BFSA – Borges Furlaneto & Sayeg Advogados specialises in International Trade Law and provides legal advisory services to Brazilian and foreign companies on matters related to business in Brazil and abroad.
Consisting of a team of professionals with broad experience and solid academic background, we are committed to understanding our clients' needs and offering tailored, creative and effective legal solutions.
Our members have extensive experience in advising clients in the drafting and negotiation of contracts, representation in processes related to international trade, such as market access initiatives and requests for changes in import tax rates, trade defense processes, and support for foreign investments in Brazil.
BFSA combines efficiency, competence, creativity, and pragmatism in providing legal advice. Professional experience and solid academic background are the basis of our performance.
We have extensive experience and a solid academic background in International Trade Law, Customs Law, and Economic and Competition Law.
We understand each client's business and seek to propose unique solutions that are aligned with their perspectives and needs.
We work to provide comprehensive support in different matters related to international trade, customs law and economic law, both domestically and internationally.
Our recognitions reflect the excellency of our daily work and the trust our clients have placed in us.
Our team is multidisciplinary and seeks the best and most innovative solutions for international trade.
Partner at BFSA, Karla advises and counsels companies and associations in international economic law, with an emphasis on international trade issues, international contracts, investments, and other matters related to foreign trade.
Throughout her career, she has been involved in a wide variety of business and legal issues, both in Brazil and in foreign jurisdictions.
Her work as a lawyer has been recognized as Who's Who in International Trade (2022).
With an extensive professional trajectory, Karla has experience in matters such as: leading multidisciplinary teams; taking part in management committees and councils of public-private entities and groups; supervising and issuing strategic opinions in studies; analyzing and defending clients on issues related to international trade and investments, international law and governmental relations.
She graduated from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), holds a masters’ degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Ph.D. in International Trade Law from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
A scholar of international law and international trade, she is a law professor at ESPM, was a researcher and director of the Instituto de Direito do Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento - IDCID, linked to USP, a Fundação Ford scholar, and more recently a researcher at the Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais - CEBRI. She has published several articles and book chapters.
Partner at BFSA, Fernanda Sayeg advises and represents companies and entities in the areas of International Trade Law, Customs Law, and Economic and Competition Law.
She has worked in large Brazilian law firms representing Brazilian and foreign clients in trade defense investigations, either before the Brazilian government or abroad, in matters related to import taxes, international contracts, and customs law. She also has extensive experience in administrative proceedings and concentration acts in the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE).
She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law, a Master's Degree in International Law, and a Ph.D. in International Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and a specialist in international trade and investments from the Facultad de Derecho - Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). She took part in the Complementary Training and Research Program on International Trade at the Brazilian Delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other Economic Organizations in Geneva.
She was a researcher and director of the Instituto de Direito do Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento - IDCID, linked to USP. She is currently a professor in MBA and post-graduate courses, with emphasis on international trade law, customs law, and taxation. She is also the author of several academic articles and book chapters.
Her work as a lawyer has been recognized in publications such as Who's Who, Chambers and Partners, Análise 500, and by the Brazilian government, which appointed her as a panelist at the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) (2017 to 2020).
Estudante de graduação pela Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FDRP-USP), com conclusão prevista para dezembro de 2026. É membro ativa da rede Women Inside Trade (WIT) como WIT Starter, participando sobretudo na pesquisa, produção e edição do podcast da rede.
Attorney with a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a postgraduate degree in Civil Procedure from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV LAW). During her studies, she served as a researcher and oralist on PUC-SP’s team in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2020), and her undergraduate thesis in International Law received an honorable mention.
Mestre e bacharel pela Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FDRP/USP). Como advogado já representou empresas e associações, nacionais e estrangeiras, em casos de Defesa Comercial, Alteração Tarifária, Regime de Origem e Direito Aduaneiro. Contribuiu para o Online Repository of Contributions to the Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic da ONU. Foi presidente do Núcleo de Estudos de Direito Internacional de Ribeirão Preto (NEDIRP).
Partner at BFSA, Fernanda Sayeg advises and represents companies and entities in the areas of International Trade Law, Customs Law, and Economic and Competition Law.
She has worked in large Brazilian law firms representing Brazilian and foreign clients in trade defense investigations, either before the Brazilian government or abroad, in matters related to import taxes, international contracts, and customs law. She also has extensive experience in administrative proceedings and concentration acts in the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE).
She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law, a Master's Degree in International Law, and a Ph.D. in International Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and a specialist in international trade and investments from the Facultad de Derecho - Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). She took part in the Complementary Training and Research Program on International Trade at the Brazilian Delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other Economic Organizations in Geneva.
She was a researcher and director of the Instituto de Direito do Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento - IDCID, linked to USP. She is currently a professor in MBA and post-graduate courses, with emphasis on international trade law, customs law, and taxation. She is also the author of several academic articles and book chapters.
Her work as a lawyer has been recognized in publications such as Who's Who, Chambers and Partners, Análise 500, and by the Brazilian government, which appointed her as a panelist at the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) (2017 to 2020).
