About Us
RICARDO GOMES DE PAIVA DE FARIA
Brazilian expert on parliamentary issues; with extensive knowledge and practice on international financing, taxation, commercial, insurance, transportation and energy, as well as deriving arbitrations (Offshore, European Union, ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations and MERCOSUR inclusive).
Portuguese-English bilingual. Fluent in French and Reading Spanish.
Brazilian, admitted to the practice of law throughout Brazil since 1972 by the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Chapter,under inscription # 19,423.
Expert on real-time corporate operations counseling.
Author of multimillion Dollar export financing, insurance, purchase and sale, agency, barter, marketing, distributorship, warehousing, transportation, supervision & inspection, counter purchase, patent, trademark, trade secret and licensing agreements; with vast experience in contract protection & contract administration.
Author of bidding procedures and offer submissions in all five continents (securing all applicable Brazilian and foreign government permits – foreign exchange inclusive – as well as fiscal incentives related thereto).
Expert on foreign government relations and negotiations pertaining to technology transfer, to the imposition of countervailing duties and to the granting of tax benefits.
Extensive experience with corporate matters, including financings, joint ventures and startups.
Extensive experience with international agreement dispute settlement systems.
Legal Expertise:
Admiralty and Maritime
Aviation
Banking
Commercial
Energy
Intellectual Property
Transnational Legal Matters
Award:
Sobral Pinto 2024 Award by OAB-RJ.
Pope Pious XII ’71 Award – Pontifical Catholic University School of Law at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Graduated – M.C.J. ’73 course – New York University School of Law
(30-year practice before major Brazilian and Foreign Public and Non-Public Owned ventures.)