Bem-vindo ao Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Brazil

O Ciarb Brazil Branch é a filial brasileira do Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb), o principal órgão profissional para resolução de disputas. A Filial foi constituída no dia 25 de julho de 2019 e tem como patrono o Embaixador Roberto Azevedo, ex-Diretor Geral da Organização Mundial do Comércio.
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Gabriel Bonfim

Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil

Associate at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini
Gabriel Bonfim

Associate at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini

Marcelo Botelho de Mesquita

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 (48) 3039-1060
Email: [email protected]
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English
Membership Grade: Fellow

Marcelo Alencar Botelho de Mesquita works as a lawyer, arbitrator and dispute board member with building and infrastructure contracts since 2003. Author of the book “Contratos Chave na Mão (Turnkey) e EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction)” (Almedina, 2019) and of chapters and essays focused on construction law. Currently, Vice President of the Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDIC). Former President of the Mediation and Arbitration Committee at Brazilian Bar Association of Santa Catarina between 2016-2018 (OAB-SC). Vice-President of Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem da ACIF – CMAA.

Marcelo Botelho de Mesqu

Marcelo Alencar Botelho de Mesquita works as a lawyer, arbitrator...

Daniel F. Jacob Nogueira

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Business Lawyer. Vice-President of the Arbitration Commission of the Federal Council-OAB. Electoralist. Angel Investor

Daniel F. Jacob Nogueira

Business Lawyer. Vice-President of the Arbitration Commission of the Federal...

Andre Luiz Bettega DAvila

Position: Member
Phone: (41) 99982-3492
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Partner/Head of Litigation/Arbitration Andersen Ballao Advocacia Arbitrator Bel UFPR, MsC UFSC, MA Fletcher, LLM Candidate Queen Mary.
Andre Luiz Bettega DAvil

Partner/Head of Litigation/Arbitration Andersen Ballao Advocacia Arbitrator Bel UFPR, MsC...

Mariana Conti Craveiro

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 3807-4233
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Fluent in Portuguese, English, Italian and German, with knowledge of French and Spanish for professional purposes.

Bachelor, Master and PhD in Commercial Law from FDUSP – Largo São Francisco. Vice-president of IDiP – Private Law Institute. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Lawyer in São Paulo.

Mariana Conti Craveiro

Bachelor, Master and PhD in Commercial Law from FDUSP –...

Fátima Cristina Bonassa

Position: Secretária do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 11984442149
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish

Lawyer, ADR practitioner – infrastructure, commercial and corporate. PhD in International Law and Master in Economic and Financial Law, University of São Paulo Faculty of Law. Specialist in complex negotiation and dispute resolution at Harvard Law School. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). CIArb Brazil Branch Honorary Secretary. CPR – International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Neutral) and CDER – Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR Neutral) certified mediator.

Fátima Cristina Bonassa

Lawyer, ADR practitioner – infrastructure, commercial and corporate. PhD in...

Beatriz Estill

Position: Vice-Presidente do YMG do Ciarb Brazil Branch

Advogada associada ao COSRO. Atua em resolução de disputas e arbitragem. Pesquisadora visitante na Unidroit (Roma). Pós-graduação em Direito Processual Civil pela UERJ. Mestranda em Direito Civil na PUC-Rio. 

Beatriz Estill

Advogada associada ao COSRO. Atua em resolução de disputas e...

Isabella Moreira de Andrade Vosgerau

Position: Conselheira Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: +55 41 99229-4142
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Português e Inglês
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Country: Brazil

Admitted to practice (Brazil) in 2012. FCIArb member since 2021. Associate lawyer at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira e Talamini, with experience in arbitration, corporate law and contracts. General Secretary of Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation of FIEP – CAMFIEP.

Isabella Moreira de Andr

Admitted to practice (Brazil) in 2012. FCIArb member since 2021....

Patrícia Kobayashi

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Patrícia Kobayashi

Linneu Albuquerque Mello

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Linneu de Albuquerque Mello is a lawyer and professor with 25 years of experience in consultancy and litigation. Resident in Rio de Janeiro, he also works in São Paulo and the Federal District, and in international operations.

It stands out for its expertise in the areas of Civil, Corporate, Tax, Arbitration and Legal Compliance, with special attention to the Oil and Gas industry.

