THE FIRM

More than 25 years practicing Law

The firm was founded in 1996, with the mission to support companies in the various areas of business law.

Our team is formed by a group of dynamic, up-to-date, and dedicated attorneys, who provide customer-driven agile and analytical support, understanding the clients’ needs, always aiming at improving the provision of high value-added legal services and making Sonia Marques Döbler Advogados (SMDA) a more and more recognized partner in the business strategies.

Thanks to the comprehensive legal and international knowledge of our founding partner, Sonia Marques Döbler (read more here), we work directly with the foreign shareholders and their affiliates in Brazil, with a multidisciplinary and specialized scope to meet the specific demands of the different sectors of economy, with a team dedicated to offer complete legal support to companies of all sizes. Among them, we mention European family-owned companies that expanded their businesses worldwide, beyond the boundaries of their countries of origin.

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Our hallmarks:

Mission and values that are present in our day-by-day

We built the hallmarks of Sonia Marques Döbler Advogados grounded on the mission and values that have been guiding us since our foundation:

  • Attending the specific demands of our clients with custom-tailored solutions
  • Creating and providing for an integrated and healthy work environment
  • Retaining clients and growing with them
  • Transmitting confidence with commitment and integrity
  • Developing and retaining talents
  • Maintaining an efficient and concise internal structure to operate activities

Sonia Marques Döbler

Founding partner

Thanks to her extensive experience and multidisciplinary work in the legal support to international enterprises, including the German-origin ones, Sonia Marques Döbler founded in 1996 the law firm, which would carry the firm’s technical excellence, with dynamism and knowledge of the clients’ businesses and needs, building solid, fruitful, and long-lasting professional relationships, with a high level of reliability.

  • Bachelor of Laws from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Post-graduation in Economic and Finance Law from Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
  • Specialist in Tax Law from CEU Law School.
  • Attended the ‘Program of Instruction for Lawyers’ from Harvard University

Participates of several associations and entities related to her professional activities, such as

  • FIESP/CIESP; Member of the Group of Studies on Competition Law
  • Centro de Estudos das Sociedades de Advogados (CESA): Member of the Advisory Board and Coordinator of the Competition and Consumer Relations Committee
  • Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Concorrência (IBRAC): Member of the Advisory Board; Former Director of Consumer Relations
  • Sociedade de Estudos Jurídicos Brasil-Alemanha (SEJUBRA)
  • Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Brasil-Alemanha (AHK-SP): Member of the Board of Directors
  • Libralex (legal communities): Member and international representative for Brazil
  • Member of Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo (IASP)
  • Member of Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo (AASP)

Volunteer work

  • Member of the Deutsch-Brasilianische Juristenvereinigung (DBI)
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PRACTICE AREAS

How we can help our clients:

Through its international experience, Sonia Marques Döbler Advogados offers solutions to enable businesses of national and international companies in Brazil.

Always focused on the businesses’ environment transformations, Sonia Marques Döbler Advogados keeps up to date in order to provide customer-driven services, in line with the more recent developments of the Brazilian legal framework and other important movements that require special attention from our clients.

Our head office is based in the city of São Paulo, lead business hub in Brazil and the major of Latin America. We are also present in Brasília, the country’s capital, close to the main regulatory instances and offices.

Likewise, we have partners aligned with the same missions and values as ours, providing large-scale service coverage and alternatives to support our clients’ needs across the entire country.

Learn more about our main practice areas and how qualified we are to offer tailor-made services to your business.

Administrative
Civil and Commercial Law
Compliance – General Data Protection Law
Competition Law (Antitrust)
Litigation
Contracts
Digital Law
Due Diligence
Mergers & Acquisitions
Foreign Investment and Central Bank of Brazil
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Consumer Relations
Corporate
Corporate Labor Law
Tax Law

GERMAN DESK

The goal of SMDA German Desk is to support organizations from German language countries interested in expanding their businesses to the Brazilian territory.

The founding partner, Sonia Marques Döbler, with extensive experience with the German culture, transmitted her knowledge to the team, making it a hallmark of the firm in the legal support to international companies intending to establish their businesses in Brazil.