A practical guide (digital version) to help you with the probate and inheritance division process. For professionals, students, and anyone going through the process who wants to better understand how inheritance distribution works.
The Most Recognized Specialist in International Family Law
18 years of experience, best-selling author, national speaker, TV guest expert, with landmark court rulings and over 1,000 successful cases.
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- TV Expert
- Professor and Speaker
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A Career of Excellence
18 years building the leading expertise in international family law
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Laws – UDF University Center
Postgraduate in Law – Unisul (6 specializations)
Specialist and Master in Civil and International Law – University of Lisbon (ULisboa)
Visiting Researcher – University of Lisbon (ULisboa) and University of Cambridge
RECOGNITIONS
Vice-President, Foreign Trade Committee – OAB/Barra da Tijuca – RJ (2019–2021)
General Secretary, International Law Committee – OAB/DF (2016–2018)
Awarded the Legal Excellence Award – Honorable Mention OAB/RJ
Featured on TV channels, newspapers, and magazines – over 50 interviews
EXPERIENCE
18 years of practice (since 2007)
More than 5,000 cases handled in over 20 countries
National and international practice in Family Law, Succession Law, and International Law
Professor and speaker with over 100 hours of recorded courses
SPECIALIZATIONS
International Family Law
Estate Planning and Inheritance Law
Creation of Asset Holdings
Citizenship, Immigration, and International Successions
Practice Areas
SUCCESSION LAW
- Judicial and extrajudicial probate (with assets in Brazil and abroad)
- Estate planning and wills (including restrictive clauses)
- Creation of family holdings (for asset protection and succession)
- International division of assets
- Regularization and receipt of inheritance abroad
- And other services in the field
FAMILY LAW
- International and national divorce (amicable or contentious)
- Child custody and visitation (including transnational cases)
- Child support agreements and revisions
- Change of marital property regime / prenuptial agreements
- Stable union and post-dissolution division of assets
- And other services in the field
INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Recognition of foreign judgments (divorce, custody, wills)
- International estate and asset planning (offshore, trusts, foreign holdings)
- Marriage and divorce between Brazilians and foreigners
- Tax residency transfer and international taxation
- Advisory in inheritance with assets in multiple countries
- And other services in the field
BUSINESS LAW
- Corporate restructuring and holding creation
- Business tax planning
- Shareholders’ agreements and business succession
- Asset protection and corporate governance
- Corporate contracts and due diligence
- And other services in the field
REAL ESTATE LAW
- Purchase and sale of property with legal security
- Property regularization and registration
- Real estate due diligence (pre-purchase or inheritance)
- Donation with usufruct reservation / asset protection
- Acquisition of real estate by foreigners in Brazil
- And other services in the field
TAX LAW
- Personal and corporate tax planning
- Defense in tax executions and infraction notices
- Inheritance and donation tax (ITCMD) planning
- International taxation and expatriation of Brazilians
- Recovery and compensation of tax credits
- And other services in the field
Best-Selling Author
International Family Law:
A Practical Guide for Brazilians Abroad
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More than 1,000 families served with excellence
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