Villemor Amaral Advogados was started up in the city of Rio de Janeiro by its founder, Hermano de Villemor Amaral, a renowned commercial law practitioner. The Firm began forging relations with foreign attorneys, law firms, companies, organizations and governments in the 1920s. Since then Villemor Amaral Advogados has grown steadily to become one of the largest and most distinguished full service law firms in the country, cited in both Brazilian and foreign specialized publications as a reference in Brazil.