Brief Background

Since it was established in Rio de Janeiro, in 1956, one of the fundamental principles guiding the organization of Motta, Fernandes Rocha - Advogados has been rigorous training coupled with careful selection of new members of staff, thus ensuring that the standards of excellence for which the firm is known are consistently maintaned.

The arrival of various attorneys enabled the firm to consistently broaden its activities throughout its fifty-year existence. The decision to gradually increase staff levels, and the services provided, thus avoiding uncontrolled expansion, is one of the fundamental principles guiding the firm's organization: rigorous training coupled with careful selection of new members of staff ensures that the standards of excellence for which the firm is known are consistently maintained.

In Motta, Fernandes Rocha - Advogados, the teams are always organized to address the needs of the clients according to the nature of each individual case, with a view to putting the talents of each member of staff to the best possible use.

Motta, Fernandes Rocha - Advogados opened an office in the city of São Paulo in 1999, to better attend its clients based in that city and the south of Brazil.

The firm also became a member of the Latin American Network, an association of independent Latin-American law firms, which provides services on a non-exclusive basis to clients either based in Latin America, or with business interests throughout the whole region (www.latinamericannetwork.com).

The firm renders legal services in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.