Cooperative Law

THE MULTIDISCIPLINARITY OF COOPERATIVISM

Cooperativism is a social movement recognized as a legal and sociological process of organizing cooperation as a social action. Therefore, we know that our work requires a multidisciplinary view of your economic activity.

We organize a legal practice that considers not only the characteristics of the different types of cooperatives, but that understands that the activities carried out by cooperatives cannot disregard their Cooperative Identity.

The result is complete legal advice that considers the characteristics of cooperative societies in their political and management dimensions. For us, acting based on cooperative values and principles represents the needs of our customers.

With a qualified team that knows Cooperatives in all its evolution, we are at the forefront of observing the challenges that cooperatives face in today’s competitive world.

MAIN SERVICES

• Development of contracts and normative policies for the strategic action of cooperatives.
• Specialized consultancy for boards of directors.
• Actions to prevent and mitigate operational and regulatory risks in economic activities, including regulatory bodies.
• Legal and corporate structuring of cooperatives from the perspectives of Cooperative Governance and Compliance.
• Assistance in the implementation of policies for the development of cooperative activity, including through mediation and arbitration.
• Strategic litigation for asset recovery, corporate disputes, supervised activities and defense in legal claims.

INTEGRATION WITH SPECIFIC AREAS OF LAW

LABOR LAW:

• More than 15 years of experience in consultancy and litigation related to cooperatives;
• Strategic and collaborative action with the legal and Human Resources departments of the cooperatives;
• Support in the preparation and review of documents related to employment relationships;
• Experience in drafting collective labor agreements.

TAX LAW:

• Development of strategies to reduce or mitigate tax liabilities;
• Fiscal diagnosis and analysis of the cooperative’s operations and documents;
• Representation and defense of the cooperative’s interests in the judicial and administrative spheres;
• Recovery of tax credits.

REAL ESTATE LAW:

• Monitoring of the fiduciary property protection procedure (Law nº 9,514/97);
• Specialized advice on lease contracts for branches and headquarters;
• Opinion on properties offered as guarantee for operations;
• Real estate litigation to protect property ownership, renew or review lease contracts.

INFORMATION SECURITY, PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION:

• Own methodology for adapting the cooperative to personal data protection legislation;
• Analysis of risks to holders of personal data and proposal of measures to minimize them;
• Preparation, review and adaptation of contracts and privacy policies;
• Monitoring information security issues and incidents related to privacy and protection of personal data;
• DPO (Data Protection Officer) service as specialized outsourcing.

TRACK RECORD

• Assistance in the restructuring of cooperative societies, focusing on the implementation of Cooperative Governance and Compliance policies;
• Assistance for organizing a marketplace for the Central Cooperative;
• Defense of the interests of cooperatives in sanctioning proceedings before supervisory bodies;
• Participation in the drafting of national and international standards that impact the cooperative movement, such as the authorization and regulation of virtual general assemblies in Brazil;
• Recognized performance in Judicial Recovery for the exclusion of cooperatives from the list of creditors;
• Calculation and recovery of Cooperative tax credits after tax diagnosis carried out on employee payments.