Cabanellos

What Cabanellos does

Cabanellos Advocacia is a privately-held, full-service Brazilian law firm founded in April 2001 by Gizéli Belloli and Luiz Henrique Cabanellos Schuh, headquartered in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) with additional offices in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina), Curitiba (Paraná), and São Paulo. The firm provides multidisciplinary legal advisory, litigation representation, and consulting services across 23+ practice areas spanning Corporate/M&A, Tax, Labor, Civil Litigation, Compliance, ESG, Arbitration, Digital/Privacy (LGPD), Fintech, Sports Law, Insurance, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Environmental and Climate Litigation, and Recovery and Restructuring. Cabanellos targets corporate and business clients nationwide, delivering services through a partner-led, relationship-driven model with active business development by senior lawyers across its four offices.

The firm generates revenue through professional services fees — hourly rates, fixed-fee engagements, and contingent/success-fee arrangements typical of Brazilian corporate counsel — with no publicly disclosed fee schedule. Its GTM motion is enterprise field sales anchored in partner-led client engagement, supplemented by thought-leadership content via the Cabanellos Discussions platform, social-impact programming through the Cabanellos Citizenship Institute (established 2022), institutional partnerships (notably with Instituto Innovare since 2008), and sustained recognition through Leaders League, Great Place to Work, and Análise Advocacia rankings. Operationally, the firm leverages digital platforms (a website in three languages, intranet portal, email newsletter) and a multidisciplinary team of partners with advanced academic credentials (PhDs, master's degrees, international specializations in digital law, compliance, insurance, and tax), with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or funding rounds.

Cabanellos occupies a regional-strong / national-reach position in the Brazilian legal market, anchored in the South region with the São Paulo office enabling broader corporate engagement. The firm positions itself as a strategic business asset for clients rather than a transactional legal vendor, reinforced by its citizenship institute and thought-leadership ecosystem, which differentiate it from purely fee-for-service competitors.

Name

Cabanellos

Legal name

Cabanellos Advocacia

Website

https://cabanellos.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cabanellos Advocacia is a privately-held, full-service Brazilian law firm with four offices across Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, and São Paulo, delivering multidisciplinary legal advisory, litigation, and consulting across 23+ practice areas to corporate and business clients nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (BPAHAFAL)

Keywords

• Corporate legal services
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Tax law advisory
• Litigation and arbitration
• Data protection compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio Grande Do Sul

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Cabanellos Advocacia generates revenue by charging fees for legal advisory, litigation representation, and consultancy services across its 23+ practice areas including Corporate/M&A, Tax, Labor, Civil Litigation, Compliance, ESG, Insurance, Real Estate, Arbitration, and others. Fees are likely structured on a combination of hourly rates, fixed-fee arrangements, and success/fee arrangements typical for Brazilian law firms serving corporate clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cabanellos Advocacia is a full-service Brazilian law firm providing legal advisory, litigation, and consultancy services across 23+ practice areas including Corporate/M&A, Tax, Labor, Civil Litigation, Compliance, ESG, Arbitration, Digital/Privacy (LGPD), Sports Law, Real Estate, Insurance, and more. Services are delivered through partner-led engagement with corporate and business clients across four Brazilian states.

Product overview

Cabanellos Advocacia is a Brazilian law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services organized into 23 distinct practice areas. The firm provides legal advisory, litigation representation, and consultancy services across corporate, regulatory, and personal legal matters. Core areas include Corporate Law, Tax Law, Labor Law, Civil Litigation, and M&A, complemented by specialized practices such as Digital/Privacy (LGPD compliance), ESG, Fintech, Sports Law, and Environmental Law. The firm positions itself as a strategic asset for clients, offering multidisciplinary expertise with offices in Porto Alegre, Florianópolis, Curitiba, and São Paulo.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Instituto Cidadania Cabanellos: Cabanellos Citizenship Institute - a permanent forum established in 2022 for debating complex issues facing contemporary Brazilian society, promoting civic, ethical and socially responsible behavior.

Products and services

• Administrative Proceedings
• Environmental and Climate Litigation
• Arbitration and Mediation
• Competition Law
• Compliance, Integrity and Corporate Ethics
• Consumer Law
• Civil Litigation
• Contracts and Corporate Business
• Digital, Privacy & Information Security
• Economic and Regulatory Law
• Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)
• Sports Law
• Fintech Department
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Media and Entertainment
• Corporate and Succession Planning
• Intellectual Property
• Recovery and Business Restructuring
• Insurance
• Corporate Law
• Labor Law
• Tax Law
• Real Estate
• Legal Advisory Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Parceiros Voluntários (Volunteer Partners)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Parceiros Voluntários is a Civil Society Organization dedicated to promoting education and community development. It recruits volunteers and local partners to develop long-term projects to improve quality of life in disadvantaged communities. Cabanellos has been working with them since 2020, developing projects to support social causes through the Online Food Parcel project.
• Instituto InnovarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Cabanellos has been part of the Innovare Institute since 2008. The institute promotes a worldview based on applying best practice to improve the Justice System in Brazil, embodied by the Innovare Award. Cabanellos acts as a consultant to the Innovare Institute and is responsible for assessing practices competing for the Award in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná. The firm has been actively involved in the 23rd edition (2026) of the award.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Pinheiro Neto Advogados: Elite full-service Brazilian firm covering M&A, tax, litigation and compliance for corporate clients, a benchmark incumbent in the same market Cabanellos competes in.
• Machado Meyer Advogados: Large national full-service firm serving corporate and business clients across overlapping practice areas, competing for premium mandates Cabanellos targets.
• Veirano Advogados: National full-service firm serving corporate clients across the same core practice areas as Cabanellos, competing in the Brazilian business-law market.
• TozziniFreire Advogados: National full-service business law firm with strong corporate, M&A and regulatory practices comparable to Cabanellos' offering at larger scale.
• Mattos Filho: One of Brazil's largest full-service corporate law firms with national reach across all practice areas Cabanellos offers, but far larger scale and São Paulo-centered.
• Demarest Advogados: Established Brazilian full-service firm advising corporates on M&A, tax, litigation and compliance, overlapping Cabanellos' service portfolio nationally.

Regional players

• Souto Correa Advogados: Full-service business law firm headquartered in Porto Alegre serving corporate clients across Brazil, directly overlapping Cabanellos in geography, target market and practice breadth.
• Silveiro Advogados: Rio Grande do Sul-based full-service firm advising corporate clients across similar practice areas, competing head-to-head with Cabanellos in southern Brazil.
• César Peres Dulac Müller (CPDMA): Porto Alegre business law firm offering corporate, tax, labor and litigation services to companies, a close regional competitor to Cabanellos.
• Marchiori, Sachet, Barros & Dias Advogados: Southern Brazil business law firm serving corporate clients with a comparable full-service model, competing in Cabanellos' home region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CabanellosAdvocacia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cabanellos-advocacia
• Facebookfacebook.com/Cabanellos-Advocacia-445936019176464

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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