professionals from the world’s largest companies as a criterion. We have obtained significant recognitions, and the specialized work done by the CMA team has made us into a reference firm. "

 

 

Best Lawyers
Chambers and Partners
IFLR 1000
NPS83
LatinFinance
Leaders League

What our customers say

“Sources benefit from the firm's international platform, with one interviewee remarking that "by virtue of the partnership with DLA Piper, Campos Mello Advogados has extensive knowledge on issues that involve more than one jurisdiction." The same source adds that "the information is obtained in an agile and in-depth manner, since the office is accustomed to dealing with disputes that involve not only Brazilian law."

Chambers and Partners

“‘The department lawyers have a remarkable ability to reconcile technical knowledge with a business sense, evaluating the matters put under consultation in depth and at the same time offering precise, concise recommendations, with the clarity and objectivity that a competitive business requires.”

Client – The Legal 500 / Real Estate

‘Established a trustful relationship and delivered a high quality service. They brought professionalism and high technical quality. It is also important to highlight the commitment to deadlines.’

Client – The Legal 500 / Insurance

“We could see the huge difference working with Campos Mello, being 100% ethical and transparent during the whole process.”

Client – The Legal 500 / Compliance

‘Highly engaged and accessible team. Solution-oriented. They think out-of-the-box and always have a practical approach to problems.’

Client – The Legal 500 – Electricity