Our Organization and Relationship Rules

 

Compliance Policy

 

Introductory Provisions

 

Article 1 - The rules set forth below have the following objectives:

I – To establish the values and guidelines guiding the professional activities of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Office;II – To establish the necessary rules of treatment between the members of the firm, partners, external collaborators and other people involved in the professional activities; III – To ensure compliance with the laws in force; IV – To disseminate, among the people involved in the activities, a practice and a culture based on trust, observance of transindividual interests, integrity and the detection and remediation of possible legal infractions and the other standards established herein.

 

Work Environment

 

Article 2 - The relations between the members, partners and employees of the Firm must be guided by the principles, executive virtues and goals established in our code of ethics, as well as in the rules of dignified treatment set forth herein.

 

Article 3 - Interpersonal communication in the performance of professional activities and all other related activities must observe executive standards of non-violent communication, and must be cooperative and informative at the maximum, considering not only the situational needs but also the empathetic dimensions of the entire process.

 

Sole Paragraph: Communication in relation to people in situations of vulnerability, such as children, must meet the pedagogical standards compatible with the others performed by specialized professionals.

 

Article 4 - Any form of sexual harassment, moral harassment or discrimination of any nature is prohibited, as well as members, partners and collaborators must police themselves about any form of seductive or unseemly communication.

 

Sole Paragraph: Thus, harassment practices such as threats, verbal offenses, humiliating treatment, as well as embarrassment in order to obtain advantages and favors of any nature, due or not to the exercise of the position, are prohibited.

 

Article 5 - It is the duty of all members, partners and collaborators to ensure a good climate of cooperation and organization of work, and no forms of communication with discriminatory content should be passed on.

 

Article 6 - It is the duty of all members, partners and employees to ensure the rules of occupational safety and medicine.

 

Social Responsibility

 

Article 7 - Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados encourages its partners and employees to take positions in favor of socioeconomic development in the locations where they carry out their activities.

 

Environment

 

Article 8 - It is the duty of all members, partners and employees to avoid waste and to take positions in favor of reducing the ecological footprint of all activities carried out, in addition to the legal requirements.

 

Philanthropic and Political-Social Activities

 

Article 9 - The political and social activities of Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados are guided by the values and guidelines set forth in our charter of principles, virtues and goals, but not restricting the involvement of its members in other political-party, social, community or philanthropic activities, as long as they occur in a personal capacity, without interfering with professional responsibilities.

 

Article 10 - It is the duty of all members to verify the suitability of the associated institutions or proponents of partnership or collaboration, and institutions indicated by persons in exchange for any unjustified, illicit or incompatible advantages with the values present in our charter of principles, virtues and goals should not be admitted.

 

External Communication

 

Article 11 – The external communication of the members of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Law Firm is guided by the rules set forth herein, in addition to the rules of our privacy policy.

 

Article 12 – The members of the firm shall not violate professional secrecy, except in exceptional cases present in the legal system, and all external communication, especially with media outlets, must be agreed with the clients, considering the particularities of each case.

 

Article 13 – The members of the firm shall not criticize lawyers, public servants and other professionals, offend clients, potential clients and opposing parties.

 

Article 14 – The members of the firm shall not discuss arguments presented by other lawyers in ongoing cases, except for academic, teaching and artistic activities, considering the ethical standards in each of these activities.

 

Article 15 – If there are doubts as to the ethical duties imposed on the members of the firm, they must assume a cautious posture and seek the other members to elucidate the issue.

 

Admission of Papers

 

Article 16 – The acceptance and rejection of works by Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados will be governed by the following rules:

 

§1 – The members must, in the first place, examine the suitability of the work offered, to ensure that the professional performance in question does not constitute a disciplinary or criminal infraction.

 

§2 – Members must admit work that does not constitute a conflict of interest, which is interpreted as any professional situation where there is sponsorship by the firm of clients with opposing interests in the same demand, according to legal and regulatory determinations.

 

§3 – The members must examine the convenience at the time of admission to the work, measuring the repercussion that it may generate in relation to old clients, the availability of specialized professionals and the ability of the parties to comply with the agreement, taking into account all the particularities of each case.

 

§4 – The members of the firm must evaluate the ethical aspects of any work in progress, including due to the economic aspects of the parties involved and the possible chances of success in the demand.

