The intersection of law and business management.
Who We Are
Ambrosio de Lima Advocacia was founded in 2014 out of a conviction built across decades in the boardroom: sound business decisions demand that legal analysis, strategy and operations be handled together. We act as strategic partners to Brazilian and international companies — from designing the operation to executing and defending it.
In Brazil, governance, compliance and taxation are a single system — and the tax reform raises it to another level. Every business decision now demands structure, control and planning to sustain an environment that is at once profitable, compliant and durable. That integrated reading is what I bring to every company that chooses to grow securely in Brazil.
Mission
To elevate the added value delivered to our clients and their businesses, providing legal solutions that are secure, efficient and aligned with corporate reality.
Our Values
Transparency and Accountability
We treat absolute clarity and timely reporting as non-negotiable pillars. Every legal action is communicated with candor so that senior management can make informed, confident decisions — eliminating surprises and information asymmetries.
Institutional Commitment and Shared Risk
We are not merely external advisors; we take on the challenge alongside the client. Our dedication transcends the technical opinion and reaches into the engineering of the operation to shield the business and safeguard its sustainable continuity.
Continuous Improvement (Applied Learning)
The regulatory environment evolves daily. We invest obsessively in cutting-edge technical development and market intelligence, turning pure knowledge into efficient, applicable legal solutions.
Excellence Delivered, Results Oriented
We replace "legalese" with business efficiency. Our metric of success is secure growth and the agile resolution of complexity — with direct, structured answers of high added value for the company's cash and operation.
Vocation to Serve and Ethical Relationships
We cultivate partnerships built on active listening and corporate empathy. We understand each company's culture in order to serve with tailored precision, building long-term relationships in which we grow aligned with our clients.
Our method
Understanding the business.
Before any legal framing, we understand the sector, the revenue model, operating risks and the shareholders' objectives.
Root-cause diagnosis.
We analyze the matter in its full context — legal, financial, tax and governance — to treat the origin, not the symptom.
Strategy with alternatives.
We present paths with risks, costs and probabilities compared, so the client can make an informed decision.
Execution and follow-through.
We implement with management discipline: deadlines, owners and metrics.
The founding partner
Ricardo Ambrosio de Lima
Founding Partner · Attorney and Board Member
Attorney and senior executive. Before founding the firm, he spent more than 30 years in CEO, Executive Director and General Manager positions in agribusiness, food (FMCG), chemical and retail companies, with operations in Brazil, the United States, Europe, Japan, Africa and Latin America. He founded Intracoffee Global Business (Switzerland), an international specialty-coffee trading platform, and led expansion and new-business projects in markets such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Japan.
He has served on Boards of Directors since 2012, advising retail, food and mining companies on strategy, finance, S&OP, tax and legal matters.
A lawyer by training; with studies in an MBA in Business Management (FIA-USP) and an International Business module at Columbia University (New York). Continuously updated through extension and refresher courses in Tax Law, Civil Procedure and Contracts, Intellectual Property, among others, as well as Valuation (ESALQ-USP), Corporate Finance (IBMEC), Judicial Reorganization (FGV), Commodities Trading and Artificial Intelligence Applied to Business (USP).
Languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Bar admissions: OAB/SP 350.545 · OAB/PR 83.935.
Who we serve
We serve small, mid- and large-cap companies, rural producers, startups, financial institutions, trading houses and importers, franchisors, transportation, insurance, service providers, social organizations, public bodies and public-service providers, in addition to pro bono work — always with the same institutional standard of active listening and result-oriented delivery.