Linneu Albuquerque Mello

Linneu de Albuquerque Mello is a lawyer and professor with...

Fabrine Raupp Hartog Soares

Position: Member
Phone: +55 21 2276-6200
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English

Advogada no Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, Fabrine Hartog possui mais de 12 anos de prática e experiência em transações comerciais envolvendo os setores de Energia, Infraestrutura e Marítimo, além de experiência em resolução de conflitos através de Arbitragem e Mediação. Atuou por mais de 08 anos como Advogada corporativa em empresas brasileiras e estrangeiras atuantes na navegação de apoio marítimo e construção naval, agregando expertise em casos complexos da indústria marítima. Em 2022, foi reconhecida como uma das Advogadas mais renomadas do Rio de Janeiro pela Análise Advocacia.

Mestre (LL.M) em Direito Comercial Internacional com foco no setor de Óleo e Gás, pela University of Aberdeen, Reino Unido, 2019. Pós-Graduada pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/RJ), 2016. Graduada em Direito pela Universidade Cândido Mendes, Brasil, 2011.

É Membro da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil; Membro do Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARb), Secretária-Geral da Comissão de Direito Marítimo e Portuário do OAB/RJ, Membro da Comissão de Direito Empresarial do OAB/RJ, foi membro do Comitê Jurídico da Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Apoio Marítimo (ABEAM), Membro do Women’s International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA), Membro do Comitê de Direito Marítimo e de Transporte e de Arbitragem do International Bar Association (IBA) e integra a Lista de Árbitros do Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA).

Fabrine Raupp Hartog Soa

Advogada no Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, Fabrine Hartog possui...

João Gabriel Scarpellini Campos

Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil

Associado com atuação nas áreas de contencioso civil, comercial e administrativo, arbitragem, direito societário e contratos.

João Gabriel Scarpellini

Associado com atuação nas áreas de contencioso civil, comercial e...

Lucas Vilela dos Reis da Costa Mendes

Position: Vice-Presidente do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 55 21 99617 5430
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English

LL.M. Queen Mary, University of London (Merits). Diretor do Curso Prático de Arbitragem
CPA. Sócio de Laudelino Advogados. Advogado.

Lucas Vilela dos Reis da

LL.M. Queen Mary, University of London (Merits). Diretor do Curso...

Ana Gerdau Borja Mercereau

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages spoken: Portuguese, French, English and Spanish
Ana Gerdau Borja Mercere

Ana Carolina Drumond T Martins

Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Ana Carolina Drumond T M

Antonio Abdalla

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Graduado em Direito pela PUC-MG; mestrado pela Loyola Law  School, Los Angeles/US; FCIArb Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Prof. Assistente Direito Comercial PUC-SP; especialização em Gestão Executiva pela FDC/Kellogg School of Management, Chicago/US; especialização em Gestão Avançada pela FDC/INSEAD, Fontainebleau/FR; especialização em Desenvolvimento de Dirigentes PAEX – FDC; Programa de Desenvolvimento de Conselheiros – FDC

Antonio Abdalla

Graduado em Direito pela PUC-MG; mestrado pela Loyola Law  School,...

Karina Riccio Ribeiro

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Karina Riccio Ribeiro

Sílvia H. Johonsom di Salvo

Position: Conselheira Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: (11) 97093-7007
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French

In the field of legal practice, Dr. di Salvo is a professional with over ten years of experience in managing contract negotiations and resolving infrastructure disputes.
Specializing in projects across transportation, energy, sanitation, and pulp and paper sectors, her expertise encompasses both national and cross-border projects. She holds both a Doctorate and a Master's degree in Administrative Law from the University of São Paulo. She has practiced law at prestigious law firms in Brazil, such as Pinheiro Neto Advogados and Veirano Advogados.

Sílvia H. Johonsom di Sa

In the field of legal practice, Dr. di Salvo is...

Bruno Hellmeister Lico Canal

Position: Secretário do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil

Associate in Selma Lemes Advogados. Experience with Transnational Dispute Resolution and Commercial Arbitration in Brazil.

Bruno Hellmeister Lico C

Associate in Selma Lemes Advogados. Experience with Transnational Dispute Resolution...

