Soluções em Direito Marítimo, Portuário (Demurrage e Detention)
About Us
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Our Services
Port Law
Beyond our maritime practice, we advise operators, terminals and agents across the port regulatory landscape, with in-depth knowledge of the Brazilian Ports Act (Law No. 12,815/2013), ANTAQ regulations and the rules of the federal port authorities.
Compliance & Regulation
Qualification and accreditation of port operators before the port authority (CAP), authorization of Private-Use Terminals (TUP) and compliance with ANTAQ regulations.
Administrative Litigation
Defense in enforcement proceedings before ANTAQ, challenges to notices of infraction, negotiation of Conduct Adjustment Agreements (TACs) and administrative appeals against acts of the port authorities.
Leases & Concessions
Review and analysis of port lease agreements, advisory on public tender processes, and contractual renewals and renegotiations with port authorities and the labor management body (OGMO).
Tariff Disputes
Challenges to abusive Terminal Handling Charges (THC) and other port tariffs. Mediation and arbitration in operational disputes among terminals, carriers and logistics operators.
Solutions That Make a Difference
Demurrage & Detention
Specialized practice in container demurrage and detention, with technical laytime analysis and challenges to abusive charges. We defend clients where delays result from holds imposed by inspection authorities — the Federal Revenue Service, ANVISA, VIGIAGRO — or from third-party operational failures.
Laytime analysis · Inspection authorities · Administrative challenge
Maritime Litigation
Defense in lawsuits brought by carriers and terminals, focused on voiding improper charges and negotiating strategic settlements that preserve the client's cash flow and operational continuity.
Carriers · Terminals · Settlement negotiation
Transport Contracts
Analysis and structuring of chartering and maritime transport clauses to mitigate risks and prevent extraordinary costs, with preventive review before any contractual commitment is undertaken.
Chartering · Bill of Lading · Risk management
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We understand that the challenges in the maritime and civil sectors demand fast, precise responses. Our team specializes in managing demurrage liabilities and negotiating complex debts, providing the technical and strategic support your operation requires.
We are available to answer your questions and to help you begin the path toward more profitable and secure legal management for your business.
Horas
Open today | 09:00 – 17:00 |
Practice Areas
Maritime Law
Representation in a wide range of actions related to maritime and air transport, including damages and reimbursement claims, freight collection, container demurrage claims, judicial reorganizations, and more.
We specialize in demurrage and detention claims brought by carriers against importers. We do not represent carriers (shipping lines).
Civil & Consumer Law
The firm practices across the broad spectrum of civil and consumer law matters.
The partners have solid training in these areas and extensive experience handling high-value matters, whether for individuals or corporate entities, acting at every stage of proceedings, including hearings and oral arguments before the courts.
Corporate & Contract Law
Scaramuzza & Stein Advogados practices corporate and contract law, providing advisory services, drafting contracts, addressing corporate-law matters and representing clients in shareholder meetings.
Judicial Reorganization, Bankruptcy & Creditor Negotiations
The firm's partners have extensive experience conducting judicial reorganization and bankruptcy proceedings and debt restructuring, having played an active role in some of the most significant cases seen in Brazil in recent years.
Our Partners
Andre Stein
Abilio Scaramuzza Neto
Founding Partner
With over 25 years of experience in foreign trade and law, Dr. Marcelino André Stein has built an unusual career path: before defending those who move cargo, he spent years on the other side of the counter. He was Country Manager for Maersk Logistics in Brazil and an executive at major international freight forwarders, w
Founding Partner
With over 25 years of experience in foreign trade and law, Dr. Marcelino André Stein has built an unusual career path: before defending those who move cargo, he spent years on the other side of the counter. He was Country Manager for Maersk Logistics in Brazil and an executive at major international freight forwarders, where he learned firsthand how shipping companies structure their charges—how they calculate free time, how they apply demurrage and detention, and where these charges cease to have a legitimate basis.
