Insurance & Reinsurance Law Firm of the Year - Brazil
Firm Profile
Pellon & Associados Advocacia Empresarial is a Law Office specialized in Insurance and Reinsurance praxis and working with the branches of Tax Law, Government, Regulatory Agencies, Labour Law, Arbitrations, Corporate Law, telecommunications, energy and public services concessions. Over 140 lawyers, more paralegals and professional staff are distributed among our offices in Brazil in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Vitória, Recife, and Brasilia and in Germany we have an office in Dusseldorf.
Dealing with more than 32,000 law suits of insurance and reinsurance matters, the Office is by far the one with the biggest insurance and reinsurance litigation in these areas in Brazil. Consulting is a major part of our work, not only in insurance matters as claims, policies or regulatory issues, but also corporate and tax problems. Our leading partners have decades of experience in that branch and worked for years in insurance and reinsurance companies. Pellon & Associados works in cooperation with international offices, in England, US and Latin America countries. Through these associations we provide services for multinational clients with business in Brazil and South America. The Office figures prominently in national and international guidelines as a leader in insurance and reinsurance law in Brazil.
Luis Felipe Pellon
Luis Felipe Pellon has dealt with insurance and reinsurance matters since 1972, having worked in top positions at insurance companies such as Sul America and
Assicurazioni Generalli in Brazil. He has also worked as adviser to
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government insurance entities such as the Brazilian Insurance Commissioner (SUSEP) and the reinsurance institute IRB – Brasil Resseguros S/A. Pellon lived in Germany from March 1983 to April 1987, where he conducted research on insurance law at the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Institute. He is fluent in German, English and Spanish. In the academic field, he is professor of the National Private Insurance School (FUNENSEG) and Cândido Mendes University. He is also a member and former President of the national Chapter of AIDA, the International Insurance Law Association.
Areas of Expertise
• Insurance and Reinsurance Praxis;
• Tax Law
• Government and Regulatory Agencies
• Labour Law • Mediation and Arbitration • Corporate Law • Telecommunications • Banking and Finance
• Energy and Public Services Concessions
Notable Legal Work
Ordinary action filed by our Office on behalf of an insurer under liquidation, aiming at the nullification of a legal act that had been affected by simulation, thus characterizing a fraud and a violation against both legal and statutory provisions. The purpose of this illicit, committed by the Controller Shareholder of the Insurance Company
Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011
Managing Partner: Luis Felipe Pellon Senior Partner: Sergio Barroso de Mello
Contact Person: Luis Felipe Pellon E-mail:
lfpellon@pellon-associados.com.br Tel.: +55 21 3824 7821
MAIN OFFICE IN BRAZIL Head Quarter - Rio de Janeiro Rua Desembargador Viriato, 16 Centro - Rio de Janeiro – RJ CEP 20.030-090 BRASIL
Tel.: +55 21 38247800 Fax: +55 21 22406907 Email:
corporativo@pellon-associados.com. br Website:
www.pellon-associados.com.br
(currently under liquidation) and a Bank in collusion, was to deviate resources from the insurer, under the disguise of a supposed guarantee for fictitious loans. The whole amount that had been misappropriated from the insurer, in detriment of the bankrupt estate, is estimated in US$ 22.000.000, 00. Thanks to our efforts, our arguments prevailed at all instances, leading us to reach a successful result for our client at all the State Courts. Currently, we are waiting the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) to issue a decision on the Special Appeal lodged by the defendants, which is still pending. (152 words)
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