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Labor and employment law for employers · Curitiba and Porto Alegre, Brazil

Labor liability takes shape in the decision, not in the lawsuit.

We advise companies before and after conflict arises: analysis of management decisions, litigation portfolio management, defense before the Labor Prosecution Office and appellate work before the regional and superior labor courts.

Maíra S. Marques da Fonseca and Thayana Bertuzzi Lopes, founding partners of Fonseca & Bertuzzi Lopes Advocacia, at the firm's reception in Curitiba
  • Preventive

    Analysis before the management decision

  • Litigation

    Portfolio management and defense

  • Diagnostics

    Compliance audits and due diligence

  • Training

    Prepared leaders and front-line teams

NR-1 · Psychosocial risk

Has your company mapped its psychosocial risks?

Brazilian regulation NR-1 now requires psychosocial factors to be managed within the company's risk programme. The duty to prevent remains in force, and the Labor Prosecution Office already addresses the topic in inquiries and public civil actions. We deliver the assessment and the action plan.

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Why we exist

By the time the claim arrives, the decision behind it was made months earlier — in the hiring, the working hours, the termination, the contractor agreement. Acting only in court means acting on the consequence. We also work before it.

Portrait of Maíra S. Marques da Fonseca
Portrait of Thayana Bertuzzi Lopes

Leadership

Founding partners

The partners are directly involved in every engagement — from the first meeting to the oral argument.

Meet the team

Client journey

How we run every engagement

  1. 1

    Diagnosis

    We learn the operation, map the risks and put a number on the exposure.

  2. 2

    Strategy

    A legal plan aligned with the business decision, with scenarios, priorities and costs defined before we start.

  3. 3

    Execution

    Advisory, preventive or litigation work, with an agreed response time and structured case management.

  4. 4

    Follow-through

    Monthly reporting, deadline control and periodic results meetings built on numbers.

Where we are

Curitiba and Porto Alegre

Headquartered in downtown Curitiba, with an office in Porto Alegre's Três Figueiras district — serving clients nationwide in advisory and litigation matters.

  • Headquarters

    Curitiba PR

    R. Comendador Araújo, 143, Conjunto 173 · Centro

  • Office

    Porto Alegre RS

    Av. Carlos Gomes, 1000, Sala 501 · Três Figueiras

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Reception lounge at Fonseca & Bertuzzi Lopes, with wooden armchairs and lit bookshelves
Waiting room at the firm, with upholstered armchairs and a sage-green wall
Work room at the firm, with a white desk and caramel leather chair

Do you know the size of your company's labor exposure?

In a 45-minute conversation we map the points that concentrate the most risk in your operation and show what can be addressed first.