Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados is a nationwide office, with a technical staff of
more than 150 professionals, experts in several areas of Law. It is located, with its own units, in
the cities of Recife, João Pessoa, Aracaju, Salvador, Goiânia, Brasília, São Paulo and Maceió,
besides counting with permanent associates in Fortaleza, Teresina and São Luis, and corresponding
lawyers in all the other States of the Country.
With a highly qualified staff, Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados operates in the “full service”
concept, offering legal consulting to the client companies in all areas of Law. It has client
portfolio composed of more than 1,500 national and international companies, of several
segments.
The office is structured in the form of business units, covering four major technical areas
- Company, Tax, Labor and Procedure - led by a holder, partner lawyer and expert in the matter.
Combining experience to a high quality standard, Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados is committed
in providing an excellence legal consulting to clients in several areas of Commercial Law.
Profile
Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados is a
result of a merger of two of the most traditional offices of Pernambuco: Vicente Gouveia Advogados,
with more than forty years of in the market, and Martorelli Advogados.
Its headquarters is located in Recife, occupying three floors and more than a thousand
square feet in the Edifício Empresarial Excelsior, in the district of Boa Viagem. It is the largest
legal office of Pernambuco, one of the most important in the Country. It was described as the most
admired/respected law office of the State, in a research conducted by Revista Algomais (link with
the content). João Humberto Martorelli, partner-director, also was in the first rank among the most
admired/respected lawyers in Pernambuco.
Principles
The principles that guide the actions of Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados are
the ethics, severity, loyalty, technical competence, teamwork, professional secrecy, permanent
communication with the client and corporate governance. With a professional management, the office
also is concerned in the development of a social performance and environmentally responsible.
Technological Resources
The office permanently invests in technology to develop solutions that support and
facilitate the daily work of professionals. With all units connected in network, it has integrated
systems of management of information and processes. This technological infrastructure, with the
adoption of systems and software specially developed for Law area, ensures full integration among
the units of the company throughout the Country, accelerating the procedures and increasing the
efficiency. MGA is also one of the pioneers in implementing the Electronic Management of Documents
(GED), a system that allows the digitization of documents and processes, leading to greater agility
in the consultation and security in the storage of strategic information.
Unities
Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados is a nationwide office, with a technical staff of more than
150 professionals, experts in several areas of Law. It is located, with its own units, in the
cities of Recife, João Pessoa, Aracaju, Salvador, Goiânia, Brasília, São Paulo and Maceió, besides
counting with permanent associates in Fortaleza, Teresina and São Luis, and corresponding lawyers
in all the other States of the Country.
Associations
The Office is integrated to several nationwide:
Martorelli e Gouveia Advogados is, also, representative in Recife and Goiânia of the
International Alliance of Law Firms (Alliance), one of the main world chains of law offices, with
representatives in more than 50 countries, in all continents.
- Lawyers’ Societies Study Center - Cesa
- Brazilian Association of Computer Law - ABDI
- Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property - ABPI
- American Chamber of Commerce- Amcham
- Brazilian Institute of Family Law- IBDFAM
- Northeastern Association of Intellectual Property - Anepi
Social Responsibility
The social responsibility has earned its space in the agenda of corporations. Increasingly,
large, medium and small companies - including service providers, such as law offices -, integrate
to its strategic planning a consistent action in the area of social responsibility, with positive
impacts for the entire community.
A socially responsible company has concerns beyond offering products and quality services to
the market. It interacts with its several public, building a relationship based on ethics and
respect, not attacking the environment, offering good working conditions for the employees,
transforming part of its profits into benefits for the company, just to name a few examples.
The practice of a socially responsible management is part of day-to-day of Martorelli e
Gouveia Advogados, whether in specific projects or in the principles that define its relationship
with clients, employees and with the company.
