Editor's Letter
Dear reader,
The practice of law has always been, above all, a craft of the written word. We write pleadings, contracts, legal opinions and powers of attorney; yet we rarely find time to write about what gives meaning to that work — the ideas, the institutions and the people that the law seeks to serve.
The Biblioteca Andrade & Cintra was born of that wish. It is the firm's editorial imprint: a place where we gather, in organized collections, the texts we write beyond the daily work of litigation and counsel — in-depth studies, analyses of current legal affairs, reflections on strategy and on the future of the profession, essays, chronicles and manifestos. Every work is published in Portuguese and in English, because many of our readers, like many of the families and companies we advise, live between Brazil and the rest of the world.
There are three reasons for this initiative.
The first is to share knowledge. Much of what we learn in practice — about holding companies, contracts, precedents, estates and successions — can help business owners, families, students and colleagues make better decisions. Legal knowledge that stays confined to case files serves only a few.
The second is to think deeply in a hurried age. Artificial intelligence produces text in seconds; information circulates in carousels of a few lines. We believe there is still room — and need — for writing that researches, checks its sources, provides context and takes a critical stance.
The third is to be accountable for who we are. A library reveals the interests and values of those who build it. This one reveals a firm that believes in strategic lawyering, in technology at the service of the law, and in the dialogue between law, philosophy, economics and life.
Every work follows the same commitment: technical rigor, verified sources, balance in the treatment of controversial topics, and language accessible to non-lawyers without losing the precision that lawyers demand.
Welcome. We hope you will find good reading here — and, perhaps, good questions.
João Guilherme de Andrade Cintra Attorney — admitted to the Brazilian Bar, São Paulo Section (OAB/SP 220.915) Andrade & Cintra Advogados
The collections
Advanced Studies. Book-length works and in-depth studies for careful reading: The Formation of the Holding Company, the Foundations trilogy and the Compendium of International Family Law.
A&C Practical Guides. Hands-on technical manuals with model clauses and implementation roadmaps, beginning with The Living Bylaws (A Convenção Viva), on condominium governance.
Insights. Current legal affairs: rulings of Brazil's higher courts, new legislation and the great debates of the moment, in series and analyses on wealth, taxation, estates, family, credit and international mobility.
Strategic Lawyering. Strategy, decision-making and the future of the profession, drawing on the classics of strategy, behavioral economics and film.
Special Editions. Topics where law meets politics, economics and finance, with a comparative and critical approach.
Legal Chronicles. Two series by the author: Cases That Cross Time and Chronicles of International Law.
Manifestos. The firm's positions on the legal profession, professional ethics, technology and the role of lawyers in society.
Literary Works. Fiction, memoirs and family portraits, written beyond the practice of law.
Periodicals. The Radar Jurídico A&C, a weekly selection of Brazilian and international legal news, and the Maxim of the Week.
Informational content. It does not constitute legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.