Area 05
Ongoing Legal Counsel
Companies operating across two countries need legal answers at the pace of the business. Ongoing counsel places the firm alongside management as a continuous interlocutor, rather than as an emergency resource.
- 🇧🇷 Brasil
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
Overview
Need an assessment on this subject? The initial consultation establishes the right framework before any step is taken.
Book a consultationEngaging a firm case by case solves the problem once it has already landed. Ongoing counsel works earlier: reviewing the contract before signature, flagging the obligation before the deadline, assessing the risk before the decision. For companies with recurring activity, it is the model that reduces litigation.
The scope is defined according to the size and activity of the company, and may cover contract review, support for corporate decisions, monitoring of regulatory obligations, preventive employment guidance and alignment with the Brazilian LGPD and the European GDPR.
The company gains a single point of contact for both jurisdictions, without managing separate lawyers, parallel deadlines and information scattered across two legal systems.
What we do
Services in this area
Each scope may be engaged on its own or combined with others, according to what the matter requires.
Recurring advisory
A standing channel for day to day questions, with an agreed response time and a written record of the guidance given.
Contract flow management
Review of the company’s recurring contracts, standardisation of templates and control of expiry and renewal dates.
Support for corporate decisions
Advice on resolutions, minutes, amendments to constitutional documents and periodic corporate filings.
Compliance and data protection
Internal policies, mapping of data processing, agreements with processors and incident response.
Preventive employment guidance
Review of hiring and workforce management practices, aimed at reducing contingent liability.
Risk reporting
A periodic overview of the material legal exposures and the steps recommended to address them.
Frequently asked
Questions we are asked often
The answers below are for information only and do not replace individual analysis of your matter.
At what size does ongoing counsel make sense?
Less a question of size than of frequency. Companies that sign contracts regularly, hire staff or operate across two jurisdictions tend to have continuous demand, even at moderate volume.Does ongoing counsel cover litigation as well?
The standard scope is advisory. Court and arbitration matters are handled under a separate engagement, with its own scope defined in writing.How does the service work across Brazil and Portugal?
Through a single point of contact. The company does not maintain separate relationships in each country: coordination between the jurisdictions is handled internally by the firm.
Ongoing Legal Counsel
Need guidance on ongoing legal counsel?
The initial consultation assesses the legal viability of your objective and sets out the available paths, with stages and timelines defined. Online, by video call or in person in São Paulo.
Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm (Brasília time). We reply within one business day.