Governance

Bhering Advogados maintains the highest ethical standards in its business activities, ensuring transparency, predictability and efficiency in its internal and external decisions. Our governance structure was designed to combine the solidity of a law firm with an established track record in intellectual property and the agility required to serve clients in a constantly evolving legal and regulatory environment.

The firm’s governance is organized into five complementary bodies: the Partners’ Council, Advisory Council, CEO, Executive Committee, and Results Centers with Support Areas. Each has a defined scope, responsibilities and decision-making authority. This architecture ensures clarity of roles, data-driven decision-making and decentralized execution, while preserving institutional strategic alignment.

Bhering’s Governance Architecture

Partners’ Council

The firm’s highest governance body, with strategic and fiduciary responsibilities. It defines and validates the long-term direction, approves structural decisions and ensures institutional continuity. The Partners’ Council is not involved in day-to-day operations: its role is to preserve the long-term vision and safeguard the firm’s values.

Advisory Council

A strategic advisory body to the Partners’ Council. It gathers and analyzes economic, financial, operational and market information; identifies deviations and opportunities; and issues substantiated recommendations to the CEO and the Partners’ Council. It is composed of the Founding Partners, the CEO, the CFO and an independent External Adviser.

CEO

The firm’s chief executive, responsible for implementing the strategy, delivering overall results and managing the legal and support areas. The CEO defines operational priorities, develops teams and represents the firm before clients and institutional partners. This role is the central axis that translates the strategy defined by the Partners’ Council into measurable operational results.

Executive Committee

A decision-making body composed of Service Partners and Equity Partners, responsible for supporting the firm’s administrative and operational management. It serves as the institutional voice of the Service Partners and ensures that operational decisions are made with broad participation and representation of the firm’s legal practices.

Results Centers and Support Areas

Operational units responsible for delivering results to clients. Each Results Center is led by a Service Partner, with a dedicated team and quality and efficiency indicators. The Support Areas — Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, Business Intelligence and Translation — provide the infrastructure, financial discipline and tools required for the Results Centers to operate predictably. All units report to the CEO.

Principles Guiding Our Governance

• Clarity of roles: each body knows what it decides, recommends and executes. Decision-making authorities are formally defined and communicated.
• The CEO as the central axis: all operational decisions go through the CEO, preventing fragmentation of authority and ensuring strategic consistency.
• The Advisory Council as a decision-making catalyst: more information, broader perspectives and better decisions — without creating a bureaucratic layer between the CEO and operations.
• Operational decentralization: the Results Centers operate with managed autonomy, without depending on the Founding Partners for day-to-day activities.
• Scalability: the structure supports growth without creating new decision-making bottlenecks or compromising service quality.

Integrated Management System (IMS) and Certifications

Our structure includes Working Groups responsible for strategic areas related to the firm’s development and innovation. The Integrated Management System (IMS), led by a specialized team, is the instrument that consolidates our quality management and information security practices. Through the IMS, we obtained ISO 9001 certification for quality management and ISO 27001 certification for information security, reaffirming our commitment to the best national and international management and information security practices.

The certifications are audited annually by an independent entity.

Ethics, Integrity and Data Protection

The firm’s governance operates under a strict professional ethics and compliance program. Our internal processes comply with the Brazilian Bar Association Statute and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, international attorney-client confidentiality standards and our clients’ compliance guidelines. Conflicts of interest are identified and resolved through a structured process, while sensitive matters are addressed by bodies independent from technical execution.

Our Privacy Policy explains, clearly and accessibly, how we process the personal information of everyone with whom we interact — clients, employees, correspondents, suppliers and visitors. Data is processed with the utmost responsibility, in compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD) and other applicable regulations, ensuring security and transparency throughout the process.

What This Governance Delivers

• To clients: consistent service, compliance with SLAs and a standard of excellence.
• To professionals: a clear career path, auditable meritocracy and an environment that retains talent and develops new leaders.
• To the market: an institutionalized law firm capable of handling complex projects with predictability and scale.
• To the firm itself: governance that supports the firm’s longevity and preserves its reputation in intellectual property.

Documents and Channels

Our Privacy Policy is available below and is updated periodically. For reports of conduct involving integrity, professional ethics or potential violations of the firm’s standards, we maintain a confidential internal reporting channel, with investigations conducted by a committee independent from the operational chain of command.