Felipe Bastos > FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS
RUA GOMES DE CARVALHO 1507
SAO PAULO
Brazil

Work Department

Insurance and Reinsurance, Dispute Resolution, Commercial Contracts

Position

Partner

Career

Felipe Bastos leads the Insurance and Reinsurance as well as Arbitration practices at FAS Advogados.

With over 20 years of experience advising both domestic and foreign companies, Felipe possesses extensive expertise in general commercial contracts. He is widely recognized and highly regarded in the market, having received acclaim from all major national and international professional directories for his consultative, contentious, and transactional work in the Insurance and Reinsurance markets.

Felipe holds deep expertise in complex strategic litigation, commercial arbitrations, corporate disputes, and construction matters, as well as in mediations and negotiations, both within Brazil and internationally.

Additionally, Felipe has accumulated extensive knowledge in contracts related to the Oil and Natural Gas industry and Construction.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

  • Defense Research Institute (DRI)
  • Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
  • Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (Brazil) – AIDA
  • Instituto Brasileiro do Direito da Construção (IBDiC)
  • Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo (IASP)

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
  • LL.M (summa cum laude) from the University of Virginia School of Law, USA (UVA Law)
  • MBA in Business Administration and Legal Transactions from the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo
  • MBA in Insurance Law from the National School of Insurance (Escola Superior Nacional de Seguros)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Insurance

(Firms to watch)

Following its merger with CMS in 2023, the insurance department at FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS has grown in both its team and client base; Felipe Bastos, the former head of the insurance department at Veirano Advogados, joined in March 2023 bringing a wealth of experience in contentious matters, including loss adjustments, as well as insurance compliance programmes.