Rio Court Denies Birman’s Bid to Lift Injunction in Azzas Control Dispute

Overview

• Relatora Maria Helena Machado of the Rio appeals court rejected Alexandre Birman’s request for a suspensive effect on Tuesday, keeping a lower court injunction in place.
• The first ruling by Judge Simone Chevrand bars Birman from breaking up Azzas’s Rio de Janeiro business unit and keeps the Reserva brand under Roberto Jatahy as leader of Project 021.
• The order warns that if Birman defies the terms, he could be removed as Azzas’s chief executive.
• The denial was issued by the case’s relatora rather than a full judicial panel, and Birman plans a new appeal to the court’s chamber.
• The conglomerate Azzas 2154 was formed in 2024 from the merger of Arezzo&Co and Grupo Soma and owns labels that include Arezzo, Schutz, Alexandre Birman, Farm Rio, and Reserva.