Who we are

History

Araújo e Policastro Advogados is located in the city of São Paulo, Latin America’s main commercial and industrial hub. Founded in 1962, Araújo e Policastro Advogados has built its reputation as one of Brazil’s most renowned law firms. It has recognized experience in several branches of the law, and its business and international practices stand out.

Araújo e Policastro Advogados has extensive experience in corporate and litigation practice areas, over the decades 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s, which allowed it to become one of the most renowned international law firms. Over the years, Araújo e Policastro Advogados has expanded its practice areas to include telecommunications, energy, oil and gas, banking, finance, securities, privatizations, intellectual property, environmental and competition law.

Araújo e Policastro Advogados’s lawyers have received the best education in the most renowned universities in Brazil, the US and Europe, and many of them have work experience in law firms outside Brazil. Our lawyers follow international professional standards, and therefore are able to meet our clients’ needs in a fast and efficient manner, assisting them and offering accurate and comprehensive responses to their consultations.

Faithful to its commitment to provide customized and high-quality services to its clients, Araújo e Policastro Advogados has expanded its activities while it has continued to cherish its core values. The close attention given by the firm’s partners to the practice of law and their direct involvement in it has been one of our distinguishing features mostly appreciated by clients. Araújo e Policastro Advogados’s carefully planned growth and the quality of the services provided to its clients have helped our law firm to build a solid reputation which it now enjoys in the business and in the legal community, both in Brazil and abroad.

Principles and Values

The principles that guide us

Inspired and guided by the principles listed below, Araújo e Policastro Advogados has built its reputation as one of Brazil’s most renowned law firms. It has recognized experience in several branches of the law, and its business and international practices stand out.

Over more than five decades of activities, founding partners José Theodoro Alves de Araújo and Décio Policastro have achieved their initial purpose, which remains Araújo e Policastro’s main priority: to provide the most qualified legal services to its clients.

The pillars that support our legal practice are the following:

EXCELLENCE
With a focus on efficiency and accuracy, we want to be an integral part of our clients’ success by providing them with top quality legal advice.

GLOBAL VIEW
We deal with our clients’ issues according to the expertise of our team members, who are always concerned about taking a global and multidisciplinary approach to get more depth and breadth to the business.

INNOVATION
The knowledge and experience acquired, combined with a business legal practice which evolves continuously, allow Araújo e Policastro Advogados’s professionals to provide clients with quick advice and innovative solutions.

CUSTOMIZED SERVICES
Among the most traditional principles of our business culture are the customized services we provide to our clients and the direct involvement of Araújo e Policastro Advogados’s partners in the practice of law.

ETHICS
We are committed to providing services in accordance with the highest ethical standards by establishing deeply respectful, honest and confidential relationships with our clientes.

Differences do not create barriers. They create opportunities.

Inclusion ad diversity have always been present in the day-to-day life of our firm. By acting in an ethical and responsible manner, we are continuously committed to making everyone feel respected and comfortable.

Our work environment is formed by a high-performance team – people of different backgrounds and perspectives of life.

Fundamental for our success, diversity is a drive power for a unite and inclusive environment: it makes us better, attracts and retains the best talents and stimulates innovation and creativity, giving us a wealth of different views and experiences.

More than to lay the foundation, our Diversity Program seeks to make visible a long-time ideal: the promotion of just equity and commitment from everyone in the organization.

The Diversity Program reflects our concern to create opportunities, regardless of gender, race, religion, beliefs, ethnicity, social background, disabilities, age, sexual orientation or any other differences, to allow the development of everyone’s potential.

Women’s role and space

The role of women has always been highlighted in our trajectory, having a significant (when not preponderant) participation in our office, in the most different fronts. An example of this is the fact, today, more than 60% of our members are women, who occupy positions of leadership and are responsible also for the legal and administrative management of the firm.