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About HPlaw

Business law in the language of entrepreneurs.

HPlaw was founded to practice business law differently: speaking the business owner’s language, working with a method and being there before the problem, not only after it. In 9 years, we have served more than 300 companies, in 14 states and 2 countries.

Higor Paz in a grey suit, seated in a lounge
9 years in practice
300+ companies served
14 states
2 countries

Who works with us

  • As Albuquerques
  • ASW Presvida
  • Aterra
  • Aurem
  • Avança Café
  • B2list
  • Be Bold
  • Bio Recicla
  • Cascafina
  • Cesullab
  • CollectABA
  • Confeitaria Moderna
  • Dinheiro com Você
  • eLav Lavanderia
  • Enercred
  • Fábrica 3D
  • Fazenda Cobiça
  • FKU Fibras
  • Geagro
  • Grupo Unis
  • Healthful Technology
  • Hero
  • iebt
  • Inatel Startups
  • Irricontrol
  • Irrigabras
  • Janis & John
  • Jornada Sat
  • Kaká Chazz
  • Liv Logística
  • Lolli Drinks
  • NENC
  • NONG
  • Orby
  • Protense
  • Provalia
  • Radar de Vendas
  • RD Obras
  • Recicli
  • Reeeturn
  • RM Rodomilk
  • Sebrae
  • Sigmais
  • Simple Juris
  • Simplifica Fretes
  • Sirios
  • Sisterra
  • Soil
  • Solarium Mantiqueira
  • Unilexia
  • V&G Certificação Digital
  • WantU
  • Wayaba
Legal mentor for startups at
  • FIEMG
  • Sebrae
  • Cesullab
  • UFV Acelera
  • UFLA InovaHub
  • Incubadora de Empresas Inatel
  • Inovativa Brasil
  • Acelera Nordeste
  • Inova Amazônia
  • InovaCOMEX
Mission

To help business owners all over Brazil build secure, exponential businesses, combining innovation and legal certainty.

Values
  • Commitment to success
  • Integrity and ethics
  • Excellence, entrepreneurship and simplicity
  • Caring for people, meritocracy, education and value creation

How we work

01Plain language

Every deliverable comes with a summary a business owner understands without translation.

02Method and record

Assessment, plan, deadlines and minutes: you know what has been done and what comes next.

03Before the problem

The focus is organizing the company so conflict does not arrive, or arrives with the company prepared.

04Digital by default

Video meetings, e-signatures and organized documents, for companies all over Brazil.

Higor Paz at a desk by a window, with coffee and a laptop
Who leads the firm

Higor Gabriel Paz

Founder and lawyer in charge · OAB/MG 185.223

A lawyer working with companies and technology companies: corporate matters, contracts, intellectual property, data protection, investment and business litigation. Postgraduate professor, speaker on innovation, technology and investment, and an investor in the technology sector.

Education and activities

Education
  • Law degree
  • Postgraduate degree in Business Law, PUC Minas
Teaching and events
  • Postgraduate professor on technology and business topics
  • Speaker on innovation, technology and investment
Startup mentoring
  • FIEMG · Sebrae · Cesullab · UFV Acelera · UFLA InovaHub
  • Incubadora de Empresas Inatel · Inovativa Brasil
  • Acelera Nordeste · Inova Amazônia · InovaCOMEX
OAB (Brazilian Bar Association)
  • Chair of the Startups and Technology Companies Committee, OAB Varginha
  • Chair of the Digital Law and Data Protection Committee, OAB Varginha
  • Member of the Business Law Committee, OAB Minas Gerais
Associations
  • Associação Brasileira de Investidores (Brazilian Investors Association)
  • Associação Brasileira de Profissionais de Proteção de Dados (Brazilian Association of Data Protection Professionals)
  • Associação Brasileira de Direito Empresarial (Brazilian Business Law Association)

Ethics and confidentiality

We follow the Brazilian Bar Statute (Estatuto da Advocacia), the OAB Code of Ethics and Discipline and Provimento 205/2021. Client information is protected by professional secrecy and handled in accordance with the LGPD (Brazil’s data protection law). For this reason, we do not disclose client names or cases.