Both have a doctor’s degree approved by public examination at the Law College of the University of São Paulo and work as undergraduate and graduate professors, lecturers and speakers in national and international events.

Robortella was a volunteer professor at the Law School of USP, Professor of Law and Labor Procedure at Mackenzie Law School and FAAP Law School. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Labor Law, the Ibero-American Academy of Labor Law, the Legal Council and the Higher Council for Labor Relations of FIESP.

Peres was a professor of Labor Law at the Law School of FAAP, of the graduate courses at FAAP, PUC-COGEAE and GV-LAW. He is currently a professor in the Graduate Program in Agribusiness Law at IBDA, in the INSPER Agribusiness Law Course, he was President of the Labor Law Commission of IASP and is a member of the Higher Council for Labor Relations of FIESP.

Robortella has been writing and giving lectures in national and international events on various topics for over 45 years, with an emphasis on modernizing and rationalizing labor relations. He published, both individually and as a co-author, over 50 books and about 260 articles in Brazilian and foreign magazines.

Peres published two works on the international labor agreement and international jurisdiction, which are quite up-to-date in view of new technologies and capital mobility, which, added to the Coronavirus pandemic, produce increasing transnationalization of workers. In addition, he is the author of dozens of articles and co-authored collective works.

Both regularly participate as examining board members of public and private law schools.

Participation in Study Groups

Robortella was part of the Permanent Commission on Social Law of the Department of Labor until the end of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso term of office, producing suggestions for constitutional and ordinary rules.

Both actively participated in the 2017 labor reform in meetings with authorities, lectures and press articles. Peres served in public hearings in the Federal Senate and in the House of Representatives, in Brasília.

In 2019 they became part of a working group created by the Department of Economics (GAET) to elaborate proposals for constitutional and infra-constitutional reform of the labor regulations.

Counsel and litigations

The firm has clients from different industry segments, banks, services and agribusiness.

The partners Robortella and Peres work directly, with the critical support of the partner Juliana Scalissi Martins for complex cases and team coordination, in defense strategy and intellectual work. They prepare theses, memorials and orally defend clients’ defense before the courts, including the Superior Labor Court and the Supreme Federal Court, in cases of greater legal complexity and economic importance.

Counsel is a field of strong action for simple and complex issues of companies through legal and strategic opinions.

At the recommendation of law firms, Robortella and Peres, with strict neutrality and academic approach, write legal opinions on theses discussed in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings.

The firm has, in counsel and strategic litigation of medium/high complexity, the core of its strategic planning.

Team

The partners are specialized attorneys with sound legal background. Supported by interns recruited from good law schools, they keep up-to-date and convey knowledge through meetings, case studies and periodic workshops.

Clients are served in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish languages.

The computerized library ensures access to legislation, jurists and caselaw. Its collection gathers approximately 4.300 national and foreign books and journals.

The Legal Controllership sector offers reports, risk assessment, contingency estimation and information critical to manage conflicts and clients’ portfolios.

Clients are served in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish languages.

Areas of expertise

Actions and defenses before all levels of jurisdiction of the Labor Court: Labor Courts, Regional Labor Courts, Superior Labor Court, as well as the Supreme Federal Court.

Collective and trade union law conflicts, including negotiations with trade unions and other entities.

Administrative and extrajudicial litigation, with defenses and resources with the Department of Economics (Social Security and Labor Office) and other public or private institutions.

Counsel and opinions.

The firm aims to improve the standard of work relationships and protect productive investment against arbitrary and abusive acts through practical, quick and effective solutions that reduce the impacts of conflicts on business activity.