Partners

Eduardo Garcia de Lima

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer, registered under number 128.031 in OAB-SP. Has acted for more than 26 years providing preventative and legal advice on highly complex litigation in the areas of commercial law, tax law and economical law, with an emphasis in corporate law, banking law, reorganization of enterprises, taxes and tax liability of partners and directors of business corporations.

 

EDUCATION

 

ATIVIDADES

  • Works in civil and business litigation of high complexity, with oral support in the courts, including the Superior Courts.
  • Also acts in corporate risk analysis, tax planning and corporate planning aimed at reducing risks of equity exposure, and evaluating the convenience of incorporating equity and family holdings.
  • Takes part in proceedings of judicial recovery with a multidisciplinary team.
  • Acts as Judicial Administrator of companies in Judicial Recovery by judicial appointment.
  • Is also a speaker, author of several scientific articles and two legal books: Responsabilidade tributária de sócios e administradores de sociedades limitada, published by Editora Juarez de Oliveira, arising from research studies of Tax Law, and A não neutralidade entre o capitalismo e os direitos humanos e fundamentais – a aplicação quântica do Direito sob a ótica do capitalismo humanista, published by Lumen Juris Publishing House, resulting from research studies of Economic Law philosophy.
  • He is affiliated with IBAJUD – Instituto Brasileiro de Administração Judicial, to AASP – Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo – and  Associação dos Advogados de Campinas, an entity at which he was a member of the Deliberative Council for two consecutive terms.
  • He was a Professor of Commercial Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, appointed by the board of directors to teach Tax Law, in the Faculty of Accounting Sciences.
  • He was a professor of Tax Law and Corporate law at Unasp – Universidade Adventista, Campus de Engenheiro Coelho – SP.
  • He was professor of the OAB exam preparation courses and also for legal careers tenders.
  • He was judge of the Board of Tax Appeals of the city of Campinas, in the 2011/2012 biennium, nominated by the Mayor and appointed as representative of civil society by OAB Subsection Campinas.

Raquel Ribeiro Pavão Köberle

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer, registered under number 178.081 in OAB-SP. Has worked for more than 19 years in legal and preventative counseling in the areas of Commercial and Tax Law, with emphasis on Corporate Law, Banking Law, Corporate Recovery and Tax Responsibility of partners and managers of corporate companies.

 

EDUCATION

  • Specialist in Tax Law – PUC Campinas
  • Law Graduate – PUC Campinas

 

OTHER COURSES

  • Judicial Recovery – Practical Aspects – IBAJUD (Brazilian Institute of Judicial Administration)
  • Cooperative Law – Escola Superior de Advocacia (ESA), Ordem dos Advogados de São Paulo and SESCOOP  (National Service of Cooperative Learning)
  • Mediation and arbitration- INAMA Institute (National Institute of Measurement and Arbitration in São Paulo)
  • Basic Accounting – SENAC (National Service of Commercial Learning)

 

ACTIVITIES

  • Acts in administrative tax defense at federal and state levels.
  • Acts before the Court of Taxes and Fees in the State of São Paulo with presentation of briefs and oral defense of taxpayers.
  • Also has experience working at CARF – Administrative Tribunal of Tax Appeals -, with presentation of briefs and oral defense of taxpayers.
  • Acts in judicial defense, possessing technical expertise in superior resources before the Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court, with presentation of briefs and appeals.
  • Works in Judicial Recovery cases.
  • Served as a university professor in the field of civil liability at Universidade Paulista.
  • She is affiliated with AASP – São Paulo Lawyers Association.

Evandro Garcia de Lima

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer, registered under number 353.125 in OAB-SP. and under number 113.644 in OAB-MG. He has been involved in preventative and contentious legal advice in the areas of labor law, social security, commercial and tax law for more than 10 years.

 

EDUCATION

  • Specialist in Labor Law – Universidade Anhanguera
  • Specialist in Tax Law – Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina – UNISUL
  • Specialist in Civil Procedure – Universidade Anhanguera – UNIDERP
  • Law Graduate – Universidade de Uberaba – UNIUBE

 

ACTIVITIES

  • Works in the area of labor claims prevention and in the analysis and preparation of documents, in training, issuing legal opinions and managing conflicts with employees and unions.
  • Acts in labor and social security litigation, with experience in indemnity actions arising from work accidents, on defense of judicial processes, with technical experience in presentation of briefs and appeals before the Regional Labor Court – TRT and the Superior Labor Court – TST.
  • Takes part in administrative proceedings before the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the Ministry of Labor and the National Social Security Institute, with presentation of defense and appeals.
  • He works in the preventative area and in civil and corporate litigation.
  • He is affiliated with AASP – São Paulo Lawyers Association.

