Oceania Legal is a specialist commercial law boutique firm with an international flare founded by trusted and accomplished business lawyer Flavia Canelhas Ribeiro De Souza.
Oceania Legal has extensive experience working in general commercial and transactional advice, corporate law and disputes acting for small and medium businesses (SME’s up to $50 million turnover), blue-chip multinationals, start-ups, not-for-profits organisations, individual entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.
We are creative and practical legal thinkers with a true innate business acumen and a passion for collaboration and goal achievement. Our clients get it all.
Oceania Legal acts on a full range of commercial legal matters working as conduit of success in every client mission, challenge or project, small or large.
Due to a premium network of associates and proven local experience, we are particularly resourced and effective assisting businesses to establish and operate in Australia, Oceania region and Latin America.
What do our clients get?
They get a NewLaw firm.
That means Oceania Legal uses high technology in bots and database (the same as large international law firms) to deliver services in the fastest way possible while ensuring reliable and intelligent outcomes. We offer flexible pricing arrangements with most of our work quoted on a pay-per-project basis with fixed fees, so no surprises at the end of each matter.
Our clients benefit from our full expertise, sharp wit and broad insight without the ‘ticking clock’.
Our top tier commercial experience and blue chip corporate legal background makes Oceania Legal the perfect hands-on value adding business and legal advisory boutique law firm for all things business in Australia, Oceania region and Latin America.
Industries
We have provided sound and effective advice on a variety of industries: retail, hospitality, building and construction, education, IT, insurance, health, marketing, recruitment, franchises and others.
The Founder’s Background
With over two decades of local and international legal practice, Flavia C. Ribeiro De Souza has gathered invaluable hands-on business and legal experience working in-house at some of the largest and highest performance Australian companies: Commonwealth Bank, acting as trusted corporate governance advisor for directors of the bank’s subsidiaries, Lend Lease construction, development and shopping center management group; Pirelli Legal Department and MVSS, a very successful IT multi vendor startup company.
Flavia spent the last 8 years collaborating with leading award nominated commercial law firms before she founded Oceania Legal.
Flavia is also a Lecturer of Commercial Law at the respected Kaplan International Business School in Sydney.
International Capabilities - Dual Qualification
Oceania Legal has a far international reach with all necessary resources to assist foreign entities wishing to establish and operate in Australia, region, Brazil and Latin America.
Flavia is also duly licenced in the civil law jurisdiction of Brazil (OAB/SP). She was born and lived in Sao Paulo capital city for 24 years, where she practiced commercial and corporate law at highly reputable organisations.
She is Institutional Ambassador for Australia at and Representative of IBREI - Brazilian Institute for the Development of International Business Relations.
Her corporate background, ability to attract great connections and maintain long term relationships means that all international clients only get the best advice and service between the two worlds.
Cross-Border Services - Bilingual - Portuguese Speaking Lawyer
• Business Advisory on how to do and set up business in Australia and in Brazil;
• Full guidance for international businesses to establish in Australia, Oceania region and in Brazil;
• Acting as legal representative in Brazil, Brazilian law consultant and assistance with Brazilian & Australian investment;
• Representing Australian and other nationality clients with interests, ties, investment, business in Brazil;
• Immigration strategy and advice; and
• International disputes.
Founder’s Qualifications
Member of the Register of Practitioners of the High Court of Australia (2010)
Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2008)
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Management, College of Law, Sydney (2015)
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, Sydney (2008)
Diploma in Law, University of Sydney (2004-2008)
Business Administration Certificate IV, Sydney (2002-2004)
Bachelor of Laws Degree LLB, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1995-2000)
Australian Lawyer • Brazilian Lawyer • Advogada Brasileira.
Memberships
• Law Society of New South Wales
• Women Lawyers NSW
• Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP)
• Institute for the Development of International Business Relations (IBREI - Brazil) - Official Representative in Australia and Oceania
• Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce
Board and Entrepreneurial Activities
• Executive Director and Public Officer of the Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce – ABCC, based in Sydney, New South Wales, helping to promote and establish local and international businesses coming to Australia and the trade relations between foreign nations.
• Founder and Managing Director of Star J Consultancy & Ventures trading as Oceania Business Advisory – an international services company undertaking international procurement and consultancy in varied industries (agribusiness, entertainment, construction, FMCG, IT, waste and energy, health sector to cite some).
• Board and Legal Advisor of Somos21.org, a not-for-profit professional and social impact association with chapters spread across Australia and Latin America.
Languages
Fluent in English & Portuguese (native), good conversational in Spanish
Mission
Oceania Legal is the go to business advisory and commercial law firm assisting Small and Medium business (up to $50 Million turnover) setting up operations in Australia and Latin America.
We are moved by purposeful and high challenges, we are focused, driven and passionate about growth and achievement, collaboration, international trade, connecting people, engaging in nous conversation and life stories.
A Multicultural story
Flavia is always proud of her mixed Portuguese-Irish/Scottish-African-Finish DNA, her Brazilian multicultural heritage and constantly misses her beloved friends and family in Brazil and around the world.
To book an Initial Free Business Consultation with Oceania Legal simply click below:
https://calendly.com/oceanialegal
