Our partner Thiago Araújo, in collaboration with Leonardo Fuentes Fauaz de Andrade, has published an article on the burden of proof in courts of auditors in Migalhas. In the article, they examine the duty to account, the presumption of innocence and Article 28 of the Introductory Law to the Rules of Brazilian Law (LINDB), and […]

The ‘Bocater em Movimento’ project has come to an end; this was an in-house initiative designed to promote health, wellbeing and team-building amongst the firm’s staff, associates and partners. Throughout the campaign, participants tracked their physical activity using the Strava app, contributing towards a collective target of 800 km. To encourage participation, we held weekly […]

In recent weeks, the articles of association were signed for Associação Criança Mais, an organisation set up to support and strengthen the activities carried out by the Martagão Gesteira Institute of Childcare and Paediatrics (IPPMG/UFRJ), one of Brazil’s leading centres for paediatrics and specialist childcare. Bocater Advogados provided pro bono legal services for this case. […]

Judicial review of regulatory activity has become an increasingly prominent issue in the courts and raises a central question for the law: what should be the limit of the judiciary’s intervention in technical decisions taken by regulatory agencies? In an article published in Migalhas, our senior partner Maria Isabel do Prado Bocater, our consultant Luiz […]