Mr Vamilson José Costa > Costa Tavares Paes Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Costa Tavares Paes Advogados
AVENIDA PAULISTA, 1.079, 12TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO 01311-200
Brazil

Work Department

Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution: Litigation; Dispute Resolution: Arbitration; and Real Estate.

Position

Partner

Career

Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) from the Alta Paulista School of Law – São Paulo (1984), with post-graduate/specialisation in Consumer Affairs at the Catholic University of Sao Paulo – PUC-SP.  Mr. Costa is well known for advising local and foreign conglomerates in a variety of disputes and transactions, as well as family-owned companies and their shareholders in mergers and acquisitions and dispute resolutions.  He is a former partner of Brazilian law firms and is recommended by several respected industry publications in his areas of practice (Latin Lawyer, The Legal 500, and others).  His experience includes representing key parties in arbitration, shareholders’ disputes, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency matters, contract law, pharmaceutical/joint venture transactions and compliance matters, among others.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LLB from the Alta Paulista School of Law – São Paulo) (Brazil). Post graduated in Consumer Law from the Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC/SP School of Law (Brazil).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Costa Tavares Paes Advogados possesses a ‘team specialised in arbitration‘, which is well versed in proceedings before Brazilian and international arbitral bodies, including the ICC. Construction and energy-related disputes are at the core of the group’s offering, which also covers contentious matters involving financing, contracts, corporate transactions and employment issues. Antonio Tavares Paes Jr. and Vamilson José Costa, who focuses on shareholder and corporate disputes, are at the helm of the practice, where Carolina Xavier da Silveira Moreira is a name to note for arbitration proceedings involving the construction and financial services sectors. These are also among Cristiano Cardoso Dias‘s areas of expertise, while associate Nathalia Jordão handles a mix of corporate, post-M&A, energy and infrastructure-related proceedings.