Da Fonte Advogados, aims to provide its clients with strategic counsel, typical of small offices with the sophistication of major firms. The firm currently operates across Brazil’s Northeast region with headquarters in Recife and branch offices in Salvador, Brasilia and São Paulo. The technical expertise, and core principles and values ​​help guide our mission of providing legal certainty and quality, efficient services to our clients.

IOver the years, Da Fonte Advogados has expanded its team, professionalized its management system and consolidated the values ​​that support its corporate culture-transparency, focus and commitment to quality. Currently, the firm has a team of more than sixty lawyers, divided into fifteen areas of legal practice. Each lawyer has experience with companies of various magnitudes and economic segments. Aligned with clients’ business interests and technical knowledge, the team at Da Fonte Advogados is able to provide services of the highest quality.

The firm’s main areas of expertise include among others: Arbitration, Corporate law, Tax law, Labour and Trade Union Relations, Civil Law, Social Security, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, IP Law, Energy Law as well as Infrastructure.

Rogério Vieira de Melo da Fonte

Rogério da Fonte is a founding partner at Da Fonte Advogados. He has extensive experience in Infrastructure Projects, Administrative law, Construction agreements, and Corporate law, having advised some of the largest construction companies in Brazil. From 2000 to 2010, he was responsible for the firm’s office in Angola. Besides his education in Law in Brazil, Rogério has a graduate degree in Business Administration from Harvard University, USA.

Rodrigo Colares

Rodrigo Colares is a senior partner at Da Fonte Advogados. Mr Colares has extensive experience in M&A, Investment Structuring, International agreements and Information Technology law. He has advised several prominent Brazilian and international technology companies and worked for more than 3 years in Madrid negotiating deals in the UK, the Netherlands, Portugal, Angola and other countries. Rodrigo obtained Law degrees both in Brazil and Spain, an LLM in IT Law (UK) and an MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

• ARBITRATION
• CORPORATE LAW
• TAX LAW
• LABOUR LAW AND TRADE UNION RELATIONS
• CIVIL LAW
• SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDING
• ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• LITIGATION AND PROCEDURAL CONSULTANCY
• FAMILY & PROBATE LAW
• REAL ESTATE LAW
• CRIMINAL CORPORATE LAW
• INTERNATIONAL LAW
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
• JUDICIAL RECOVERY & BANKRUPTCY
• ENERGY LAW
• INFRASTRUCTURE