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