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Other branches of law

Practice areas.

Beyond its core Medical and Health Law practice, MSC works in different branches of law, with services tailored to the particulars of each matter.

Core practice

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Preventive advisory for clinics, defense of healthcare professionals, and access-to-care matters are handled within the core practice, with details on each area.

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Branches

Other areas of legal practice.

Each branch has its own procedures, deadlines, and evidentiary requirements. The specific situation determines which area applies and where the work begins.

  1. Civil Law

    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.

  2. Labor and Employment Law

    Severance 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.

  3. Social Security Law

    Benefits 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.

  4. Administrative Law

    Public procurement and government contracts for clinics, hospitals, and healthcare suppliers: challenges to tender notices, payments, administrative appeals, disciplinary proceedings, and sanctions.

  5. Consumer Law

    Wrongful listing in credit-default registries, flight cancellations and delays, improper charges, service failures, and product defects.

  6. Banking Law

    Over-indebtedness and restructuring of consumer debts under Law No. 14.181/2021, preserving the basic subsistence threshold.

  7. Tax Law

    Taxpayer 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.

  8. Criminal Law

    Emergency 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.

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