When the Brazilian side stops answering, we start.

The most common dispute call we get: a foreigner paid a Brazilian counterparty — a developer, a contractor, a business partner, a seller — and the other side has gone quiet. Distance emboldens bad actors; they assume a plaintiff in another hemisphere won't pursue. They're usually wrong about the law and right about the logistics. Brazilian courts are open to foreign plaintiffs, and a local attorney with power of attorney removes the logistics problem entirely.

Our approach is escalation by design. Most matters resolve below the courtroom: a formal demand (notificação extrajudicial) from a Brazilian law firm changes negotiating posture overnight, because it signals the costs of ignoring you just became real. Where suit is necessary, we file in the right venue — including small-claims tracks for qualifying amounts, where procedure is faster — and Brazilian consumer law (CDC) is notably plaintiff-friendly in cases against developers, builders, and service providers.

We're equally direct about the other side of the ledger: Brazilian litigation can be slow, and a winnable case isn't always a collectable one. Before you spend money suing, we assess whether the defendant has assets worth reaching. A candid "this isn't worth pursuing" is a service too — and we give it when it's true.