About
AZ Cardoso
AZ Cardoso Advogados is a law firm focused on supporting the strategic objectives and businesses of its clients.
We are an office that seeks proximity to our clients. Through highly specialized legal advice, we focus our efforts on generating value for the relationships we build with clients, partners and professionals, through complete advice in the areas of insurance and reinsurance, contracts, corporate, compliance, digital businesses, startups and innovation, inside and outside the country.
We trust in long-term partnerships and in understanding the needs and specificities of each company, in order to add to the strategies of the present, with a view to the future.
Your challenge is our business. Therefore, we provide our structure for a complete service.
Our employees’ mission is to seek solutions, not only for clients’ legal issues, but to go further, and act with protagonism in operational and strategic issues that produce practical results, combining experience with innovation.
- International performance
- Union of technical and legal experience
- Long-term vision for the business
- Constant team training
- Search for practical results with efficiency
Differentials
Our practices in Law at the service of your company
Leadership
Danielle Cardoso | Founding partner
- Master in Economic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Porto, Portugal
- MBA in Insurance and Reinsurance Law, Superior Nacional Insurance School, Brazil
- Bachelor of Laws, Faculty of Law, Presbyterian University Mackenzie, Brazil
- Danielle acts as an arbitrator for CBMI – Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration, in the area of contractual law, with a focus on insurance and reinsurance
- She has solid experience in loss adjustment of highly complex claims and in strategic insurance litigation, especially in the areas of D&O and E&O, liability, property and engineering, building direct contacts with brokers and worldwide insurance and reinsurance companies
- She has extensive experience in coordinating and managing teams of lawyers, carrying out audits, in addition to drafting legal opinions on standards issued by SUSEP – Superintendence of Private Insurance and by CNSP – National Council of Private Insurance
- Danielle also has experience in the academic field, where she taught as a visiting professor in the Extension Course of Insurance Law at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU
- Currently, her work is mainly focused on the areas of consultant and loss adjustment, in the fields of D&O,E&O, liability, cyber, agriculture, property and engineering,in insurance and reinsurance, developing relationships with national and international clients. Also, she is focused on building startups and digital business contracts
- cyber, agro, property e engeneering, desenvolvendo relacionamento com clientes nacionais e internacionais. Danielle também está focada na constituição de startups, além de negócios digitais
Juliane Schimidt | Partner
- Master’s Degree in Civil Procedure, Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University, São Paulo, Brazil
- MBA in Legal Management of Insurance Contracts and Innovation, Escola Superior Nacional de Seguros, São Paulo, Brazil
- Postgraduate Specialization in Civil Procedure, Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Bachelor of Laws, Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University, Campinas, Brazil
- Senior Lawyer with significant professional experience coordinating strategic and high-volume civil litigation, particularly in matters involving insurance, civil liability and commercial contracts
- Substantial experience in insurance law, particularly in liability, life, property, engineering and transport lines
- Juliane has authored book chapters and articles on civil procedural law
- Currently focused on coordinating the insurance litigation practice, particularly in agribusiness, surety, transport, life, property and motor lines
Rayssa Andreucci | Partner
- Postgraduate Specialization in Civil Procedural Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV, Brazil
- Bachelor of Laws, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU, Brazil
- Rayssa practices as a lawyer focused on Corporate Law, Strategic Civil Litigation and Arbitration, advising Brazilian companies on complex disputes, legal counsel and risk management. She has solid experience in the coordination and management of legal teams, handling a multidisciplinary portfolio of matters. In that capacity, she has led high-impact negotiations, reviewed corporate contracts and managed proceedings with efficiency and strategic focus.
- She currently concentrates her practice on corporate advisory work, contracts, strategic civil litigation, arbitration, dispute negotiation and litigation prevention, providing legal advice to companies across a range of sectors with a focus on legal certainty, operational efficiency and the development of business-oriented solutions. She also focuses on the incorporation of startups and on digital businesses.
- She likewise handles intellectual property matters, including litigation involving copyright and trademarks, the drafting and negotiation of technology agreements, and strategic protection and advice on the management of intellectual property assets. Her practice further encompasses the incorporation and structuring of startups and digital businesses, covering contractual, corporate, technology and intellectual property aspects, as well as trademark registration.
