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Legal Professional Privilege And Professional Secrecy In Brazil: Overview
22 April 2022
Koury Lopes Advogados
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The partners in Litigation and Dispute Resolution,
Flavia Altério,
Tiago Cortez and
Taísa Oliveira, and the lawyers in the area,
Aline Adestro,
Gabriella Feres and
Nathalia Abé, participated in the "Legal
Professional Privilege and Professional Secrecy in Brazil:
Overview", published by Practical Law
– Thomson Reuters.
The note provides an overview of the laws in Brazil responsible
for protecting lawyerclient t communication, in order to protect
confidentiality, privilege, and secrecy in those communications in
business and commercial situations. The document points out the
definition of lawyers and clients, the impact of a common interest
or joint representation on the applicability of privilege, and the
application of privilege in an internal investigation or an M&A
transaction.
To read the full content, click here.
*Reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the
publishers. For further information, visit practicallaw.com
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