Pratice Areas Litigation
Litigation
We assist our clients in judicial and arbitral litigation with a focus on strategy, risk management, and the protection of business, wealth, and reputation.
Litigation is the arena where the judicial protection of legally protected rights and interests is realized, and where conflicts that cannot be resolved through negotiation are settled.
In a context of increasing contractual, regulatory, and evidentiary complexity, disputes in civil, commercial, corporate, or criminal matters can significantly affect business continuity, consume management time, and jeopardize value built over years.
The professional management of litigation requires more than "being right"; it entails choosing the appropriate timing, type of action, forum, and procedural stance, weighing costs, deadlines, reputational impact, and effects on other contractual or regulatory relationships. The firm approaches litigation as an extension of the company's strategy or the client's personal situation, integrating the legal assessment with their personal, economic, and institutional reality.
Services
We assume the global management of civil, commercial, and criminal disputes in state or arbitral courts. We analyze the viability of the action or defense, the economic and reputational risk, the priority between lawsuits, and the opportunity to pursue or avoid a specific dispute. We define the procedural strategy regarding claims, defenses, means of proof, and potential recourse to arbitration, monitoring all its stages: hearings, expert assessments, evidentiary motions, and appeals.
We keep the client informed about scenarios, deadlines, and possible outcomes, coordinating litigation with corporate, tax, labor, regulatory, or public law practices whenever the dispute involves cross-cutting components, ensuring a coherent response.
A well-constructed statement of claim or a solid statement of defense can alter the course of a dispute. We work on each case based on the facts and documents actually available. We structure the narrative, select claims and defenses, anticipate the counterparty's reaction, and design a coherent evidentiary strategy (witnesses, expert opinions, documents).
We coordinate the drafting with the global strategy: room for settlement, media impact, and effects on other lawsuits or regulators. The objective is to go to court with a clear, technically robust narrative aligned with the client's long-term interests.
When there is a risk of serious and irreparable harm, such as loss of assets, bank account freezes, disruption of supply chains, enforcement of guarantees, or disclosure of sensitive information, we evaluate the need to resort to interim measures or other urgent relief mechanisms.
We analyze the proportionality of the measure, the available evidence, costs, and the probability of success, and we frame the interim measure within the main action and the potential negotiation strategy. The goal is to preserve the client's legal position and prevent damage that would render a favorable final decision ineffective, without losing sight of the economic and reputational impact of each initiative.
Our approach
Pragmatism
Resorting to litigation is evaluated in light of the client's strategy, based on a cost-benefit assessment.
Consistency
We structure statements of claim, statements of defense, procedural incidents, and appeals based on the facts and available evidence, avoiding theories disconnected from the reality of the case.
Urgency
We evaluate resorting to interim measures and other urgent relief mechanisms, always in coordination with the main action and the negotiation strategy.
FAQs
We manage judicial and arbitral litigation in civil, commercial, corporate, and criminal matters, from the analysis of the viability of the action or defense to appeals, always focusing on strategy, risk management, and the protection of the business, wealth, and reputation.
When the economic, regulatory, or reputational risk is significant and the negotiation path proves insufficient or blocked. Before filing an action, we evaluate costs, deadlines, success probability, and the impact on other contracts or proceedings to determine whether litigation is the best option.
When there is a risk of serious and irreparable harm, such as loss of assets, account blocks, enforcement of guarantees, disruption of supply chains, or disclosure of sensitive information. In these cases, we evaluate whether the interim measure is proportional, what evidence is available, and how it coordinates with the main action and the negotiation strategy.
We start from the facts and evidence actually available, not from abstract theories. We structure the statement of claim, define claims and defenses, select the means of proof, and anticipate the counterparty's reaction. The objective is to enter court with a clear, technically solid narrative aligned with the client's long-term goals.
We re-analyze the case based on the opposing party's initial pleading, reconstruct the relevant facts, identify gaps in evidence, procedural exceptions, and substantive defense arguments. We prepare the statement of defense under the same global strategy rationale, immediately considering settlement scenarios, evidence to be produced, and potential appeals.
We provide support in administrative proceedings and actions against public entities, from challenging acts to claims for damages. We approach administrative proceedings as part of the global strategy, evaluating when it makes sense to react, which means to use, and how to coordinate with other avenues (regulatory, tax, criminal, media).
We analyze the legal framework, the available evidence, the amounts at stake, the reputational impact, and the effects on other contracts or regulations. Based on this, we present likely scenarios, cost estimates, and alternatives (settlement, mediation, arbitration, non-litigation) to ensure an informed decision.
We treat litigation as part of the global strategy: we continuously evaluate settlement opportunities, prepare proposals, and define negotiation frameworks. Negotiation is carried out in parallel with the lawsuit, without losing legal or evidentiary leverage.
We keep the client informed about all relevant steps: deadlines, procedural incidents, evidentiary proceedings, partial decisions, and updated risks. We adapt the strategy whenever new facts or decisions emerge that alter the balance of the dispute.