Timeline
1948
Beginning of the law firm. Initially, it started as an association of lawyers because at that time the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) did not approve the formation of law firms
1958
In the same year Brazil won its first World Cup, AVON was incorporated in Brazil, with Mr. Duarte Vaz Pacheco do Canto Castro as its General Manager
1960
Mr. Walter Duarte Peixoto joined the law firm
1962
Relocation to a new address: Avenida Ipiranga, 104, 6th floor
1964
A new law was enacted approving the incorporation of law firms
1965
The law firm was initially named "Aguiar, Castro & Barros"
1969/1972
Current senior partners, Messrs. Pedro Jorge da Costa Cury and Luiz Vicente de Carvalho, joined the firm as interns
1972
The firm’s name was changed to Castro e Barros
1974
The law firm became international when Messrs. Walter Duarte Peixoto and Pedro Jorge da Costa Cury went on exchange programs abroad, respectively to Texas and New York
1980
The law firm entered the computerized world and bought an ultra-modern technology (Polimax 800)
1981
Ms. Vera Lucia de Paiva Cicarino was admitted as lawyer
1983
The firm participates in the foundation of CESA (Center of Law Firms’ Studies)
1985
The firm assists the first acquisition of controlling interest of an advertising agency owned by a foreign group
1987
Mr. Antonio Carlos Aguiar joins the firm as an intern
1990
The firm’s name changes to Peixoto, Cury & Ferraz
1994
The firm’s name changes again to Peixoto e Cury
1999
The law firm joined SGC Legal
2003
Opening of the firm’s branch in Campinas
2007
Change to our current address
2008
Mr. José Alcides Montes Filho joined the firm
2013
Organization of the first SCG Legal’s meeting in Latin America
2014
Brand update
2018
Celebration of its 70-year anniversary