Pogust Goodhead is proud to announce its contribution to the first edition of the Law Over Borders Class Actions Guide, published by The Global Legal Post, bringing together leading practitioners from key jurisdictions around the world to provide an authoritative overview of class action and collective redress regimes.
Partner Caroline Narvaez Leite and Legal Director Juliana Pondé Fonseca have co-authored the Brazil chapter, drawing on their extensive experience in complex and cross-border disputes. The chapter provides a detailed analysis of the procedural framework governing collective actions in Brazil, covering: the three categories of transindividual rights and how each is enforced; who has standing to bring claims; the opt-out structure for homogeneous individual rights; and available remedies.
Collective actions in Brazil span a broad range of areas including environmental protection, consumer rights, competition law, securities fraud, data privacy, urban planning, and the rights of Indigenous and Quilombola communities.
Caroline Narvaez Leite, partner at Pogust Goodhead, commented:
“Brazil’s collective redress regime is not a marginal feature of its legal system. It is sophisticated, active and still evolving: more than 105,000 collective actions were filed in 2025 alone, with over 215,000 pending before the courts by early 2026.
Its significance lies not only in scale, but in reach. Brazilian collective litigation spans environmental disasters, Indigenous and traditional community rights, consumer protection, data privacy, securities claims and corporate misconduct. Designed to be broadly accessible and largely cost-free for claimants, it has become a central mechanism for enforcing rights and managing mass harm. For any practitioner advising on Brazil, it is a regime that cannot be treated as an afterthought.”
The full guide is available for download here: globallegalpost.com/lawoverborders/class-actions-law-guide-935000430
