The Brazilian bar association says it will take a closer look at how foreign law firms are conducting themselves in the country following multiple complaints that global firms are providing services that only local firms may provide.

Ary Raghiant Neto, deputy secretary-general of the Order of Brazilian Attorneys, said in a statement last week that the order “will not tolerate” foreign firms overstepping their bounds by providing advice on Brazilian law.

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