Dispute Resolution

Ranked by Leaders League as a Leading practice in Dispute Resolution in northern Brazil in 2026, Mendes's Dispute Resolution practice combines strategic litigation, commercial mediation and arbitration, with a focus on protecting clients' operational continuity, reputation and cash flow. The starting point is a strategic reading of the conflict: not every problem should become a lawsuit, and not every lawsuit should proceed when a better-designed way out exists.

The team handles complex, multi-stakeholder disputes, building risk matrices, seeking urgent injunctive relief and mapping negotiation tracks with governments, agencies and private counterparties. Recent experience includes commercial litigation in engineering and industrial services, crisis containment through a precautionary stay and pre-insolvency mediation, writs of mandamus involving public authorities, and the negotiation of structural settlements.