Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios

What Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios does

Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios (BKS) is a Brazilian law firm founded in August 2001 and headquartered in Joinville, Santa Catarina, with branch offices in Curitiba (Paraná) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), covering the three states of Southern Brazil. The firm is registered under OAB/SC n° 657 and operates with a team of more than 8 attorneys across multiple practice areas including civil, corporate, family, labor, tax, administrative, social security, digital, medical, environmental, and mining law. Its service portfolio includes both bespoke legal representation and productized modules — BKS Express (expedited services), BKS In Company (outsourced legal director), BKS Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SMB legal services), and BKS Consultoria Trabalhista (labor consultancy) — alongside a self-service online tool for generating advance directive document templates.

The firm operates a digital legal platform launched in 2020 that enables remote service delivery nationwide, with client intake via phone, WhatsApp, email, and Microsoft Bookings. Revenue is generated through quote-based professional fees on individual matters and ongoing engagements, with multi-year contracts on certain corporate modules. Client segments span individuals, micro and small businesses, mid-market companies, healthcare professionals, and public sector matters. The firm has publicly positioned an AI and Autonomous Agents division under Managing Partner Luís André Beckhauser, combining generative AI tools with traditional legal practice, and has received official recognition from the Joinville Municipal Council (Moção 27/2026) for its 25-year contribution to justice and social development. The firm is privately held by its partners with no external investment, parent company, or public listing.

Name

Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios

Legal name

Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios

Website

https://beckhauser.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios is a Brazilian law firm founded in 2001 in Joinville, serving individuals, micro and small businesses, and mid-market companies across Southern Brazil through three offices — Joinville, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre — with 8+ attorneys covering civil, corporate, family, labor, tax, and digital law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Joinville

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Professional legal services billed through consultations and case representation across multiple practice areas including civil, corporate, family, labor, tax, and administrative law.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios (BKS) is a multi-practice Brazilian law firm offering legal consultation and representation across civil, corporate, family, labor, tax, administrative, social security, digital, medical, environmental, and mining law for both individuals and businesses. The firm sells named service modules such as BKS Express (expedited services), BKS In Company (outsourced in-house legal department), and BKS Micro e Pequenas Empresas (small/micro business legal support), and operates a digital legal platform since 2020 that enables nationwide remote service delivery.

