TeamService Partners

Education

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Postgraduate Certificate in Civil Procedure (2016)

 

Candido Mendes University

Bachelor of Laws – LL.B. (2008 – 2013)

 

Schmitt Advogados – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Associate Attorney

February 2025 – Present

• Serves as a specialist and key point of contact for the firm’s civil litigation practice.
• Handles insurance litigation, with particular emphasis on life and personal insurance matters.
• Develops legal strategies and provides technical guidance in complex disputes.

 

1. Torres Advogados – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Associate Attorney

January 2024 – January 2025

• Handled strategic litigation matters in the insurance sector.
• Focused on large-risk, agricultural, and civil liability insurance disputes.
• Participated in arbitration proceedings involving complex insurance matters.

 

João Esteves Medeiros de Mello Sociedade Individual de Advocacia – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Attorney-at-Law

August 2013 – January 2024

 

• Managed civil litigation proceedings before courts across multiple jurisdictions.
• Focused on civil liability, consumer law, and contract law matters.
• Developed practical legal solutions and performed continuous case assessments.
• Drafted legal opinions and medium- to high-complexity pleadings, including appeals before Brazil’s higher courts.
• Conducted regular case law research to ensure a comprehensive understanding of each matter and continuously improve legal strategies.
• Represented clients at hearings, meetings with judges, and oral arguments.
• Established partnerships with law firms.
• Maintained regular meetings and daily communication with clients.
• Ensured strict deadline management and prepared visual reports for the assessment of case timelines, risks, and priorities.

 

Campos Chagas Ferrari & Mendes Advogados – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Legal Intern

January 2013 – August 2013

• Assisted with civil litigation matters.
• Drafted pleadings and monitored judicial proceedings internally and before courts.
• Prepared monthly reports containing case updates and summaries for clients and internal management.
• Updated case information in the firm’s electronic management system.

 

Basilio Advogados – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Legal Intern

July 2010 – January 2011

• Assisted with high-volume civil litigation matters.
• Drafted pleadings and provided legal support to the litigation team.
• Monitored court proceedings internally and externally, including visits to court clerks’ offices in several jurisdictions.
• Prepared monthly reports containing case updates and summaries for clients and internal management.