Founded in 1993, Bichara, Barata, Costa & Rocha (“BBC&R”) is a full-service Brazilian law firm with offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia, Vitória and Volta Redonda, and correspondents in the major state capitals of the country, such as Salvador, Curitiba, Recife and Porto Alegre.

Currently with a total staff of 113 people, of which 88 are fee-earners, BBC&R constantly strives to provide clients with excellent services combining local knowledge and international standards to suit the increasingly demanding requirements of Brazilian and international companies operating in Brazil.

BBC&R acknowledges that the ability to communicate with clients in their own business language is the key to providing clients with exceptional legal services. Thus, BBC&R’s lawyers are fluent in English and some of them also in French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.

BBC&R is known for its outstanding performance in both consultancy and litigation work, in particular in the following fields:

- Tax consultancy and tax planning solutions
- Tax litigation
- Civil litigation
- Consumer matters
- Real estate investments and transactions
- Construction and Planning
- Expropriations and Administrative Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Corporate
- Company Restructuring and Insolvency
- Labour law consultancy and litigation
- Environment
- Concessions

As an outcome of its successful practice, BBC&R was ranked by the 2006 edition of Análise magazine – “The Finest in Law Practice” (Os Mais Admirados do Direito) - as one of the “Finest Law Firms” for Consumer, Corporate and Tax transactions. Some of BBC&R’s lawyers were also distinguished as one of the “Finest Lawyers” in Tax and Financial transactions. More recently, BBC&R was again quoted as “Finest Law Firm” in a comprehensive category by the 2008 edition of Análise magazine - “The Finest in Law Practice”.

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