We develop organizations sustainably through business-oriented strategic legal counsel.
Meet our firm
Who We Are
Pinho Salum Advogados stands out with over 20 years of experience as a business-oriented law firm, offering a full-service structure in corporate law areas, with systemic, integrated, and resolute performance in both advisory and litigation environments.
From structuring new businesses to generating value through legal strategy and crisis management/restructuring of business activities, we operate with technical expertise, a multidisciplinary team, and customized solutions for each transaction and client.
1 Billion +
in advised M&A transactions
15 thousand +
lawsuits across multiple states
10 Billion +
in liabilities under restructuring
All over Brazil
14 states in over 30 sectors
Areas of Expertise
With our comprehensive approach, we serve clients of various sizes and sectors, tailoring our services to perfectly meet their specific needs.
Corporate Law
Structuring and optimizing business activities by implementing appropriate corporate regimes, drafting and negotiating corporate documents, and shareholder agreements. Integrating legal-corporate aspects with tax and contractual matters to mitigate risks, generate value, and implement corporate governance.
M&A
Sale, acquisition, and merger transactions of business entities, involving legal-strategic transaction structuring, development of contractual instruments, negotiation support, and integration with financial advisors.
Labor Law
We act strategically and integratively in managing labor risks, advising companies on preventing, handling, and resolving conflicts arising from employment relationships. Our work goes beyond judicial defense: it involves structural analysis of labor liabilities, support for business decision-making, and integration with areas such as corporate restructuring, ensuring legal certainty and predictability.
Tax Law
Strategic action focused on tax diagnosis and savings, identifying risks and opportunities in recovering amounts and preventing assessments and litigation. Adapting operations to tax reform. Administrative and judicial tax litigation.
Restructuring, Crisis Management, and Insolvency
Multidisciplinary approach aimed at identifying and overcoming corporate crises; judicial and extrajudicial reorganization, bankruptcy; asset preservation and prevention of legal liabilities for business owners, partners, and managers.
Civil and Corporate Litigation
Strategic and specialized performance in handling judicial disputes involving civil and corporate matters, focused on defending clients’ patrimonial and strategic interests. Formulation and pursuit of consistent legal arguments, management of procedural risks, definition of liability containment strategies, and monitoring of claims at all stages of the judicial process, with close and technical collaboration with competent judicial authorities.
Civil and Corporate Advisory
Preventive legal counsel aimed at the secure structuring of civil and corporate relationships, identifying, mitigating, and managing legal risks. Action in transaction analysis, defining legal strategies, issuing legal opinions, supporting business decision-making, and integrating legal aspects with the economic, financial, and operational objectives of the business, promoting legal certainty and efficiency in business activities.
Contracts
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating civil and corporate contracts, with a strategic approach focused on appropriate risk allocation, preservation of contractual balance, and legal certainty of transactions. Development of customized contractual instruments, aligned with the business reality and best governance practices, covering commercial, industrial, service provision, supply, partnership agreements, and instruments aimed at mitigating contingencies.
Corporate Law
Structuring and optimizing business activities by implementing appropriate corporate regimes, drafting and negotiating corporate documents, and shareholder agreements. Integrating legal-corporate aspects with tax and contractual matters to mitigate risks, generate value, and implement corporate governance.
M&A
Sale, acquisition, and merger transactions of business entities, involving legal-strategic transaction structuring, development of contractual instruments, negotiation support, and integration with financial advisors.
Labor Law
We act strategically and integratively in managing labor risks, advising companies on preventing, handling, and resolving conflicts arising from employment relationships. Our work goes beyond judicial defense: it involves structural analysis of labor liabilities, support for business decision-making, and integration with areas such as corporate restructuring, ensuring legal certainty and predictability.
Tax Law
Strategic action focused on tax diagnosis and savings, identifying risks and opportunities in recovering amounts and preventing assessments and litigation. Adapting operations to tax reform. Administrative and judicial tax litigation.
Restructuring, Crisis Management, and Insolvency
Multidisciplinary approach aimed at identifying and overcoming corporate crises; judicial and extrajudicial reorganization, bankruptcy; asset preservation and prevention of legal liabilities for business owners, partners, and managers.
Civil and Corporate Litigation
Strategic and specialized performance in handling judicial disputes involving civil and corporate matters, focused on defending clients’ patrimonial and strategic interests. Formulation and pursuit of consistent legal arguments, management of procedural risks, definition of liability containment strategies, and monitoring of claims at all stages of the judicial process, with close and technical collaboration with competent judicial authorities.
Civil and Corporate Advisory
Preventive legal counsel aimed at the secure structuring of civil and corporate relationships, identifying, mitigating, and managing legal risks. Action in transaction analysis, defining legal strategies, issuing legal opinions, supporting business decision-making, and integrating legal aspects with the economic, financial, and operational objectives of the business, promoting legal certainty and efficiency in business activities.
Contracts
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating civil and corporate contracts, with a strategic approach focused on appropriate risk allocation, preservation of contractual balance, and legal certainty of transactions. Development of customized contractual instruments, aligned with the business reality and best governance practices, covering commercial, industrial, service provision, supply, partnership agreements, and instruments aimed at mitigating contingencies.
Strategic Specialties
Strategic Tax and
Corporate Law
Corporate Law
Strategic M&A (sell-side/buy-side)
Planning for Corporate Reorganizations and Investments
Tax Optimization
Negotiations in Tax Transactions
Complex Administrative and Judicial Litigation
Restructuring and
Judicial Reorganization
Judicial Reorganization
Action in corporate crises of an economic-financial and asset nature
Legal modeling and negotiation with institutional creditors, suppliers, and tax authorities
Participation in M&A transactions in distressed environments (special situations), focusing on preserving business value
Labor Litigation
Defense in individual, collective, and public civil actions
Support in restructurings and due diligence
Mitigation of significant labor liabilities
Financial Structuring
and Fundraising
and Fundraising
Structured debt and private equity transactions
Guarantees, investment instruments, and project finance
Collaboration with funds, investors, and banks
Strategic M&A (sell-side/buy-side)
Planning for Corporate Reorganizations and Investments
Tax Optimization
Negotiations in Tax Transactions
Complex Administrative and Judicial Litigation
Action in corporate crises of an economic-financial and asset nature
Legal modeling and negotiation with institutional creditors, suppliers, and tax authorities
Participation in M&A transactions in distressed environments (special situations), focusing on preserving business value
Defense in individual, collective, and public civil actions
Support in restructurings and due diligence
Mitigation of significant labor liabilities
Structured debt and private equity transactions
Guarantees, investment instruments, and project finance
Collaboration with funds, investors, and banks
Team
Partners
Gabriel Nogueira Salum
Restructuring and Insolvency
Larissa Miranda & Pinho
Labor Law Specialist
João Miranda & Pinho
Corporate Law / Complex Contracts
Associados
Gabriel Nogueira Salum
Reestruturação e Insolvência
Gabriel Nogueira Salum
Reestruturação e Insolvência
Gabriel Nogueira Salum
Reestruturação e Insolvência
Publicações
Com nossa abordagem abrangente, atendemos clientes de diversos setores e tamanhos, adaptando nossos serviços para atender perfeitamente às suas necessidades específicas.
Contacts
Office Hours
Monday to Friday
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Porto Alegre
Rua 24 de Outubro , 1440 sl 309
Rio Grande - Centro
Rua Zalony, 220
(53) 3201-7786