Pedro Henrique Bandeira Sousa

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb

-Arbitrator – Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA), Brazil;

-Sports Arbitration course Coordinator – Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA), Brazil;

-Vice-President of the 1st Disciplinary Committee of the Santa Catarina Football Sports Court, Brazil;

-Member of the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Santa Catarina Section Arbitration Committee, Brazil;

-Member of the Brazilian Bar Association;

-Member of the Portuguese Bar Association;

-Master in Transnational Law (Dissertation: Sports Arbitration);

-Publisher:

— A Câmara Nacional de Resolução de Disputas da CBF: Instauração do Processo, Procedimento e Natureza das Decisões à Luz do Instituto da Arbitragem. In: Douglas Anderson Dal Monte; Rodrigo de Assis Horn. (Org.). ANUÁRIO MH 2019. 1ed. Florianópolis: Conceito Editorial, 2019, v. 1, p. 261-282

— The Arbitral Nature of the Dispute Resolution Chamber – ‘Discussion on the necessary requirements for the decisions of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber to be recognized as arbitration awards’. In: MEIRIM, José Manuel (Director). REVISTA DO DIREITO DO DESPORTO. Ano II, n.º 4, Setembro-Dezembro 2020. Lisboa: AAFDL / FPF PORTUGAL FOOTBALL SCHOOL, 2020, p. 76-100

— ARBITRATION: STATUTES OF LIMITATION TO INITIATE AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING

Discussion about the institute, legal nature and possible consequences for the expiration of the term. Revista Brasileira de Alternative Dispute Resolution – RBADR, v.2, n.4 (jul-dez).

Pedro Henrique Bandeira

-Arbitrator – Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA), Brazil;...

Henry Huanco

Position: Member
Phone: 987-569-066
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Italian
Country: Perú

Lawyer from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Master in Real Estate Consulting from the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona. He has worked in the Real Estate and Arbitration departments at Baker & Mckenzie in Barcelona (Spain) and is currently a Partner at Huanco Abogados. He works as an arbitrator and lawyer in arbitrations in public and private contracts, and in processes of execution and annulment of arbitral awards.

In addition, he is a member of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA) and the Young International Arbitration Group (London). He has been Technical Secretary and Advisor of the Working Group that was responsible for proposing improvements to the Civil Code designated by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. He is a professor of Real Estate, Obligations, Contracts and Arbitration at the Faculties of Law of the UPC and Universidad del Pacífico, and in the Master; Degree in Civil and Commercial Law of the UNMSM.

Henry Huanco

Lawyer from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and...

Christian Armando Carbajal Valenzuela

Position: Fellow
Phone: 55 (41) 992891602
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese (native), English (bilingual), French (intermediate), Spanish (intermediate)
Country: Perú
Membership Grade: Fellow

Lawyer graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a Master degree in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick – England, specialized in International Law, National and International Arbitration and Protection of Foreign Investment. Currently with residence in Brazil.

Partner of the Departments of Arbitration & ADRs of the firm Wöss Partners S.C., based in Mexico and Washington DC and of the firm Braz Campos Advogados, with offices in São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil.

Director of Arbitration of the Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration of Santa Catarina, south of
Brazil (CAMESC). Former Secretary General of the International Arbitration Center of the Lima
Chamber of Commerce (CCL), Peru. Experience as arbitrator in commercial, civil and public
procurement issues in infrastructure projects, in Peru and Brazil. Legal advisor to foreign
investors in international arbitrations before ICSID (Washington), ICC and GAFTA (London).

University Professor and Speaker of International Trade, National and International Arbitration
and Protection of Foreign Investments in Peruvian and Brazilian Universities.

Associate Editor for Brazil and Peru of Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Online
Journal and President of the Committee on Public and Private International Law of the Inter-
American Bar Association (IABA), Washington DC.

Author of several articles related to International Arbitration and Foreign Investment in
specialized Law Journals

Christian Armando Carbaj

Lawyer graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a...

