Firm Description

Araújo e Policastro Advogados has built a reputation as one of the most respected law firms in Brazil, with a long-standing reputation for excellence in various areas of legal practice. Throughout almost 50 years of practice, the founding partners José Theodoro Alves de Araújo and Décio Policastro have been successful in keeping to the firm’s original goal: providing its clients with the highest quality of legal services on a professional, creative and practical manner.

Founded in 1962, it is a full-service law firm with headquarters in São Paulo, Latin America’s main business and industrial centre. The opening of the branch in Rio de Janeiro was part of the firm’s ongoing expansion plan and represented an important move towards a more complete practice, especially in the corporate, energy and oil & gas sectors – key areas of the firm that have grown significantly over the past years.

The firm’s core practices are international corporate law, contracts, mergers & acquisitions and tax, which are complemented by numerous specialty areas, including real estate, environmental, telecommunications, energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, labour, alternative dispute resolution, litigation, intellectual property, information technology, banking, finance, securities, regulatory and public law, consumer protection laws, antitrust, family law, trusts and estates.

Therefore Araújo e Policastro has been able to grow and diversify without losing focus on its original profile and goals. The personal attention and hands-on involvement of the partners in the legal work have been the clients’ most appreciated aspect of the firm resulting in sound reputation across the Brazilian and worldwide business and legal communities.