Godofredo Mendes Vianna

Practice Areas

Godofredo Mendes Vianna has practice and a wide experience in Maritime, Tax and Customs, Corporate, Litigation and Arbitration, Insurance and Reinsurance, Ports and Infrastructure, Energy, Oil & Gas and Public Sector.

Professional Memberships

• Chairman of the Maritime Port Law Committee of the Rio de Janeiro’s Bar Association (CDMPM) OAB-RJ and member of OAB-SP/PE/DF/ES;

• Member of the Special Committee on the Legal Review of Port and Port Facility Operations of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies;

• Post Chair and member of the advisory board of the Transport and Maritime Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA);

• Permanent Arbitrator at FGV/RJ Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration;

• Professor and Coordinator of the Maritime and Port Law Post-Graduation course at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/RJ);

• Member of the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law (IIDM/BR);

• Member of the International Chambers of Commerce Brazil (ICC BRAZIL);

• Member of the Association of São Paulo’s Lawyers (AASP);

• Member of the Brazilian Association of Maritime Law (ABDM);

• Arbitrator and Chair of the Maritime Development Committee of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA).

Publications

• The role of the G20 and brief reflections on International Maritime Law: the priority agenda of the oceans, published in Verbis – 56th edition, Brazil, 2024.

• Súmula de Jurisprudência do Tribunal Marítimo, Lexology, Brazil, 2024;

• MARITIME LAW HANDBOOK, brazil chapter, (which provides a country-by-country review of ship arrest, registration, mortgages and enforced sales of vessels), published by the maritime and transport law committee of the section on business law of the International Bar Association.

• BRAZIL’S BEST COUNSEL – CHAPTER OPENING SHIPPING, Leaders League, 2023;

• CHAMBERS SHIPPING GLOBAL PRACTICE GUIDE, Brazil, Chambers and Partners, 2024, 2023, 2022;

• MARPOL AT 50 – OUR COMMITMENT GOES ON: IMO RELEASES THE WORLD MARITIME THEME FOR 2023, International Bar Association (IBA), 2022;

• Q&A: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND PPP FOR PORTS AND TERMINALS IN BRAZIL, Article published in Getting the Deal Through, London, 2022, 2021, 2020;

• SNAPSHOT: CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA IN BRAZIL, Article published in Getting the Deal Through, Lexology, London, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019;

• &A: SHIP ARREST IN BRAZIL, Article published in Getting the Deal Through - Lexology, London, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019;

• FIRST-STEP ANALYSIS: PORT OPERATIONS IN BRAZIL, Article published in Getting the Deal Through, Lexology, London, 2022, 2021, 2019;

• PORTS & TERMINALS, Brazil Chapter, Getting the Deal Through, London, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016;

• SHIPPING: SHIPPING IN BRAZIL, Getting The Deal Through, London; 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2016;

• FIRST-STEP ANALYSIS: SHIPPING LAW AND PRACTICE IN BRAZIL, Article published in Getting The Deal Through - Lexology, London, 2019;

• THE SHIPPING LAW REVIEW, Brazil Chapter, 4th Edition, Law Business Research, London, 2018;

• THE NEW YORK CONVENTION AND MARITIME ARBITRATION: A BRAZILIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, CMI Yearbook 2017, 2016;

• INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION PREVAILS OVER CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE, International Law Office (ILO), London, 2017;

• LEGISLATIVE BILL OBLIGES AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT OF FUEL ON VESSELS, International Law Office (ILO), London 2017;

• OPPOSITION TO ENERGY PROJECTS, International Law Office (ILO), London, 2017.

Languages Spoken

Portuguese and English.

Education