Juliya J. Arbisman

Position: Member
Phone: +1 202-725-7667
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Russian, English
Membership Grade: Member

A UK-qualified and US-based lawyer, Juliya Arbisman has a broad international law practice with a focus on complex jurisdictions (Africa, Middle East and CIS), complex industries (mining and energy), and complex claims (parallel criminal-civil proceedings). Juliya is experienced in serving as lead counsel in international arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC, ICDR, SCC, AAA, SIAC, Swiss Chamber, PCA, ICSID and ad hoc rules. She represents clients in a number of court-based applications regarding arbitration (in the UK and elsewhere), including injunctions, set-aside claims, and enforcement proceedings.

Juliya has particular experience in mining and energy sector cases involving both public and private projects that ranged in value from $100m to $7bn. She has worked on some of the largest ever claims under the Energy Charter Treaty, many of which concerned the former CIS countries. Juliya holds a Non-Executive Director position in a mining advisory firm in London.

Juliya also has substantial experience on protection of property and fair process cases in international and regional courts in Europe, Africa and Americas. She has appeared in many proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights. She has co-counseled on claims at the UK Privy Council arising from Commonwealth jurisdictions. These
claims have ranged from judicial review over energy regulation, judicial review over declaration of marine protection area that had excluded an aboriginal population in the Indian Ocean, habeas corpus and other submissions invoking diplomatic and consularlaw.

Juliya joined Steptoe from a national law firm where she headed the International Practice and was a member of the executive committee. Juliya began her career in the international arbitration group of a major UK international law firm in London.

Juliya J. Arbisman

A UK-qualified and US-based lawyer, Juliya Arbisman has a broad...

Celso De Azevedo

Position: Fellow
Phone: +44 (0)20 7405 9471
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Country: United Kingdom
Membership Grade: FCIArb

Barrister, England and Wales (1997) and Attorney, New York (2002). Celso has a broad international commercial practice with recognized expertise in reinsurance, cyber insurance, cybersecurity, data breach, cryptocurrency, fraud, asset-tracing, and business interruption insurance law as well as regulatory investigations, comprising both advisory and contentious work. Having worked for over 23 years as an international litigation solicitor and partner in several international UK and US law firms based in the City of London, Celso has extensive expertise in complex multi-jurisdictional arbitrations and court proceedings worldwide.

Celso is a founding committee member of the Cyber Insurance Association and past President of the London Business Interruption Association. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and a former visiting lecturer at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee (CEPMLP). Celso also accepts appointments to act as an arbitrator.

Publications: (1) Chapter “International Arbitration-Insurance and Reinsurance (London Market)” in International Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives, LexisNexis (available here);  (2) Cyber Risks Insurance – Law and Practice, 1 ed., Sweet & Maxwell; and (3) Walmsley on Business Interruption Insurance, 2 ed.,  Witherby Insurance.

Celso De Azevedo

Barrister, England and Wales (1997) and Attorney, New York (2002)....

Alice Passinho

Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English

Graduanda na Faculdade de Direito da PUC-SP. Competidora de Mediação e Negociação pelo MN PUC-SP.

Alice Passinho

Graduanda na Faculdade de Direito da PUC-SP. Competidora de Mediação...

Ricardo Aprigliano

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Ricardo Aprigliano

Patricia Binnie

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Has relevant experience in civil and commercial matters, both in the litigation and consultancy areas.
In the litigation area, she represented clients for more than fifteen years in conducting mediation, arbitration and judicial processes, in all instances.

In the consultancy area, she has extensive experience in pre-litigation advice and risk assessment related to corporate operations.

Patricia Binnie

Has relevant experience in civil and commercial matters, both in...

Lauro Parente

Position: Associate
Phone: +55-11-98409-7333
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Commercial phone number: +55-11 2367-8000

Economist, PUC-SP, Pos Graduate, FGV-SP.

Founder of Arbitration Channel, a global multiplatform network focused on promoting arbitration and disseminating knowledge about alternative dispute resolution methods.

With more than 20 years of experience in event development and realization, and specialist in marketing and legal communication and reputation management.

The Channel offers online content in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and promote and realize events around the world, creating the environment for knowledge exchange between different cultural backgrounds. The Arbitration Channel network is made up of law firms, universities, experts, arbitration chambers, institutions, TPF and neutrals from all over the world.

With more than 1.000 hours of content, and a network of more than 20,000 professionals, the Channel is a partner of the CIARB in promoting its initiatives and values.

