Arruda
Consulting
LAW AND
CONSULTING FIRM
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Tailored Solutions for Critical Problems
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Arruda Consulting formulates innovative solutions for its clients. We focus on developing a proactive strategy that leads to the optimal resolution for your problems. We do this by listening, collaborating, analyzing, and following our clients’ issues.
PRACTICE
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ADMIRALTY LAW INSURANCE CONTRACTS
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TORT LAW GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
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SHIPPING CONTRACTS HARBOR CONSTRUCTION
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VESSEL CONDITION SURVEY
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Arruda Consulting as your Legal Representative
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In the event of an accident with your vessel, be it merchant or recreational, Arruda Consulting will be involved in monitoring and resolving your case from the initial phase of the Administrative Survey on Casualties and Facts of Navigation with the Maritime Authority, going through the process at the Court Maritime and as consequent actions in the common and federal courts.
Litigation
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Arruda Consulting’s litigation focuses on dispute resolution to avoid litigation where possible, but will skillfully fight for clients at trial when an amicable resolution is not attainable.
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Arruda Consulting's ultimate goal is twofold: to create opportunities for clients to prevail in a dispute, and to provide value that results from having an efficient, integrated team for addressing any controversy.
A Legal Consultant
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A legal consultant can advise people, businesses or organizations with their legal obligations or problems. They provide legal advice by thoroughly investigating your matters. They draft up legal documents that are necessary for the person or organization.
A legal consultant offers any relevant legal advice to their clients and ensures that their clients are in right standing with the law.
Business
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Arruda Consulting has extensive experience in the critical areas of maritime law coupled with in-depth industry knowledge. Whether a legal matter involves either early-stage business considerations or complex maritime legal cases, Arruda Consulting takes a proactive approach to identify key issues, anticipating risks and problems, developing sophisticated solutions and adhering to client objectives to finally help guide the matter to a successful conclusion.
Clients benefit from Arruda Consulting ability to anticipate potential problems before they become major hurdles. As a result, the firm is well positioned to avoid loss of time or competitive advantage.
Government
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Arruda Consulting provides a broad range of regulatory and government affairs services, from
analyzing the impact of legislation, responding to and drafting legislation and amendments, and preparing the clients for regulatory agencies’ inspections.
Arruda Consulting also represents clients before administrative agencies in addition to providing strategic and communications counseling. Members of the government section include lawyers and professionals who have served as government officials. Arruda Consulting helps achieving a client's objectives by developing strategies to advocate on a client's behalf at every level of government, whether federal, state, or local.
Arruda Consulting as your Legal Consultant
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Arruda Consulting has expertise in Admiralty law, and Brazilian Maritime Authority’s Regulations (NORMAM). Due to their skills and expertise, Arruda Consulting can enhance your company’s lawyers maritime affairs on an ongoing basis, translating to the latter how the specificities of maritime legal environment applies to your current legal case.
Arruda Consulting is responsible for creating and analyzing legal documents for their clients, providing suggestions and lines of action. Arruda Consulting ensures that your business or organization is in line with all of the current laws and regulations.
Vessel Surveyors
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We are apt to provide you Port State Control support; Brazilian Government Regulatory Agencies (ANVISA, ANTAQ, ANP etc.) Inspection support; Brazilian Maritime Authority and Brazilian Maritime Court Legal Support, Administrative Inquires on Casualties and Facts of Navigation and Investigation About Safety of Maritime Casualties and Incidents; Draft Survey, Vessel Condition Survey; and Classification Survey.
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OUR PROFILE
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Arruda Consulting is available to serve clients globally, focused in international and domestic maritime law that range from international trade and insurance contracts to Brazilian national law and organizations, which results in helping clients to identify and capture opportunities whilst mitigating risk and liability.
Organized around a variety of themes designed to tap into our strengths across multiple practice areas, Arruda Consulting provides industry-targeted representation and multidisciplinary solutions tailored to each client's specific needs. The firm welcomes the opportunity to serve a client's maritime business, capably addressing its current business requirements and helping to achieve its objectives.
Multidisciplinary approach is designed to comprehensively address the full scope of clients' legal challenges and opportunities and efficiently counsel clients.
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We are apt to provide you the best solution to maritime pollution incidents, maritime contracts issues, general average regulation, vessel arrest, cargo claim, freight, demurrage, detention and deviation, vessel condition survey, Port State Control Support, Brazilian Government Regulatory Agencies (ANVISA, ANTAQ, ANP etc.) Inspection Support, Brazilian Maritime Authority and Brazilian Maritime Court Legal Support, Administrative Inquires on Casualties and Facts of Navigation and Investigation About Safety of Maritime Casualties and Incidents.
MARCOS AURELIO DE ARRUDA
LAWYER
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Graduated from Vitoria Law School. Mr. Arruda holds an LLM (Master of Laws) in "International Maritime Law" from World Maritime University at Malmo (Sweden) where his dissertation related to the effects of the doctrine of deviation in shipping and insurance contracts; and a Master's degree in "Inter-American Defense and Security" from Interamerican Defense College at Washington/DC (USA).
Arruda also has an MBA in "Business Management" from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and an MBA in "Finance" from IBMEC at Brasilia (Brazil). Mr. Arruda is graduated from PLA National Defense University in Changping (China).
Mr. Arruda is also professor at Maritime Law Academy; and a retired Navy Captain, who was the Harbor Master of the State of Espirito Santo, where he had the opportunity to direct and manage the activities necessary to ensure the enforcement of laws, regulations, and policies governing navigable waters, constructions above water, Search and Rescue (SAR), and where he was responsible for the official inquiries related to the safety of navigation, prevention of pollution by ships and ship's casualties.
Contact us
Phone: A.O.H. +55 (22) 99883-1019
Address # 1: Avenue Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes,451,suite 813. Ed. Petro Tower, Vitória/ES - Brazil ZIP Code 29050-335
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Address # 2: Avenue Teixeira e Souza, 199 suite 208, Center - Cabo Frio/RJ - Brazil ZIP Code 28997-410
