Hughes Hubbard represented Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A., a start-up Brazilian airline founded by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, in the purchase and financing of its first three new Embraer ERJ-195 aircraft. The aircraft were delivered in December 2008, and the new airline began commercial operations on December 16.

Two months after issuance of a new regulation governing the port sector, the Brazilian Secretariat for Ports announced the first port terminals that will be put to bid.

The Brazilian Secretariat of Ports of the Presidency of Republic (SEP/PR) launched, on February 04, 2016, the Ordinance No. 30, of February 03, 2016...

A precedent will be published soon, which will serve as a guidance to all Magistrates of the São Paulo Court of Appeals and will certainly have repercussions on other Brazilian courts decisions.

As a way of moving the economy and retake the investments in infrastructure, the Federal Government announced a new concessions program.

Last October 28, Brazil's National Aviation Agency (ANAC) disclosed the draft RFP in connection with the privatization of the international airports of Florianópolis, Fortaleza...

With the update, the TIR for the airport concessions increased from 6.63% per year (used in the prior auctions) to 8.5% per year.

Em reunião com o relator setorial da área de Transporte do Projeto de Lei Orçamentária Anual (LOA) para 2019, o senador Wilder Morais

On December 30, 2022, the Decree No. 11.321/2022 reduced the Additional Rate on Freight for Renovation of the Merchant Marine (AFRMM), establishing a discount of 50% on its rates.

The Directorate of Ports and Coasts (DPC) published, on May 4, 2016, Ordinance no. 135 altering the Maritime Authority rules for traffic and stay of vessels in Brazilian Jurisdictional Waters (NORMAN 08/DPC).

A Diretoria de Portos e Costas (DPC) publicou em 04/05/2016 a Portaria No 135 que Altera as Normas da Autoridade Marítima para tráfego e permanência de embarcações em águas jurisdicionais brasileiras.

O Governo do Estado do Paraná lançou projeto de nova concessão ferroviária denominada de "Projeto Nova Ferroeste".

O novo player surge agora, resultante desta junção, que combinará as vertentes de logística e de transporte das marcas.

O futuro ministro da Infraestrutura, Tarcísio de Freitas, já definiu os ocupantes dos principais cargos em sua pasta.

After decades of under-investment, the infrastructure in Brazil is finally being effectively expanded and developed, thus, creating an extremely optimistic scenario for private investments.

The Port sector in Brazil has sailed in with new opportunities in 2016. The Minister of Ports, Helder Barbalho, has just announced new investments of R$ 51 billion resulting from National Program of Ports Logistics (PNLP).

The Federal Senate is currently analyzing the Legislative Bill (PLS) no. 421/2014, which revokes the incidence of the Additional Value for Merchant Marine Improvement (AFRMM) in coastal navigation.

On June 17, the Brazilian Congress enacted the Federal Law No. 13,842/2019, banning the limit to foreign ownership in Brazilian-based airlines. Before this law, foreign capital was limited to only 20%.

The Paraná State government has issued a new railway concession project, the "Nova Ferroeste" Project.

In June 2016, the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) ruled in the sense that the National Agency for Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ) was failing to inspect and regulate foreign shipowners operating in the long distance shipping in Brazil.