Recent Arbitrator, Mediator & Expert Experience
Co-arbitrator · CAM-CCBC · Construction case involving a Brazilian corporation and a consortium constituted of Brazilian and Portuguese corporations. Infrastructure · Portuguese · 2019
Sole Arbitrator · CAM-CCBC · Infrastructure matter related to renewable energy involving Brazilian corporation as well as Brazilian subsidiaries of U.S. and French corporations. Energy and Infrastructure · Portuguese · 2019
Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal · CAM-CCBC · Logistics railway/commercial related case involving Brazilian groups. Transportation Infrastructure · Portuguese · 2017
Co-arbitrator · CBMA · Infrastructure case involving the Federal Regulatory Agency, a Brazilian State-owned electric power entity, and renewable energy corporations. Energy · Portuguese · 2020
Co-arbitrator · CPR · International distributorship involving U.S. and Brazilian corporations. International Distribution · English · 2019
Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal · FGV · Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) of electricity through a federal bidding process involving Brazilian corporations. Energy · Portuguese · 2016
Co-arbitrator · ICC · Consortium Operating Agreement involving U.S. and Brazilian gas and electrical companies. Energy and O&G · English · 2020
Co-arbitrator · ICC · Construction and operation of a hotel chain in Brazil involving U.S. corporations and a Brazilian corporation. Construction · Portuguese · 2018
Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal · ICC · International distributorship case of pharmaceutical products among Indian and Puerto Rican companies. International Distribution · English · 2016
Co-arbitrator · ICC · Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) involving a German tech company and a Brazilian mining company. Mining · English · 2020
Emergency Arbitrator · AAA-ICDR · International distributorship agreement case involving U.S. and Canadian corporations for health products. International Distribution · English · 2014
Co-arbitrator · LCIA · Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) of offshore oil fields involving Brazilian and Dutch corporations. Oil & Gas · English · 2016
Co-arbitrator · LCIA · Sale and purchase of oil involving Swiss/Italian and Brazilian corporations. Oil & Gas · English · 2017
Mediator · · in ad-hoc international cases related to franchising, corporate, distributorship, and other commercial agreements. English and Portuguese · 2020
Expert Witness · · Before arbitral tribunals and judicial courts.
Highlighted Cases
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International Arbitration
Highlighted Publications
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Book
Contributor, Memory Book of the Development of Arbitration in Brazil; Chapter "Interview by Joaquim de Paiva Muniz." Collective work organized by Joaquim de Paiva Muniz, Flávia Bittar Neves, Francisco Maia Neto and Ricardo Ranzolin, p. 215, 2018
Contributor, “Arbitration – Studies in Honor of Professor Guido Fernando da Silva Soares, in Memoriam;" Coordinators: Selma Maria Ferreira Lemes, Carlos Alberto Carmona, Pedro A Batista Martins, and Guido Fernando Silva Soares; Atlas Publisher, p. 175; 2007
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Book Chapter
Co-Author, Mediation and Arbitration in Public Administration - Brazil and Portugal, Chapter: Arbitration and Mediation in Public Administration in Brazil and USA: a lookout in the actual reality of both institutes. Co-authored with Karin Hlavnicka. Coordinators: António Júdice Moreira, Asdrubal Franco Nascimbeni, Christiana Beyrodt, Mauricio Morais Tonin, 2020
Co-Author, Discovery Across the Globe – Obtaining Evidence Abroad to Support U.S. Proceedings, Chapter 3 Brazil, coordinators Harrison, Brett, Gavin Foggo, Jorge Mestre, Paula C. Arias, and American Bar Association. Section of Litigation. Sponsoring Body. Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 2020.
Contributor, Agribusiness Arbitration: Particularity and Importance of Specialized Entities, Book Arbitragem no Agronegócio, Editora Verbatim, Coordenador Marcos Reis, 2018.
Contributor, International Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives, Publication 1530, LexisNexis, Chapter 8, September 2018
Co-Author, Guerrilla warfare tactics in international arbitration, Book in Honor to Prof. Petronio R. Muniz, 20 Years of the Brazilian Arbitration Law, Coordinators: Carmona, Carlos Alberto Carmona, Pedro Batista Martins, Selma Ferreira-Lemes, p. 311, 2017
Co-Author, A CISG e o Brasil, Chapter: Article 7 - The interpretative tool of the CISG. Ingeborg Schwenzer, Cesar A. Guimaraes Pereira e Leandro Tripoli, p. 56, 2015
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Journal Article
Co-Author, "Corruption in International Arbitration: Evidentiary Challenges," 2019; online publication, CAMESP – Camara de Arbitragem e Mediação de Santa Catarina, Agosto 2020.
Co-Author, “Brazil in the Context of International Arbitration” in Infrastructure Law of Brazil, Justen Filho, Marcal & Pereira, Cesar A.G., Eleven International Publishing, Boom Uitgevers Den Haag, (eds. 2010 & 2016).
Author, "Contrato Internacional. La intervención del poder judicial durante el proceso arbitral. El caso Jirau." Arbitraje Comercial Internacional, Reconocimiento y Ejecución de Sentencias y Laudos Arbitrales Extranjeros, Organization of American States (OAS). Documentos Oficiales; OEA, Ser. D, XIX, p. 219, 2015
Co-Author, State-Owned Entities and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in the United States, Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, nº 45, 2015.
Contributor, The Role of Domestic Courts at the Beginning or During the Arbitral Process, in Organization of American States (OAS). Official Records; OEA/Ser.D/XIX, p. 45, 2015
Co-Author, ”The New Arbitration Rules of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution," Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, vol. 44, ed. Sintese, p. 31, Oct-Dec 2014
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Rankings
Areas of Practice
Arbitral Bodies
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HKIAC
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CAMESC
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FGV
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Cámara Lima Peru
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AAA-ICDR
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ICC
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LCIA
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CCBC
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CPR
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CIESP/FIESP
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CBMA
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CAMARB
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IACAC
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CAM-CCBC
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ARBITAC
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CAESP
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AmCham Peru
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Center of the Chamber of Madrid
Memberships & Associations
CIArb, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2018
CCBC, Vice President, 2015-19
NYSBA, Member of the Dispute Resolution Committee since 2019
AAA-ICDR, Chairman of the Brazilian Advisory Committee since 2009; Council Member since 2019; and Member of the Board of Directors, 2014-16
ICC, Member of the Latin American Arbitration Group since 2006
CBAr, Founding Member; Member of the Directors’ Committee since 2011; and Member of Fiscal Council since 2018
LCIA, Member, 2008
CONIMA, President, 1999-2001
Brazilian Bar-PR, President of Arbitration and Mediation Committee, 2004-05
Club Español del Arbitraje, Member since 2011
Miami International Arbitration Society, Founding Member, 2008
Education
University of Miami School of Law, International Comparative Law (Arbitration), LL.M.
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, International Private Law (Arbitration), LL.M., cum laude
Paraná Federal University, School of Law, Specialization Private Law
Paraná Federal University, School of Law, Curitiba, Brazil, J.D.
Languages
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Portuguese
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English
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Spanish
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French