This operational experience, rare among maritime lawyers, is what underpins his work. It's not about interpreting the charge from the outside: it's about knowing the rules from the inside.
A lawyer since 1994, he holds a Master's degree in International Law from PUC-SP, with specialization from Harvard Law School, an MBA in International Commerce from USP, and a postgrad degree in Legal Compliance from FGV. He is the author of the book "Flags of Convenience". Throughout his career, he has combined technical and legal expertise with data intelligence and the productization of services, developing his own billing audit tools that give clients predictability, cost control, and real contestability.
Areas of focus: Undue Demurrage and Detention, Abusive Charges by Shipping Companies and Terminals, Maritime and Port Litigation, Logistics Cost Auditing.
Abilio Scaramuzza Neto
Abilio Scaramuzza Neto
Founding Partner | Head of Maritime Litigation and Real Estate Law
A lawyer since 2004, Dr. Abilio Scaramuzza Neto brings something rare to the firm: procedural experience in demurrage and detention built from within one of the most traditional maritime law firms in Brazil. For over five years he worked at Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogado
Founding Partner | Head of Maritime Litigation and Real Estate Law
A lawyer since 2004, Dr. Abilio Scaramuzza Neto brings something rare to the firm: procedural experience in demurrage and detention built from within one of the most traditional maritime law firms in Brazil. For over five years he worked at Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, where he was responsible for the legal management of the São Paulo office and conducted litigation for maritime and airline companies in all procedural phases — claims, freight charges, container demurrage, and detention.
It was on the side of those who were collecting that he learned how a collection strategy is structured to be unbeatable. This is, today, his advantage when defending those who pay: no one dismantles a collection strategy better than someone who has already constructed it.
A specialist in Environmental Law from PUC-SP, his practice extends to Real Estate, Notarial and Registry Law, and civil litigation in a broad sense — executions, validation of contracts and clauses, judicial and extrajudicial inventories, and environmental administrative defenses. This breadth gives the firm the ability to treat logistical conflict not as an isolated piece, but within the entire chain of contractual, patrimonial, and regulatory relationships that surround it.
He co-founded Scaramuzza & Stein, a firm dedicated exclusively to those who move cargo — freight forwarders, NVOCCs, importers, and exporters.
Areas of focus: Maritime Litigation, Demurrage and Detention, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, Notarial and Registry Law.
Dalmo Ribeiro do Vale Filho
Dalmo Ribeiro do Vale Filho
Partner and Head of Complex Civil Litigation, Arbitration, and Legal Operations
With over 20 years of solid legal experience, Dr. Dalmo Ribeiro do Vale Filho specializes in Corporate Law, arbitration, and highly complex litigation. His career is marked by a historic and profound 10-year tenure as a senior lawyer at the renowned Wald Advog
Partner and Head of Complex Civil Litigation, Arbitration, and Legal Operations
With over 20 years of solid legal experience, Dr. Dalmo Ribeiro do Vale Filho specializes in Corporate Law, arbitration, and highly complex litigation. His career is marked by a historic and profound 10-year tenure as a senior lawyer at the renowned Wald Advogados — one of the most traditional and prestigious law firms in the country in the corporate and higher court arenas.
A graduate of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), he has accumulated extensive experience in conducting judicial reorganization processes, strategic civil litigation, and complex arbitration disputes, representing large national and international corporations. This solid background gives the firm a robust capacity for procedural engineering and legal protection in large-scale commercial litigation.
Dr. Dalmo leads the complex litigation unit and the Legal Operations (Legal Ops) and Legal Controlling areas. Its practice combines the technical rigor of the country's leading litigation schools with the implementation of innovation, data intelligence, and process efficiency, guaranteeing clients absolute institutional security, risk control, and maximum speed in dispute resolution.
Areas of Focus: High-Complexity Civil Litigation, Commercial Arbitration, Strategic Business Law, Judicial Reorganization, and Legal Operations.