High performance and efficiency in our objectives
+50
Years of history
+15
Lawyers
+10
Practice areas
Practice areas
Intellectual Property, Copyrights
and Entertainment
Garcia & Keener has, over the years, achieved a notable experience in the many segments of intellectual property, with intense performance not only in advisory but also in litigations connected with copyrights, artistic rights, neighboring rights, trademarks
Foreign Investment and
Capital Market
The founders of the Office came from an old law firm from Rio de Janeiro, which was oriented to give assistance to foreign investors.
Free Competition and
Economic Defense
As it would be expected from an office like Garcia & Keener, it could not abstain from acting in that area, what it has been doing constantly since the early days of creation of the official regulatory bodies.
Mergers and Acquisitions
In the business domain, Garcia & Keener has participated in the organization of medium- and large-sized companies, consolidations, spin-offs, mergers, consortia, joint ventures, sale, and purchase of securities and of company assets, among others.
Business Advisory
The predominance of commercial legal entities among its clientele has naturally made the Office acquire substantial experience to deal with diverse issues that come out in the life of commercial and industrial companies
Wealth and Succession
Planning
The Office is also experienced in wealth and succession planning to establish the best strategies and preventive solutions for management of its clients’ assets.
The office
Garcia & Keener was founded in Rio de Janeiro, in May 1959, by the lawyers José Geraldo Garcia de Souza and Ulysses Grant Keener Junior. At that time, there was only a few law firms in Brazil dedicated to assist foreign clients, a specialty pioneered by Garcia & Keener.
Lawyers
