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Founding Partner

Luiz Henrique P. de Oliveira

Senior Lawyer – Brazilian Bar N. 185.302/SP.

Phone: + 55 (13) 99713-0177

Practice Areas:

Admiralty Law / Port Law / Customs Law / Business Law

About

Attorney-at-law specialized in Admiralty Law; with over 20 years of experience in the shipping industry. Litigation and advisory practice for Shipowners, NVOCC’s, Freight Forwarders and Cargo Agents. Sound knowledge of Port and Customs Law. In 2001, he founded the law office Luiz Henrique Oliveira Advogados, and has since been actively involved in its technical and administrative management.

Education

Santos Metropolitan University (Bachelor of Laws, 1999).

Memberships

  • President of the Maritime and Port Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Division (OAB/SP) (Ordinances n. 07/14/PR and 331/16 PR).
  • Vice President of the Brazilian Maritime Law Association (ABDM) (2019/2020).
  • Vice Coordinator of the Maritime and Port Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, Guarujá Subdivision (Ordinance n. 128/2019).
  • Permanent Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law (IIDM).
  • Permanent Member of the Follow-up Committee on the New Brazilian Commercial Code of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Division (OAB/SP) (Ordinance n. 471/13/PR).
  • Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).
  • Member of the São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP).

Experience

  • Drafter of the text of the proposal for the amendment acknowledging the activity of Cargo Agent and Contract Carrier (NVOCC) in the New Commercial Code Bill, Bill n. 1572/2011.
  • Maritime Law lecturer at the Maritime Law Academy.
  • Coordinator of the Courses of “MARITIME LAW PRACTICE” and “CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES FROM THE THREE YEARS OF APPLICATION OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE”, São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP).
  • Author of sundry articles in specialized magazines, newspapers and other periodicals.

Publications

The contract carrier (NVOCC) in the new Commercial Code bill.

The contract carrier (NVOCC) in the new Commercial Code bill.

Publication Date: 2015. Description: Article published as a part of the following work: Novas reflexões sobre o projeto de código comercial (New considerations on the commercial code bill) / Fábio Ulhoa Coelho, Tiago Asfor Rocha Lima, Marcelo Guedes Nunes (coordinators) - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2015.

The Admiralty Court and the Rules on the Surprise-Decision Prohibition and on the Statement of Reasons Requirement in the Parameters listed by the Article 489, § 1, of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Publication Date: November 2016. Description: Article published in Revista Direito Aduaneiro, Marítimo e Portuário [Journal of Customs, Maritime and Port Law] – Vol. 6 n. 35 (Nov/Dec 2016) - São Paulo: Sage/Síntese – IOB, 2016.

The Definition of Domicile and its Repercussion on the registration in the Siscoserv system

Publication Date: March 2016. Description: Article published in Revista Direito Aduaneiro, Marítimo e Portuário [Journal of Customs, Maritime and Port Law] - Vol. 6, n. 31 (Mar/Apr 2016) - São Paulo: Sage/Síntese – IOB, 2016.

The Normative Resolution n. 18/2017 of ANTAQ and its consequences to the Shipping market.

The Normative Resolution n. 18/2017 of ANTAQ and its consequences to the Shipping market.

Publication Date: 2018 Description: Article published as a part of the following work: Mar em Movimento: Contribuições para o VII Congresso Nacional de Direito Marítimo (Sea in Movement: Contributions to the 7th National Conference on Maritime, Port and Customs Law) / MARTINS, Eliane Maria Octaviano; OLIVEIRA, Luiz Henrique Pereira, OLIVEIRA, Paulo Henrique Reis (organizers) – Belo Horizonte: Arraes Editores, 2018.

MARTINS, Eliane Maria Octaviano; OLIVEIRA, Luiz Henrique Pereira de; OLIVEIRA, Paulo Henrique Reis (organizers). “Mar em Movimento: Contribuições para o VII Congresso Nacional de Direito Marítimo (Sea in Movement: Contributions to the 7th National Conference on Maritime, Port and Customs Law). Belo Horizonte: Arraes Editores, 2018.

International Carriers and their Agents: A Brief Analysis of the Relationships between those Players.

Publication Date: 2019. Description: Article published in Revista de Direito Aduaneiro, Marítimo e Portuário [Journal of Customs, Maritime and Port Law] – Vol. 9, n. 52 (Sep/Oct 2019) - São Paulo: Sage/Síntese – IOB, 2019.