Emerging Markets Business Awards 2018

6 Corporate Vision / EmergingMarkets Business Awards 2018 , Best Real Estate Law Firm - Brazil Eduardo Biondi & Antonio Ricardo Corrêa Advogados Associados is a modern law firm specialising in providing business, advisory and litigation services focused on strategic litigation and real estate business structuring.We caught upwithCo-FounderAntonioRicardo to find out more about this dynamic firm and how it works to ensure excellence for its clients in this vital market. Drawing on the experience of its Founders and staff, Eduardo Biondi & Antonio Ricardo Corrêa Advogados is law firm focused on business service, especially on the administration of strategic civil and commercial litigation with a performance target on the Real Estate Market, including not only the litigious aspect, but the structuring of all types of real estate business in its most diverse segments. Together, its main partners have more than thirty years’ experience in direct action across both the strategic civil litigation and the business structuring areas. Antonio shares an insight into the founding principles of the firm and how it works to adhere to these. “After a long career as a business executive, I decided to found a firm where I could provide a full service packet to the client, from elaborating the first steps of the project to its conclusion, with full availability of the partners in the provision of the service and for this I chose Eduardo Biondi as a founding partner, especially for his solid experience in litigation. “Many years later and Eduardo Biondi & Antonio Ricardo Corrêa Advogados Associados has flourished thanks to our client focused approach and vast industry expertise. Our area of activity is focused specifically to the southeast region, with a high density of housing and growth potential differentiated from the other regions, also due to the natural economic and industrial development, proving to be the ideal center for our area of expertise. Upon receiving a new client, we like to immerse ourselves in your business and integrate with your executives and collaborators, especially legal and commercial, to understand your career path and overall goals, but also the objectives of each project in which we will engage, as this allows a sustainable pricing, which is the objective of our office. This approach also ensures that the overall result meets your need, which is our ultimate goal.” To achieve this aim and ensure the firm’s continued success, Antonio and his senior team have to work hard to cultivate a supportive, collaborative internal culture that benefits both staff and clients alike. As such, he is keen to showcase how he works to do this by hiring only the best talent in the industry and driving them to excellence. “When we founded the firm, we imagined a struggle against the dehumanization of business relations, in other words, we have the strong culture of guaranteeing availability with quality in attending our clients. To do this, we need to be accurate in hiring and in MME18006 internal career progression, while investing in training and, of course, ensuring that we have a number of clients that make it possible to provide personalized services.” With regards to the future, Antonio foresees even greater success for his firm as it continues to adapt around industry developments and support its clients, as he concludes. “As we look ahead, in the short term, we are currently entering into a dialogue with the Judiciary to construct a new scenario that takes into account the economic impact of judicial decisions on the economic system in which they are inserted.” Alongside this, in the field of business, we are just finishing the structuring of the most luxurious and significant real estate development of Rio de Janeiro waterfront, a project that has required almost six years of technical, strategic and legal solutions - including law suits- for its final feasibility. “Ultimately, at Eduardo Biondi & Antonio Ricardo Corrêa Advogados Associados we remain committed to being at the forefront of emerging legal and real estate developments so that we can offer our valued clients the best solutions for its clients in the strategic litigation and structuring real estate deals. This will remain our core focus going forward.” Team Shot: Eduardo Biondi Advogados Associados