Afro-Brazilian lawyers have long been underrepresented in the legal field in Brazil. But Mattos Filho is trying to change that.
The firm has hired nine Black lawyers, who will join seven different practice areas.
Although more than half of Brazil’s 210 million inhabitants self-identify as Black, there are very few Afro-Brazilian lawyers at the country’s largest law firms.
July 25, 2022 at 05:19 PM
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Latin America Correspondent
Afro-Brazilian lawyers have long been underrepresented in the legal field in Brazil. But Mattos Filho is trying to change that.
The firm has hired nine Black lawyers, who will join seven different practice areas.
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