Strategic Negotiation & Credit Recovery

FIUS's Strategic Negotiation & Credit Recovery practice advises individuals and entities — Brazilian and foreign — on aligning interests and brokering agreements to resolve disputes out of court.

Our negotiation advisory work targets high-complexity disputes, pursuing fast, strategic resolutions in large-scale matters: infrastructure deals, real-estate transactions, long-term contracts, supply and asset-management arrangements and others. We also advise on extrajudicial recovery of commercial receivables, helping companies organize their collections departments — designing or revising internal processes, establishing credit-granting criteria and guarantee requirements, and managing default — and setting the rules for different collection approaches.

Among our main areas of practice:

• Negotiations of all levels of complexity and subject matter, for individuals or entities;
• Strategy design to guide clients through negotiations;
• Matters involving the improper use of brands or industrial-property assets;
• Support and guidance to clients during negotiations;
• Counsel on the extrajudicial removal of improper restrictions;
• Counsel to victims of banking fraud seeking reimbursement;
• Strategic action for the extrajudicial and judicial recovery of receivables, for individuals and entities;
• Liability management to reduce protests and credit-bureau filings;
• Representation of creditors, individuals and entities, in debt renegotiation;
• Drafting and review of debt acknowledgment, settlement and other instruments focused on credit recovery;
• Asset searches and opinions on the financial condition of partners, whether clients or suppliers;
• Counsel on managing the client's credit and collections department — designing and implementing guidelines, monitoring debtors, and providing technical opinions for credit analysis;
• Drafting of extrajudicial notifications and replies.