Kestener & Vieira Advogados emerged from the union of partners Beatriz Kestener and Fabio Alonso Vieira. By virtue of the expertise and innovative spirit of these professionals, together with the talented team they built, the firm has flourished since its foundation, receiving recognition from the most renowned publications in its practices. In addition to working in diverse practices areas, KVLAW professionals have extensive experience in highly regulated sectors, such as infrastructure, internet and information technology, health, food, medical devices, and agribusiness, offering a complete and unparalleled service to clients in these industries.
Our objective is to establish strong alliances, by experiencing for ourselves our clients’ routines and their industry sector, with the intention of anticipating and responding to their needs.
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CUSTOMER-FOCUSED MISSION

Founded on the pillars of ethics, transparency, and integrity, KVLAW's main mission is to establish a lasting relationship of mutual and unique trust with our clients. The firm strives to know the needs and particularities of each client to provide a one-of-a-kind, customized service of exceptional quality.
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HIGHLY COMMITTED TEAM

KVLAW professionals are trained to lead projects with professional excellence and total commitment and have extensive academic background and experience in prominent offices in Brazil and abroad. The teams are structured according to the needs and challenges of each client, always led by highly qualified, active, and available partners.
Among our clients are some of the largest Brazilian and multinational companies operating in diverse industrial sectors, notably in the health, automobile industry, agribusiness, information technology, civil construction, and commerce.

Recognition

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Depositions

Aspas Personalised service. The firm understands the company’s day-to-day life in order to deal with issues with a technical eye, in addition to a legal eye."
The Legal 500
2022
Aspas Expertise, high quality, creative, specialists."
The Legal 500
2022
Aspas Distinguished practice renowned for its wealth of expertise providing regulatory assistance to major life sciences companies. Maintains strong activity in cutting-edge administrative and judicial cases relating to an array of matters such as the licensing and pricing of drugs, defective products and clinical trials. Also advises on investigations, contracts and corporate deals connected to the sector. Acts for a diverse range of clients including heavyweights from the pharmaceutical, food and healthcare industries."
Chambers & Partners
2021
Aspas A client says: ‘Kestener & Vieira Advogados are one of the main firms specialised in life sciences and a reference in this industry,’ also highlighting ‘their vast knowledge of regulatory issues involving ANVISA and drugs.’ Another commentator values the team’s ‘ability to understand the client’s needs and keep an open mind to new alternatives’, concluding that ‘they don’t stay in a comfort zone with established legal theses; instead, they create possibilities that add value to the discussion’."
Chambers & Partners
2021
Aspas The team provides very good support and explanation regarding the subject. In order to make easy the comprehension of the facts and circumstances regarding the contract, they always provide an analogy and stressed the point with many examples until everyone was comfortable. In the negotiations, they led us to make a good agreement mitigating the common risks of this situation."
The Legal 500
2021
Aspas A very good team that works hard and for a fair fee, considering their very good knowledge of commercial matters and M&A."
The Legal 500
2021
Aspas Life sciences work is a core strength of this firm, say admiring peers, who highlight the work of founder Beatriz Camargo Kestener in this field. The team handles work in the agriculture, biodiversity, biotechnology, health and food areas. It also represents clients before the Brazilian health authorities and courts in complex administrative and judicial litigation. In addition, the firm handles administrative, antitrust, corporate, disputes, labour and M&A matters."
Latin Lawyer 250
2021
Aspas Highlighted for its ‘blend of impressive technical knowledge and commercial/strategic nous’, the Corporate and M&A department at Kestener & Vieira Advogados is particularly active in the regulated sectors. It handles a range of corporate and commercial transactions and has been busy, recently, advising clients on company incorporations and corporate restructuring."
The Legal 500
2020
Aspas Leading life sciences team sought out by key pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical devices companies for its strength in strategic dispute resolution and regulatory cases before the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) and the Ministry of Health. Noteworthy experience representing clients in sector-related product liability, clinical trials and public tenders."
Leaders League
2019
Aspas Kestener & Vieira Advogados is my ’go to’ firm for commercial and regulatory work involving our mutual clients who are often global pharmaceutical companies with international supply and distribution contracts."
IFLR1000
2019