A law firm founded in 1999 by professionals with highly recognized specialization in issues involving publicly-held corporations and capital market, the Firm is structured to render legal services to domestic and foreign clients, with preponderant practice focused in the different fields of Corporate Law. The founding partners of BCCS had, as a primary concern, to organize the Firm bringing together lawyers with solid academic background and specialized knowledge in this area, as well as professionals with expertise in other related fields of law, such as banking, tax and pension fund law, with a view to forming teams capable of rendering a legal assistance that meets its clients' expectations, both in consulting and in litigation areas. The basic commitment of the Firm is to render services in a highly expeditious way, with high technical quality, always observing due ethical standards. Moreover, the Firm seeks to present the most practical and efficient solutions to the problems faced by the clients. In this connection, the Firm has been reaching a prominent position in formulating strategies for safeguarding shareholders' rights, as well as in orienting corporations towards adoption of policies that meet the best practices of corporate governance, in order to avoid litigation in the corporate area. The firm has offices in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, and also counts with a support in Brasília. BCCS is prepared to offer to its clients integrated assistance, relying, for this purpose, on the cooperation with other law firms, as well as special consultants. Bocater, Camargo, Costa e Silva - Advogados has among its clients several publicly traded corporations, financial institutions, real estate companies and other members of the financial system, private pension funds, asset managers, in addition to small and medium size legal entities and individuals.