Silvia Marzagão
Lawyer specialized in major negotiations and strategic litigation involving families. President of the Family and Succession Commission and Sectional Councilor of OABSP.
Agreements Don't Come Expensive: Difficult Conversations While It's Still Easy
Every important relationship begins with trust and almost none begins with a contract. Partnership, marriage, inheritance: we agree on the essentials with a handshake and leave the rest for later, except later usually arrives together with the crisis. In this talk, attorney Silvia Marzagão advocates for the most valuable and most postponed conversation of adult life: the one that happens while things are still easy. From the partnership agreement that prevents corporate warfare to the pact that protects the couple from surprises, from arrangements about assets to succession conversations with children, she shows that the signed paper is not a sign of distrust, it is proof of care. Those who make arrangements early choose the rules with affection; those who delay negotiate under pressure and pay the price in money and in relationships. A practical lesson on preventing litigation, preserving relationships and transforming the contract into the greatest gesture of love that a business or a family can receive.