Competição ou colaboração? Uma análise sobre a conexão entre advogados de credores e devedores na votação do Plano de Recuperação Judicial

Abstract

This article presents an investigation into the professional or academic connections between creditor lawyers and lawyers representing recovering companies involved in judicial recovery processes, focusing on the likelihood of plan approval as the central variable. The research also examines the possible relationship between plan approval and prior collaboration among lawyers and/or judicial administrators in other cases with the same judge. Using a methodological approach based on manually collected data from 1,054 professionals via LinkedIn, involved in 565 judicial recovery processes in the state of São Paulo, this study focuses on analyzing the connections established among these agents. The results reveal a significant positive association between the connection between the recovering company's lawyer and the bank's lawyer and the approval of the judicial recovery plan. Additionally, when considering previous connections with judges through collaborations in other cases, a positive marginal effect on the likelihood of plan approval is observed. This study underscores the relevance of professional and collaborative connections between lawyers and judges in the process of approving judicial recovery plans.