We guarantee to our clients a qualified service, endowed with technical excellence, in the reach of the best solutions for the expected results in their endeavors and demands in the competences that we attend.
Incentive Laws to Cultural Projects
- Advice and consultancy in the use of mechanisms to incentive cultural projects in all spheres, from the legal framework, format, presentation and implementation of the project to accountability;
- Permanent consultancy during the production and realization of events and projects, in order to guarantee to the proponents the legal security preventive of its regularity with the Public Administration and to third holders of rights involved;
- Institutional and administrative representation with the organs of the Public Administration responsible for the mechanisms of incentive to culture, in all the spheres, regarding the presentation and monitoring of the process of projects and renderings of accounts, elaboration of consultations, opinions, manifestations and resources.
Intellectual Property and Personality Rights
- Consultancy in the area of intellectual property and related legal affairs (assignments, concessions, authorizations, licenses), including copyright and related, trademarks and software, in attendance to companies, audiovisual producers, cultural artists, actors, musicians, architects, advertising, among others.
- Legal advice for the elaboration of contracts (productions, co-productions, literary and phonographic editions, etc.);
- Assistance for the registration of intellectual works with the competent authorities;
- Negotiation and release of copyrights and personality (clearence) in the scope of projects and intellectual works;
- Advice on business related to personality rights (image, voice, statements, biographical data);
- Legal representation in judicial and extrajudicial measures related to intellectual property and personality rights.
Industrial Property - Trademarks, Patents and Industrial Designs
- Preparation and submission of applications for registration of trademark, patent and industrial design with the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO;
- Preparation and submission of applications for registration of trademark, patent and industrial design abroad;
- Administrative and legal advice and consultancy in trademarks, patents and industrial designs;
- Analysis and Legal Opinion of conflicted Trademarks;
- Trademarks, patents and industrial designs Search;
- Legal Opinion about registrability in Brazil;
- Due Diligence in Trademarks and Patents;
- Freedom to Operate – FTO;
- Judicial and Extrajudicial Notifications;
- Actions of Administrative Nullity, Compensation, Abstention of use, among others involving Industrial Property;
- Market evaluation of Trademarks.
Third Sector
- Advice and consultancy to private non-profit legal entities of cultural nature, including constitution, statutory amendment, assemblies, activity monitoring and tax and contractual consulting;
- Advice to obtain special qualifications with the Public Administration (OSCIP, public utility);
- Advice and Consulting in the formation and execution of instruments signed with the Public Administration, such as agreements, Partnership Terms and similar instruments;
- Consultancy in the search of benefits and donations with the private initiative from tax deductions established by law, monitoring of activities and tax and contractual advice.
Administrative Law
- Advising and Consulting in Public Calls, administrative contracts, agreements and similar instruments;
- Legal representation in administrative proceedings, acting in all spheres of the Public Administration (Public Prosecutor’s Office, Courts of Accounts, Ministries, Agencies, Secretaries of State, City Halls, etc.);
- Legal assistance in Accountability of funds transferred before the Public Administration;
- Legal representation in lawsuits related to the matters presented.
Franchising
- Legal Advise on Formatting Franchises;
- Forwarding the trademark for registration with the BPTO;
- Trademark Licensing;
- Elaboration of COF (Circular of Franchise Offer – legal document);
- Franchise Pre-Contract Elaboration – legal document;
- Elaboration of the Franchise Contract;
- Advice on other necessary contracting.