Consumer Goods

Consumer goods companies operate along long chains that start with manufacturing or importing and run through distributors, wholesalers and points of sale before reaching the end consumer. Each link carries its own contractual, tax and product liability risks, and legal management must span that entire chain.

Mendes advises manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers on structuring supply and distribution agreements; tax planning for their operations, with particular attention to ICMS (Brazil's state VAT) and tax substitution; credit recovery across their customer networks; defense of consumer claims with the potential for copycat litigation; and labor matters in commercial and logistics operations.