The Arbitration Channel has physical headquarters in São Paulo, Miami, Lima, Lisbon and Luanda, and representatives in several jurisdictions. In partnership with the most renowned universities and institutions, we promote events and disseminate content.

Lauro Parente

Economist, PUC-SP, Pos Graduate, FGV-SP. Founder of Arbitration Channel, a...

Marcos Fontes

Position: Diretor de Educação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 5511985392007
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese; english, spanish

More than 20 years devoted to the civil, commercial and corporate areas, with focus on local and international arbitration and complex litigation.  Significant experience on M&A transactions as well. Has also appeared as expert witness before international tribunals, and Arbitrator under various Arbitration Centers and rules.

Marcos Fontes

More than 20 years devoted to the civil, commercial and...

Karin Klempp Franco

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 99657-0191
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: German, English, Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb

PhD on commercial law from Universidade de São Paulo. LL.M. on International Economic Law at University of Cologne, Germany with Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel; JD from Universidade de São Paulo.

 

She has developed her career in law firms in Germany and Brazil working with/leading the Intellectual Property, Digital Law, Privacy and Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, M&A, and German Desk areas. Ranked at Chambers (Latin America and Global), Leaders League, Best Lawyers, Análise 500 Advocacia.

 

She is a Professor of Law at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses at Facamp – Faculdades Campinas (lectures: Arbitration, Mediation, ADRs and Negotiation, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Privacy and Data Protection, Compliance). Guest lecturer in several courses – California Western School of Law, GVLaw, ESA/OAB, Inova/Unicamp, Embrapa.

 

She serves as arbitrator, mediator, and panelist for domain names in different institutions. Karin has a CIPP/E certification – Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe by IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Arbitrators of London – FCIArb.

 

Publications: (1) International Transfer of Technology to Brazil (2010), Trends in Alternative Dispute Resolution Concerning Intellectual Property: A Brazilian Perspective (2012); Patent Litigation: Jurisdiction Comparisons – Brazil (2012); Smart trains: quo vadis? A Brief Analysis of Artificial Intelligence from the Perspective of Intellectual Property and Civil Liability (2018); Brazilian Data Protection Law could be efficient for the communications on Covid-19 (2020); Brazilian law Trends for Digital Governance, Fundamental Rights and Personal Data (2020).

Karin Klempp Franco

PhD on commercial law from Universidade de São Paulo. LL.M....

Bryan Longo

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Bryan Longo

Joaquim Paiva Muniz

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 21 2206 4921
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Joaquim de Paiva Muniz joined Trenchi Rossi Watanabe in 1999 and became a partner in 2006. He leads the group of extrajudicial conflict resolution methods, focusing on Arbitration and Mediation. In addition, he has a consultative role, with extensive experience in M&A, infrastructure contracts, mining and oil and natural gas regulation.

Joaquim Paiva Muniz

Joaquim de Paiva Muniz joined Trenchi Rossi Watanabe in 1999...

Rodrigo Vaz Sampaio

Position: Member
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Rodrigo Vaz Sampaio

Daniel Kaufman Schaffer

Position: Member
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Daniel Kaufman Schaffer

Doshin Watanabe

Position: Associate
Email: [email protected] m
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil

Advogado em Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini. Mestre em processo civil pela UFPR.

Doshin Watanabe

Advogado em Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini. Mestre em processo...

Frederico Singarajah FCIArb

Position: Fellow
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7691 0290
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Country: Brazil, United Kingdom
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Postal address: 1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray’s Inn, London WC1X 8BS

Frederico is a specialist in international trade and investment disputes.  He practiced law as a solicitor and in-house lawyer before being called to the bar.  As a native Brazilian he speaks Portuguese (and Spanish), is often involved in Latin American, Iberian, and Lusophone disputes, and is able to provide quick advice without the need for translations or interpreters.  He is specifically sought out for his unique expertise by English, international and foreign firms as well as third-party funders and government.

 

He is an experienced trial advocate.  During his time at the bar, he has advised and acted for states, state entities, public and private companies in English court proceedings, and has a considerable international arbitration practice (including under the institutional rules of the LCIA, ICDR, ICC, LMAA, SCC, B3, CAM-CCBC, and UNCITRAL).