 

Article 17 – The members of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Law Firm must also: I – Immediately notify the client of the receipt of goods or values belonging to him and give receipt of the amounts eventually paid or delivered in any capacity; II – Provide realistic information about the professional treatment given to ongoing cases, as well as any chances of success and possible future decisions that are not of a purely technical nature; III – To assume postures that are outside the exercise of the profession of lawyer, as well as to make decisions that go beyond the mandates granted; IV – Not to deliver judicial records to the client; V – To avoid receiving from the client, to the detriment of the latter, information that may benefit another client or member; VI – To avoid, in the defense of causes, serious allegations, not based on possible evidence or not authorized in writing by the client.

 

Conflict of Interest

 

Article 18 – The members of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Law Firm are prohibited from:

I – To carry out external activities that are conflicting with the firm and its clients;

II – To provide realistic information about the professional treatment given to ongoing cases, as well as possible chances of success and possible future decisions that are not of a purely technical nature;

III – To assume positions that are outside the exercise of the profession of lawyer, as well as to make decisions that go beyond the mandates granted;

IV – Not delivering judicial records to the client;

V – Avoid receiving from the customer, to the detriment of the latter, information that may benefit another customer or member;

VI – Avoid, in the defense of causes, serious allegations, not based on possible evidence or not authorized in writing by the client.

 

Article 19 – In addition to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph 2 of this term, the members of the firm shall not act:

I – When the interest in question is directly antagonistic to the interests already sponsored by members of the firm;

II – When the firm is called to contest the validity of a legal transaction for the preparation of which it has collaborated, guided or that it has known in consultation, and the call is made by a party other than the party it has previously represented;

III – When the firm obtains confidential information from a client that may benefit or harm a legal position different from the one previously sponsored;

IV – When the firm is invited by the opposing party to the party requesting the representation, if the latter has disclosed confidential information, even if it has not agreed or granted a mandate;

V – When the interests offered are irreconcilable with our charter of principles, virtues and goals.

 

Sole Paragraph: The members of the firm must observe all the quarantine rules provided for in the legislation to act in favor of private interests.

 

Relations with Public Authorities and Government Agents

 

Article 20 – The relationship of the members of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Law Firm with public authorities, government agents and any other persons who exercise, in any capacity, function or public activity, must be guided by integrity, ethics and transparency, guided by the values instilled in our charter of principles, virtues and goals.

 

Sole Paragraph: It is the duty of the member of the firm to know and observe all the legislation relevant to the relationship with public authorities, as well as the criminal legislation and administrative improbity.

 

Article 21 – The duties of the members of the Law Firm Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados, with regard to the relationship with agents of the Public Administration, are:

I – proceed in a documented manner when requesting a hearing or meeting with public officials, and the instrument must contain precise information about the date of the hearing, the identification of the applicant and the companions, the subject to be dealt with and the reasons, except in exceptional cases in provisional relief of urgency and freedom, in which case the private documentation of the office must be filed at a later time;

II – to proceed in a manner compatible with the constitutional principles governing administrative law and the resulting anti-corruption legislation, especially with regard to the publicity of hearings and meetings;

III – necessarily proceed through official channels, with regard to the performance of any professional activities of the firm.

 

Article 22 – Under no circumstances shall the member of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Law Firm:

I - Offering, promising, making, giving or accepting any undue payments or advantages, directly or indirectly, both to public and private agents;

II - Financing, funding, sponsoring or in any way subsidizing the practice of illegal acts;

III - To unjustifiably favor, by granting undue benefits or outside the usual practices of commerce, relatives, Members, customers, suppliers and competitors;

IV - Using an intermediary individual or legal entity to conceal or conceal its real interests or the identity of the beneficiaries of the acts performed; and V - Hindering the investigation or inspection activity of public bodies, entities or agents, or attempting to intervene in their performance.

 

Article 23 – It is the duty of the member of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Law Firm to be aware of the international, community and foreign anti-corruption rules, when exercising a professional activity linked to clients, capital or legal businesses located abroad or subject to jurisdiction other than the Brazilian one.

 

Confidentiality, Insider Trading and Data Protection Policy

 

Article 24 - The confidentiality, privileged information and data protection policy of Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados is governed by our privacy policy letter.

 

Gift Policy

 

Article 25 – It is inadmissible, on the part of the members of the Alexandra Soares & Werther Ramalho Advogados Associados Office, to receive, from public or private agents, gifts and gifts as a courtesy that exceed the amount of R$ 100.00, and any receipt of cash gifts is also prohibited.

 

Final Provisions

 

Article 26 – The norms set forth herein shall be interpreted in accordance with our charter of principles, virtues and goals.