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The firm

History

Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados was founded in 1960. It specialized in Labor Law and became a national benchmark for this branch of legislation. As of January 2000, the firm began to expand with new professionals joining our team, following the progress of the Brazilian society and the market. We have gone through a dynamic cycle of modernization, training, and improvement, fostering growth and team connection, as well as diversification and an increase in the number of clients. Our working philosophy became the most distinctive trait of the firm: closeness and full availability to serve our clients in a personalized way, focused on their goals and strategies. In 2025, the firm celebrated 65 years of service, consistently keeping the best practices in the market, since its foundation.

Principles and values

Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados considers its professional reputation as its greatest asset. Therefore, we are highly committed with ethics, professionalism, and quality, not only with regard to our services, but also to the relationships we build with our clients, service providers, and suppliers.

The firm performs its professional role aware of its responsibilities towards the society which it belongs to, and the local and foreign people it interacts with. In addition, Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados's performance is based on correctness, transparency, and commitment to the best practices and results for its clients.

Mission

Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados's mission is to deliver legal services with excellence in the field of Labor Law.

The firm strives to constantly ensure the best results for its clients with ethics, responsibility, dedication, transparency, and excellence.

How we work

Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados is exclusively dedicated to Labor Law, with a well-established position in the Brazilian market, respected all over the country. Our level of expertise is supported by our more than 65 years of experience, as well as the consistent monitoring of the progress of legislation and changes in society. More than simply keeping up to date with legislation, this engagement implies a constant modernization, both in terms of technological resources and interaction, as well as legal ideas and theses.

For Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados's team, customer service requires persistent commitment, closeness, and personalized attention. Our aim is to establish trustworthy partnerships, which are focused on their needs and strategies. Therefore, the firm is structured in order to promptly follow up and meet all our clients' demands in a unique way, with a team of highly skilled professionals. Experts in the various aspects of Labor Law, the firm's members may gather in flexible work groups, with different formations, according to the characteristics and needs of each client.

Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados's HR team is additionally supported by interns – students of Law from Private or Public Universities – and the administrative service team.

Awards

Since 2018, Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados has been consistently recognized among the most admired law firms in Brazil by the Análise Advocacia 500 yearbook, the largest and most relevant survey of the Brazilian legal market. The firm was distinguished as a Most Admired Law Firm in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023/2024, and 2026, and ranked in the Análise Advocacia Regional as a Most Admired Law Firm in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Individually, Cristiano Barreto was recognized as a Most Admired Lawyer in 2025 and 2026, and in 2026 both Cristiano Barreto and Rafael Thomé were distinguished as Outstanding Lawyers by Análise Advocacia. The firm also received Diversity & Inclusion Recognition in 2024 and 2025.

On the international stage, Barreto Advogados was ranked as a Ranked Firm by Leaders League in 2025, recognized by Chambers & Partners in Brazil in 2025, and listed as a Leading Firm by Legal 500 Latin America in 2026. Furthermore, Cristiano Barreto and Thiago Oliveira were acknowledged as Labour Elite Lawyers by Legal 500 Latin America in 2026.

These consecutive recognitions highlight Barreto Advogados’ excellence in labor law, its commitment to diversity and inclusion, and the outstanding performance of its partners, who are consistently ranked among the most admired and elite professionals in Brazil and Latin America.