Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados

What Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados does

Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados is a Brazilian boutique law firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Maceió, Alagoas. The firm is a partnership co-founded by Carlos Bernardo (OAB/AL 5.904) and Arthur Fernandes do Anjos Carvalho (OAB/AL 9.330), both of whom previously worked together at Escritório Jurídico PGL and hold/held in-house municipal attorney positions in Alagoas. Registered with OAB/Alagoas under number 322/2012, the firm operates from a single office inaugurated in June 2014 at Rua Durval Coelho Normande, 148, Farol, Maceió, and employs approximately 5 people.

The firm delivers legal services across four practice areas: Municipal and Administrative Law (public procurement, administrative improbity defense, land regularization), Electoral Law (campaign consulting, candidacy registration, electoral litigation), Labor and Social Security Law (individual and collective claims, collective bargaining, social security benefits), and Civil Law (contracts, property, family, estates). Service delivery spans advisory/consulting and judicial litigation through superior courts. The firm uses basic case management and document management systems; no proprietary technology platform is disclosed.

Revenue is generated through professional service fees billed to clients per engagement, with the primary client base being public sector municipalities, city halls, and municipal chambers across Alagoas state. Secondary segments include private sector employers/individuals and political candidates/parties. The go-to-market is sales-led, relying on partner networks, referrals, and direct engagement rather than formal marketing infrastructure, with content marketing via the firm website and published legal articles serving as top-of-funnel awareness. Notable engagements include intermediating BRASKEM extrajudicial compensation agreements for residents of affected Alagoas neighborhoods and representing Igaci Municipality in administrative disputes.

Name

Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados

Legal name

Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados

Website

https://bernardoecarvalho.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados is a 5-person boutique law firm in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, founded in 2012, providing municipal, electoral, labor, and civil law advisory and litigation services primarily to public sector municipalities and government entities across Alagoas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Municipal law services
• Administrative law advisory
• Electoral law consulting
• Labor litigation services
• Civil law representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Maceió

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional legal service fees charged for legal representation, advisory, and consulting services to public and private sector clients. Services include litigation in courts, legal consulting, preventive legal advice, and electoral campaign advisory.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados is a Brazilian law firm providing legal advisory, consulting, and litigation representation across four main practice areas: Municipal and Administrative Law, Electoral Law, Labor and Social Security Law, and Civil Law. The firm serves primarily public sector clients (municipalities, city halls, municipal chambers) in Alagoas, as well as private employers, individuals, and political candidates. Services encompass preventive legal consulting, judicial litigation at all court levels, regulatory defense, and campaign compliance advisory.

Product overview

Bernardo e Carvalho Advogados is a Brazilian law firm founded in 2012 in Maceió, Alagoas, offering a unified portfolio of legal services across four main practice areas: Municipal and Administrative Law, Electoral Law, Labor and Social Security Law, and Civil Law. The firm provides both advisory/consulting services and judicial litigation representation, primarily serving public sector clients including municipalities, city councils, and government entities. The firm operates as a single-service law practice rather than a platform or modular product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal and Administrative Law (Direito Municipal e Direito Administrativo) Legal advisory and consulting services for municipal and administrative law matters, including public administration compliance, public tenders, regulatory affairs, and defense against administrative impropriety acts. Targeted at municipalities, city halls, and municipal chambers.
• Electoral Law (Direito Eleitoral) Electoral law advisory services including campaign consulting, candidacy registration, electoral propaganda guidance, and judicial defense before electoral courts. Targeted at political candidates, parties, and public officeholders.
• Labor and Social Security Law (Direito Trabalhista e Previdenciário) Labor and social security law services covering individual and collective labor claims, collective agreements, labor consulting, and employee benefits matters. Targeted at private companies, employers, and individuals.
• Civil Law (Direito Civil) Civil law services including contract consulting, property matters, family law, estate administration, and civil litigation from first instance through superior courts. Targeted at private clients, families, and businesses.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OAB/Alagoas (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - Seccional Alagoas)coreOthersThe law firm is registered with OAB/Alagoas (registration number 322/2012), the Brazilian Bar Association's regional section that regulates and certifies legal professionals in the state of Alagoas.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Veirano Advogados: Brazilian full-service law firm with administrative, regulatory, and labor practices comparable to Bernardo e Carvalho's coverage, though operating nationally and at significantly larger scale.
• Machado Meyer: Large Brazilian full-service firm with recognized public law, administrative, and litigation practices that compete for the same municipal, electoral, and administrative law mandates, albeit at national scale.
• Mattos Filho: One of Brazil's largest full-service law firms with strong public law, administrative, and regulatory practices that compete for the same municipal and government advisory mandates as Bernardo e Carvalho, though operating nationally at vastly larger scale.
• Demarest Advogados: Full-service Brazilian law firm with strong administrative, regulatory, and labor law capabilities that overlap with Bernardo e Carvalho's practice areas, particularly for institutional and government-related clients.
• TozziniFreire Advogados: Leading Brazilian full-service firm with administrative, labor, and civil litigation practices that intersect with Bernardo e Carvalho's multi-disciplinary portfolio, particularly for larger institutional mandates.
• Lefosse Advogados: Brazilian full-service firm with strong tax, administrative, and regulatory practices that overlap with Bernardo e Carvalho's public-sector and administrative law work, competing for similar government and corporate clients.
• Pinheiro Neto: Major Brazilian full-service law firm with established public law and administrative law capabilities, providing direct competition for institutional and government clients across multiple practice areas that overlap with the subject firm's offerings.

Direct peers

• Escritório Jurídico PGL – Advocacia e Consultoria LTDA: Former employer of both founding partners (Carlos Bernardo 2005-2012, Arthur Carvalho 2010-2012); a regional Alagoas-based law firm with overlapping public law practice that constitutes the closest direct peer in the same geography and specialty.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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