Leandro Garcia de Lima

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer, registered under number 244.644 in OAB-SP has acted as an advisor in preventative and in litigation areas of Civil Procedural Law and Civil Law, including the family and inheritance fields, plus Tax Law for over 10 years.

 

EDUCATION

  • Post-graduate degree in Civil Procedure Law – PUC Campinas, backed by the code of Civil Procedure promulgated in 2015
  • Law Graduate – Universidade Paulista

 

ACTIVITIES

  • Works in the preventative field, preparing and analysing a wide array of contracts and also provides legal advice.
  • Acts in civil and business litigation cases, with technical experience with appeals to the Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court.
  • Takes part in defense and tax actions, in both administrative and judicial frameworks
  • Operates in the defense of judicial proceedings.
  • Also served as a judge of the Tax Appeals Board of the Municipality of Campinas, a collegiate body for the trial of tax resources in the biennium 2013/2014, nominated by the Municipal Mayor and appointed by OAB – Subsection Campinas.
  • He served as a judge of the Tax Appeals Board of the Municipality of Campinas, a collegiate body for the adjudication of tax resources, in the 2007/2008 and 2009/2010 bienniums, nominated by the Municipal Mayor and appointed by CONSABS – Council of Neighborhood Societies Campinas.
  • He is affiliated with AASP – São Paulo Lawyers Association – and to the Lawyers Association of Campinas, an entity at which he was a member of the Fiscal Council for the triennium 2008/2011, re-elected for the 2011/2014 triennium.
  • He is author and co-author of legal articles published in specialized magazines.

Renata Loiola Martins

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer registered under number 203.814 in OAB-SP. She has been working for more than 15 years giving preventative and contentious legal advice in the areas of Labor and Social Security Law and also for Family Law and Succession.

 

EDUCATION

  • Specialist in Labor Law – PUC Campinas
  • Law Graduate – Universidade Paulista

 

ACTIVITIES

  • Works in the area of labor claims prevention in the analysis and preparation of documents, in training, issuing legal opinions and managing conflicts with employees and unions.
  • Acts in the labor and social security litigation, with experience in indemnity actions arising from work accidents, on defense of judicial processes, with technical experience in presentation of briefs and appeals before the Regional Labor Court – TRT and the Superior Labor Court – TST.
  • Takes part in administrative proceedings before the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the Ministry of Labor and the National Social Security Institute, with presentation of defense and appeals.
  • She served as a member of the Women’s Lawyer’s Committee at OAB Campinas in the 2007/2009 triennium.

Fernanda Cristina Covolan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer registered under number 169.663 in OAB-SP. She has been on the field for over 20 years providing preventative and contentious services in the areas of Civil and Commercial Law and also in mediations and conciliations.

 

EDUCATION

  • Doctoral student in Political and Economic Law – Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
  • Master in Law – Unimep
  • Law Graduate – PUC Campinas

 

ACTIVITIES

  • She works as a university professor of Business Law at Unasp – Universidade Adventista, Campus de Engenheiro Coelho – SP.
  • Adjunct Coordinator in the Post-Graduation course in Labor Law and Process at Unasp – Universidade Adventista, Campus de Engenheiro Coelho – SP.
  • Works as a speaker and is the author of several scientific articles published in specialized magazines.

Edison Blanes (in memoriam)

.     To us, from “Garcia de Lima Law Firm”, it was a great honor to have as our partner the unforgettable friend Edison Blanes, with whom we had the opportunity to learn during the more than 10 years we were together.

 

.     He was a dedicated legal scholar, jurist, Judge of Law – who honored the São Paulo magistracy until his retirement – an illustrious lawyer, graduated from USP Law School, being a role model for us all.

 

.       We keep the memory of his integrity, of his dignity, his humble origin – which he never forgot – and of his many achievements, which made him recognized as a respected and ethical professional.

 

.       He served as Judge of the First Civil Court of the State of São Paulo. He worked in a corporate law firm and was a Legal Department Manager for large companies. He was a legal consultant for companies, working in preventative and litigation cases as well as in the administrative and judicial fields, in the first and second instances, and in the higher courts.