For Carlos Barbosa Mello, managing partner of the Brazilian law firm Lefosse Advogados, there’s no rush to get back to his office in the country’s financial hub of São Paulo—though he certainly misses in-person interactions and the ease of knocking on doors.
Law firms in Brazil face a conundrum about when and how to return to offices as local governments start to ease quarantine restrictions despite marked rises in COVID-19 deaths. Shops that have been shuttered for months in the country’s second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro, have been allowed to open this week. Lefosse also has an office in Rio.