Product overview

Beckhauser, Kroetz & Sócios (BKS) is a law firm operating since 2001 that offers a comprehensive portfolio of legal services across civil, corporate, family, labor, tax, administrative, social security, medical, digital, environmental, and mining law. The firm provides specialized modules including BKS Express (expedited services), BKS In Company (in-house legal department management), and BKS Micro e Pequenas Empresas (small business services). The firm also operates a digital legal platform since 2020 and maintains an AI and Autonomous Agents division led by a Managing Partner. Core services include estate planning (inventários), advance directives (DAV), digital contracts, labor consultancy, tax recovery, public bidding defense, and moral damages litigation. The firm also provides a self-service online tool for generating advance directive document templates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BKS Express Expedited legal services module for individuals and businesses covering civil, social security, family, and succession matters, including extrajudicial estate inventories, designed to accelerate resolution of straightforward cases.
• BKS In Company Creation and reorganization of a company's legal planning department, managed by a Partner who assumes the role of Legal Director to evaluate company policies and advise on legal proposals and theses for the client company.
• BKS Micro e Pequenas Empresas Legal services tailored for micro and small businesses with progressive extrajudicial needs that do not require real-time monitoring, providing a cost-effective legal support layer for smaller companies.
• BKS Consultoria Trabalhista Labor law consultancy service focused on HR routines and Occupational Health and Safety, providing preventive legal services to preserve client rights and ensure compliance with Brazilian labor regulations.
• BKS Apoio Jurídico Legal support, correspondence, process control, diligences and court hearing attendance services provided to attorneys and clients throughout the state, acting as local counsel support.
• Inventário - Extrajudicial e Judicial Estate inventory (inventário) services delivered through both extrajudicial (notarial) and judicial routes, including testamentary planning and guardianship matters, for families handling succession.
• Diretivas Antecipadas de Vontade (DAV) e Testamento Vital Advance directives (Diretivas Antecipadas de Vontade) and living will (testamento vital) planning services, including designation of patient representative and incapacity planning for individuals who want to formalize medical and end-of-life decisions.
• Direito Digital e Contrato Digital Digital law services including digital contract drafting, validation and digital signature solutions, as well as app driver reintegration and other digital-era legal matters.
• Direito Médico Medical law services for physicians and healthcare providers, including physician productivity compensation (Retribuição Produtividade Médica), informed consent form (TCLE) drafting, medical error defense (Defesa Erro Médico), and iatrogenesis defense (Defesa na Iatrogenia).
• Defesa de Suspensão e Cassação de CNH Legal defense services against driver's license (CNH) suspension and cancellation, including administrative appeals and representation before traffic authorities.
• Recuperação Tributária Tax recovery and tax reduction services including restitution for auto parts businesses, income tax reduction for clinics and laboratories, and recovery of income tax for commercial representatives.
• Ambiental e Minerário Environmental and mining law services including administrative and judicial defenses against environmental penalties (FATMA, IBAMA, and municipal environmental bodies), and mining regulations including criminal environmental and mining law defense.
• Licitações Public bidding (licitações) legal services for suppliers and contracting parties, including proposal elaboration, contract execution support, and defense in government procurement processes and administrative sanctions.
• Dano Moral Moral damages litigation services including airline compensation cases (voo cancelado), SERASA credits, and other consumer rights violations; recent verified outcomes include R$81,000 total indemnification for an Azul Airlines disembarkation family and R$15,000 in moral damages for a TAP Air Portugal delay family.
• Revisão da Vida Toda Full lifetime contribution review (Revisão da Vida Toda) service for INSS social security benefits, allowing inclusion of pre-July 1994 contributions in retirement calculations to increase benefit amounts.
• Portal do Servidor Público Public servant legal services including food voucher (Vale-Alimentação) claims (notably for teachers) and medical productivity compensation (Retribuição Produtividade Médica) recovery for public-sector employees.
• Representação Comercial Legal services for commercial representation activities and commercial negotiation support, including contracts and disputes involving commercial representatives.
• Gerador de Minuta de Diretivas Antecipadas de Vontade Online self-service tool that generates advance directives (DAV) document templates for patients, enabling individuals to start drafting their living will before engaging the firm for review and execution.
• Criação e Revisão de Contratos Drafting and review of contracts for businesses, covering civil and commercial contracts, including incorporation of digital signature workflows.
• Negociação Empresarial Business negotiation legal services supporting companies in commercial negotiations, structuring deals, and protecting client interests during transactional discussions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of satisfied clients over 25+ years of service

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pinheiro Neto Advogados: Full-service Brazilian firm recognized for corporate, tax, and technology-related advisory. Comparable via its digital-law and technology practice overlap with BKS's 'Direito Digital' offering.
• Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados: Largest Brazilian full-service law firm with strongest depth in corporate, tax, and regulatory work. Serves as the upper-bound benchmark for what scaled Brazilian legal practice looks like compared to BKS's mid-market positioning.
• Veirano Advogados: Established Brazilian full-service law firm with multiple offices and deep national coverage. Comparable as a broader Brazilian legal-services incumbent against which BKS competes for mid-market corporate and regional mandates.
• Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados: Large Brazilian full-service firm known for corporate, tax, and administrative law. Overlaps directly with BKS's corporate, tax recovery, and public bidding practice areas, serving as a benchmark for premium positioning.
• Demarest Advogados: Major Brazilian law firm with broad practice coverage including corporate, labor, tax, and digital law. Overlaps with most of BKS's service catalog and competes for the same Southern Brazil corporate clients.

Emerging players

• Opice Blum Advogados: Brazilian firm combining traditional legal practice with digital-law and technology focus. Closely comparable to BKS's positioning around digital law, AI/tech adoption, and consumer-facing digital intake.

Others

• JusBrasil: Brazil's largest legal information and content platform serving lawyers and consumers. Comparable as an ecosystem peer shaping how clients in Brazil discover and compare law firms like BKS online.

Direct peers

• Bichara e Motta Advogados: Brazilian mid-size full-service firm with multi-office presence and a similar mix of corporate, tax, labor and administrative clients. Closely comparable in scale, regional orientation, and service breadth to BKS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BKSAdvocacia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCmRWNvPuzatc3FH9eILJ8Sw
• Facebookfacebook.com/bksadvocacia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bks---beckhauser-kroetz-&-s%C3%B3cios---escrit%C3%B3rio-de-advocacia
• Instagraminstagram.com/bksadvogados

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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