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Paula Raccanello Storto

Lawyer with extensive experience in Public Law and outstanding performance in providing legal services to civil society organizations (CSO). She advises CSO partnering with the State, in a preventive manner, and litigating in administrative and judicial claims. She regularly participates and contributes to debates on the legal framework for the field of non-profit entities in Brazil and Latin America, as well as concerning restrictions on freedom of association in the interaction of CSO with the State. · Szazi, Bechara, Storto, Reicher e Figueirêdo Lopes Advogados

BrazilPublic Law, Administrative LawPortuguese, English

About

Founder and Senior Partner at Szazi, Bechara, Storto, Reicher e Figueirêdo Lopes Advogados, she co‑heads the firm's Public Law practice and its Social Business and Human Rights Law group. She advises and litigates for civil society organizations (CSOs), focusing on preventive counsel for CSO–State partnerships and on administrative and judicial claims, and is a regular speaker, a professor at PUC/SP specialization courses, a researcher linked to NEATS and the Brazilian correspondent for ICNL's USIG project.

Practice areas

Public LawAdministrative LawLitigationHuman RightsNonprofit / Third SectorSocial Business

Office

Expertise

Civil Society / Nonprofit OrganizationsFreedom of AssociationNonprofit Regulatory FrameworkPublic Interest PartnershipsInternational Grantmaking

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws, Mackenzie University (2000)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of São Paulo (2015) — dissertation: "Freedom of Association and the Challenges of Civil Society Organizations in Brazil"

Languages

PortugueseEnglish