Professional notice
Brazil
Earlier this year, Araújo e Policastro merged with antitrust and litigation boutique Lanna Peixoto Advogados, home of former SDE official and firm co-founder Bruno Peixoto. The team comprises two partners and three associates handling antitrust work full-time, but the firm is in the process of hiring more lawyers.
Excellence, tradition and ethics. Based on such principles, Araújo e Policastro Advogados has built its reputation as one of the most respected law firms in Brazil, with recognized experience in a full range of legal matters, especially in the corporate and international practices. It is a traditional law firm located in the city of São Paulo, since its foundation in 1962. In 2007, the firm opened an office in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which is well prepared to give support to clients in all areas of legal practices.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE : Corporate, M&A, International Trade, Banking and Capital Markets, Environmental, Tax, Labor, Real Estate, Litigation & Arbitration, Energy, Oil, Gas & Mining, Regulatory, Privatizations, Infrastructure, Communications, Sport & Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Antitrust & Competition Law, among others.
INTERNATIONAL WORK : The firm has developed an internationally-oriented practice in Brazil since the 70’s and expanded into all legal areas for assistance in and outside Brazil. Araújo e Policastro has been recently ranked by Latin Lawyer magazine as one of Latin America’s 250 leading law firms and among the 31 leading ones in Brazil in 2012.
CLIENTS: The firm’s client base includes several large foreign companies doing business in Brazil in a vast range of activities as well as leading Brazilian companies operating both in Brazil and worldwide. The firm represents financial institutions, multinationals and Brazilian companies in a wide range of industries’ sector. Among its clients are companies of the energy, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, communication, mining, agriculture, automotive and construction sector.
CONTACT DETAILS
SÃO PAULO
R. Leopoldo Couto de Magalhães Jr., 758, 4th floor
04542 000 - São Paulo/SP
Phone: +55 11 3049 5700 - Fax: +55 11 3078 6195
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.araujopolicastro.com.br
RIO DE JANEIRO
Av. Almirante Barroso, 139, 9th floor, Suite 903
20031-005 - Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Phone: +55 21 3299 5600 / +55 21 2533 2827 - Fax: +55 21 3299 5650