Real Estate Law · Contracts · Land and Title Regularization
Attorney specializing in real estate law, title regularization, and contracts, practicing in-house in the agribusiness sector. More than 350 out-of-court title regularizations handled directly with real estate registry offices in Brazil. Author of articles published in Consultor Jurídico (ConJur), a Brazilian legal journal.
About
Lucas Valle is an attorney specializing in Brazilian real estate law, with an emphasis on real estate registry matters, land and title regularization, and asset acquisitions. His practice covers purchase and sale transactions (from due diligence through registration in the property record), rural leases, and loan-for-use agreements (comodato) involving real property. He also handles truck purchase agreements and electric vehicle leases for the corporate fleet of the group with which he is affiliated.
Born in Londrina, State of Paraná, he holds a Bachelor of Laws from Centro Universitário Filadélfia (UniFil, 2011–2015) and is admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association, Paraná Chapter (OAB/PR No. 81,108). He completed a Postgraduate Degree (Lato Sensu) in Employment Law and Procedural Employment Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR, 2016–2017) and Graduate Studies in Corporate Law at Insper (2023–2025). He is pursuing postgraduate studies in Applied Real Estate Law and New Business at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). He is a member of the Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law (IBRADIM).
He favors out-of-court resolution. Any requirements raised by the registry are addressed through legal argument and direct dialogue with the registrar. A formal challenge to the registrar's decision (suscitação de dúvida) is reserved for cases in which those discussions have been exhausted. This registry work is complemented by a review of the tax and corporate aspects of large-scale real estate acquisitions, which is needed to assess transaction risk.
Career
As in any well-kept land registry, a career is best told through its recorded entries.
Born in Londrina, Brazil, he earned his law degree from Centro Universitário Filadélfia (UniFil, 2011–2015). Alongside his law studies, he completed the theoretical and practical stages of the Private Pilot program at the Londrina Flying Club (Aeroclube de Londrina), was certified by the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), and advanced to Commercial Pilot ground school. Before logging the flight hours required for the practical certification, he chose to devote himself entirely to the law. He began his career as an intern at the Londrina Consumer Protection Agency (Procon) and at the law firm Gonçalves Valle Advogados.
Began his in-house legal career as a legal analyst at JBS, managing employment litigation in Rolândia, Brazil.
Postgraduate degree (lato sensu) in Employment Law and Procedural Employment Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, with the presentation of the paper "Dynamic Theory of the Burden of Proof in the CPC/2015 and Its Application in Labor Procedural Law."
Managed the employment litigation portfolio for the group’s facilities across several Brazilian states (PR, MS, MT, RO, AC, TO, and PA), with proceedings pending before more than ten Regional Labor Courts and on-site practice in Rolândia (through December 2017), Dourados (January to September 2018), and Cuiabá (October 2018 to December 2019). In January 2020, he relocated to São Paulo to join the group’s corporate headquarters.
Proposed to leadership his own transition from employment litigation to the Contracts and Real Estate practice. Since then, more than 350 out-of-court regularizations have been completed directly with real estate registry offices.
Legal structuring of the electric vehicle lease agreement, a first for the company at the time, now covering more than 200 electric trucks in operation.
Played an active role in the acquisition of a logistics asset of more than 54,000 square meters on Marginal Tietê, São Paulo, valued at R$325 million and ranked as the sixth-largest real estate transaction in Brazil in 2023. The transaction was handled entirely in-house by the legal department, from contract negotiation to the registration of title.
A specialization program at Insper with a practical methodology, focused on the intersection of law and business. Coursework covered accounting, strategic negotiation, contractual guarantees, debt restructuring, compliance, corporate taxation, corporate transactions, and legal department management. Capstone paper: "The Courts' Perspective on Excessive Onerousness in Business Contracts."
Publication of articles in Consultor Jurídico as a means of sharing, with colleagues who work in registry, notarial, and other out-of-court practice, practical insights drawn from day-to-day experience that may assist practitioners in the area. One of the articles was republished by the Brazilian Notarial College, São Paulo Section (CNB/SP).
Postgraduate studies in Applied Real Estate Law and New Business at PUC-SP. The program runs from the registry core and security interests in real property through transaction structuring, covering real estate development and segregated assets, land subdivision, taxation, and real estate finance. Completion is expected in April 2028.
Publications
Analyses of rulings by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and what they change in day-to-day real estate registry practice: the registrar's review of title, due diligence, and out-of-court resolution. Published in Consultor Jurídico. Articles in Portuguese.
ConJur · August 2026An analysis of the CNJ decision in Case 0007122-54.2024, which updated the National Code of Rules for Extrajudicial Services and restored the possibility of formalizing the fiduciary transfer of real property by private instrument with the effects of a public deed, regardless of SFI or SFH membership. The article discusses the limits of the CNJ's regulatory authority, the systematic coherence of Article 38 of Law 9.514/1997, and the registrar's review function.
ConJur · July 2026Drawing on STJ Special Appeal No. 2,173,311/PE and Repetitive Ruling Theme 290, the article demonstrates why real estate due diligence cannot be confined to the title record and standard certificates, since certain tax-related risks are not captured by the registry and demand an integrated analysis of registry, tax, and corporate law.
ConJur · May 2026A concrete case in which a Real Estate Registry Office directly applied the holding established under STJ Repetitive Ruling Theme 1,288 (Special Appeal No. 2,126,726/SP) to cancel the consolidation of title arising from a fiduciary transfer of real property (alienação fiduciária) after the underlying debt had been discharged, without judicial intervention. A reflection on out-of-court resolution and the role of binding precedent in the registrar's review.
↳ Republished by the Brazilian Notarial College, São Paulo Section (CNB/SP)Practice
Oversight and structuring of due diligence, acquisition structuring, transfers of industrial facilities as going concerns (trespasse), and risk assessment of real estate assets.
Out-of-court matters handled with real estate registry offices: responses to registrars' requirement notices, corrections to the record, regularization and creation of easements, and application of binding precedent outside the courts. Priority is given to resolving matters at the registry itself. Once the options with the registrar are exhausted, he handles the formal challenge to the registrar's decision (suscitação de dúvida), direct or reverse, from the initial filing through appeal.
Drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts in the agribusiness sector. For real estate and rural property, this includes purchase and sale agreements, rural leases, and loan-for-use agreements (comodato). He is also responsible for truck purchase agreements and electric vehicle leases for the corporate fleet.
E-book · 2nd edition
A Portuguese-language e-book on the first steps of title regularization and out-of-court registry practice in Brazil. It explains how to read the property record, choose the right filing, prepare the application, and see it through to the registrar's approval. R$19.90
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