Medical and Health Law
MSC Advocacia provides specialized legal advisory to physicians, clinics, and healthcare professionals, from risk prevention to defense in judicial, ethics, and administrative proceedings.
Practice throughout Brazil · Based in Belém, Pará · In-person and videoconference consultations.
Preventive advisory, contracts with patients, and the prevention and analysis of situations involving reimbursements, consent forms, document compliance, labor and employment issues, the health surveillance authority (Vigilância Sanitária), risk management, compliance, and internal routines.
Advisory for clinicsDefense before the Regional Council of Medicine (CRM) and other professional councils; representation in civil, criminal, consumer, and tax litigation; preliminary inquiries; professional ethics proceedings; and other matters related to professional practice.
Support for professionalsLegal work on matters involving health plans, medications, treatments, surgeries, ICU beds, and medical and hospital liability.
Healthcare access mattersLegal structuring of operations: documents, routines, and contracts reviewed based on how the service actually works.
Drafting and review of contracts between partners, professionals, service providers, and suppliers in the healthcare sector.
Tailoring consent forms, medical records, and care records to the specific context of each service.
Health data governance under the LGPD (Brazil’s General Data Protection Law), internal policies, and guidance on the processing of sensitive information.
Guidance and representation in preliminary inquiries and proceedings before Medical Councils, as each case requires.
Technical analysis of matters involving professional and hospital liability in the civil and criminal spheres.
Guidance on professional communication and promotion in light of the rules of the Medical Councils.
Issues involving coverage, treatments, medications, procedures, and access to medical care.
Family, property, and contractual relationships: review of contracts and financing, child or spousal support, custody, divorce, probate, leases and evictions, vehicle repossession proceedings, and trademarks and patents.
Talk to the team about Civil Law on WhatsAppSeverance pay and FGTS (Brazil’s severance fund), hazardous-conditions pay, working hours and overtime, constructive dismissal, employment status and disguised employment through independent-contractor (PJ) arrangements, plus preventive guidance for employers.
Talk to the team about Labor and Employment Law on WhatsAppBenefits from the INSS (Brazil’s National Social Security Institute): temporary disability benefit, permanent disability retirement, accident benefit, maternity pay, retirement and benefits planning, and benefit review.
Talk to the team about Social Security Law on WhatsAppPublic procurement and government contracts for clinics, hospitals, and healthcare suppliers: challenges to tender notices, payments, administrative appeals, disciplinary proceedings, and sanctions.
Talk to the team about Administrative Law on WhatsAppWrongful listing in credit-default registries, flight cancellations and delays, improper charges, service failures, and product defects.
Talk to the team about Consumer Law on WhatsAppOver-indebtedness and restructuring of consumer debts under Law No. 14.181/2021, preserving the basic subsistence threshold.
Talk to the team about Banking Law on WhatsAppTaxpayer defense in tax enforcement proceedings and registered tax debt: pre-enforcement objections, motions to oppose enforcement, account freezes and attachment, IPTU (urban property tax) and municipal taxes, installment plans, and tax regularization.
Talk to the team about Tax Law on WhatsAppEmergency protective orders, monitoring of police investigations, and defense in criminal proceedings, including defamation-related offenses (crimes against honor) and threats, with guidance for victims and persons under investigation.
Talk to the team about Criminal Law on WhatsAppMSC combines technical knowledge, strategic work, and close client service to prevent risks, defend rights, and protect businesses, assets, and reputation.
Based in Belém, Pará, and working throughout Brazil, the firm offers tailored legal solutions for healthcare professionals, clinics, businesses, and individuals.
Ed. EvolutionUmarizal, Belém/PA
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Attorney focused on Medical and Health Law · Founder of MSC Advocacia
OAB/PA nº 36.711
Tainá Cunha is an attorney and the founder of MSC Advocacia, with a preventive, advisory, and litigation practice in Medical and Health Law. She graduated in Law in 2019, holds a postgraduate degree in Medical and Health Law, and is a member of the Medical Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, Pará Section (OAB/PA). Her practice is focused on the legal protection of physicians, clinics, healthcare organizations, and individuals.
Tainá Cunha's professional Instagram: @melodacunhaadvView full profile
Scholarly work
Tainá Cunha is a co-author of this collective work dedicated to prevention, legal certainty, and the contemporary challenges of medical practice.
Co-authorshipTainá Cunha
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Practice throughout Brazil, based in Belém, Pará.
Ed. Evolution, Umarizal. Physical office for in-person meetings.
The founder is a member of the Medical Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), Pará Section.
Meetings at the office or by videoconference, at the client's convenience.
Talks and training sessions for physicians, clinics, and healthcare teams on prevention and documentation.
Fui muito bem atendido e recebi toda a atenção e cuidado necessários para a minha causa.O escritório demonstra um nível altíssimo de profissionalismo, aliado a um domínio técnico impecável. Em momentos delicados, foram extremamente humanos, atenciosos e transparentes, mantendo-me informado de cada etapa com clareza e agilidade.O escritório Melo Souza Cunha demonstrou muito profissionalismo, clareza nas orientações e competência técnica em todo o processo.Mais do que técnica jurídica, encontrei acolhimento. A Dra. Tainá Cunha lidera uma equipe que realmente escuta, explica e luta pelos direitos dos pacientes.Atendimento de excelência, com objetividade e clareza nas explicações. Profissionais experientes e humanizados, com profundo conhecimento técnico.Profissionais sérios, competentes e muito claros nas orientações. Passam muita confiança, o que é essencial na área jurídica.Desde o primeiro atendimento fui muito bem acolhido. A equipe explicou tudo com clareza, foi transparente e trabalhou com excelência.Dra. Tainá, obrigado pelo compromisso verdadeiro com a minha causa. Sua dedicação, competência e humanidade fazem toda a diferença.A equipe foi educada, explicou tudo com calma e passou bastante confiança.Desde o primeiro contato, fui atendida com atenção, educação e profissionalismo. Todo o processo foi muito bem explicado e conduzido com cuidado.Fui muito bem atendido, com total profissionalismo e atenção. Explicaram tudo de forma clara e me passaram muita confiança.Excelente escritório de advocacia. Com transparência e alto nível de conhecimento técnico.Dra. Tainá, o seu compromisso com a minha causa vai além do trabalho. É cuidado, é respeito, é presença.Meu sincero agradecimento a toda a equipe pelo excelente atendimento, dedicação e profissionalismo.Muito ético, pontual e comprometido com a causa. Conduziu o processo com total transparência e profissionalismo.Desde o primeiro contato vocês foram ágeis, claros e realmente se importaram. Faz toda a diferença ser tratado com essa dedicação.Serviço jurídico de qualidade, com ética, competência e compromisso com o cliente.Sou muito grata pela atenção, dedicação e responsabilidade durante todo o processo.Excelente profissional! foi extremamente atencioso, claro e transparente desde a primeira consulta.Atendimento nota 10 no escritório MSC. Equipe educada, eficiente e realmente preocupada em ajudar.5,0 out of 5 on Google · 336 reviews
See reviews on GoogleBecause changes in operations and in relationships with professionals, patients, and suppliers can alter risks and responsibilities. A legal review helps keep instruments and routines consistent with the organization’s current reality.
Generic templates may not reflect the service’s procedures, risks, workflows, and particularities. Legal analysis seeks to tailor the documentation to the specific context and to the responsibilities involved.
The Medical and Health Law practice covers guidance and representation in professional ethics matters, according to the characteristics of each case.
Yes. The advisory structure can be adapted to the reality of clinics, medical practices, and organizations of different sizes.
Yes. MSC offers in-person consultations as well as consultations by videoconference.
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