Melcheds Advogados advised Phenom in a claim for damages brought by the Instituto Municipal de Previdência Social dos Servidores de Mossoró, alleging misconduct in the administration of a real estate investment fund. Defense written having as main argument wrong territorial jurisdiction, the inapplicability of the Consumer Defense Code and the exclusion of liability. The Judicial Court issued a decision upholding the argument of wrong territorial jurisdiction and ordered the case to be forwarded to the City of São Paulo.