Castro Barros Advogados

Established in São Paulo, Brazil, in the 1950s, Castro Barros has always focused its practice on corporate law, providing services to national and foreign clients. Our team has the skills to meet client demands in highly complex inquiries, negotiations, or disputes.

If, on the one hand, Castro Barros is a traditional law firm, modernity, creativity, informality, solidarity and constant pursuit of growth and development have always been intrinsically part of our culture, as key drivers of our past, current and future practice.

• Agribusiness Law
• Environmental Law
• Banking
• Compliance
• Arbitration and Litigation
• Business Contracts
• Public Law, Project Finance and Regulatory
• Real Estate Law
• Maritime Law
• Capital Markets
• O&G, Energy and Mining
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Corporate and M&A
• IT
• Labor
• Tax

RJ - Rua Lauro Müller, 116 - 38º andar - Ed. Rio Sul Center

+55 21 2132-1855

SP - Rua do Rocio, 291 - 11º andar

+55 11 3040-0908

DF - SHS - Quadra 06 - Bloco A, sala 809 - Ed. Brasil 21

+55 61 3037-9041

Our team advises Brazilian and foreign clients, especially shipowners, insurers and reinsurers, P&I clubs, oil companies and ports and terminals in inquiries and disputes related to maritime transportation, including in regulatory issues (ANTAQ, ANP etc.), maritime accidents and representation before navy-marine courts.

• Representation in court proceedings and arbitrations, including in ship attachments, disputes relative to cargo, charter agreements, naval or port funding, maritime accidents, fire, and oil spills, before navy-marine courts
• Advisory services in charter agreements and agreements to build and sell vessels and platforms
• Advisory services in industry tenders and procurement opportunities, including with respect to Petrobras, and in regulatory matters, in respect to the National Agency for Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ), the National Oil Agency (ANP), the Department of Ports and the Office of Ports and Coast Guard of the Brazilian Navy (DPC)
• Advisory services provided together with our Insurance and Reinsurance team, with respect to hull, machinery and P&I insurance
• Advisory services to finance ships and ports, including foreign loans, and to build vessels on funding opportunities offered via the Merchant Navy Fund
• Tax and custums advisory services for the industry (Repetro included), together with our Tax prectice