 

Frederico’s practice spans across a wide spectrum of industry sectors including banking & finance, corporate, M & A, commodities, maritime, aviation, energy, mining, infrastructure, and insurance cases.

 

Frederico is recognized in the International Arbitration Powerlist by Legal 500 and Whoswholegal, amongst the most experienced and notable international arbitration practitioners at the English bar.  He sits as an arbitrator and is included in the lists or panels of arbitrators in many institutions across the world including the LCIA, ICC, ACICA, AIAC, KCAB, VIAC, CACM to name a few.

Frederico Singarajah FCI

Frederico is a specialist in international trade and investment disputes. ...

Gustavo Milaré

Position: Fellow
Phone: 11 985838583
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese - English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: Fellow

Mediador Judicial (TJSP – Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo) e Extrajudicial em algumas das principais câmaras brasileiras. Certificado por IMI – International Mediation Institute, ICFML – Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos e ODR Foundations Training. Facilitador. Árbitro. Fellow do CIArb – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Reino Unido). Advogado. Professor em cursos de gradução e pós-graduação em Direito. Autor de livros e artigos jurídicos. Mestre e Doutor em Direito Processual pela USP – Universidade de São Paulo. Capacitado em Mediação pela Mediaras Mediaciones Privadas (ARG) e pela Algi Mediação. Capacitado em Negociação pela FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Especialista em Mediação de Conflitos Complexos e em Negociação pelo PON – Program on Negotiation da Harvard Law School (EUA). Capacitado e certificado em Dispute Board pela DRBF – Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (EUA). Membro da AASP – Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo; da ABDEM Associação Brasileira de Direito de Energia e do Meio Ambiente; do CBAr – Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem; do CEAPRO – Centro de Estudos Avançados de Processo; da DRBF – Dispute Resolution Board Foundation; do IASP – Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo; do IBDP – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual; da INSOL International; e da TMA – Turnaround Management Association Brasil. Membro Efetivo da Comissão de Soluções Consensuais da OAB/SP – Seção de São Paulo da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil.

Gustavo Milaré

Mediador Judicial (TJSP – Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de...

Jonathan Vita

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Lawyer, Legal Consultant and Accountant. Specialist in Tax Law from the Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies – IBET-SP, Master and Doctor in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP and Master in Second Level in Company Tax Law from the Luigi Bocconi Commercial University – Milan – Italy . Postdoctoral internship as Senior visiting research fellow at WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) – Vienna – Austria.

Jonathan Vita

Lawyer, Legal Consultant and Accountant. Specialist in Tax Law from...

Luis Henrick Pereira

Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Luis Henrick Pereira

Luis Fernando Guerrero

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 992745898
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb

LL.M. and J.D. in Civil Procedure from University of São Paulo Law School. Conflict Mediation Specialist from Northwestern University. Visiting Scholar at Columbia University. Arbitrator. Mediator. University Professor. Attorney-at-Law and Court Litigation, Arbitration, and Conflict Resolution Partner at Lobo De Rizzo Advogados.

Luis Fernando Guerrero

LL.M. and J.D. in Civil Procedure from University of São...

Domingos Fernando Refinetti

Position: Conselheiro Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Sócio responsável pela condução da área de arbitragens e mediação, bem como pela área de contencioso judicial estratégico, além de prestar consultoria cível, comercial, empresarial e contratual. Também atua como árbitro em arbitragens domésticas e internacionais, e como mediador em procedimentos de mediação. É reconhecido, ainda, por sua atuação em processos concursais como falência, recuperação judicial e extrajudicial de empresas.

Domingos Fernando Refine

Sócio responsável pela condução da área de arbitragens e mediação,...

Ana Cândida Menezes Marcato

Position: Diretora de Comunicação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: +55 11 99687-1170
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English

Lawyer, Partner at Marcato Advogados; Master’s in Civil Procedural Law from USP; Specialist in Arbitration from FGV; Continuing Education in Dispute Mediation at Harvard University; Fellow of CIArb; Counselor of AASP – Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo; Member of CBAr and its legislation, mediation, and equity committees; Acting as Arbitrator, including being listed as an arbitrator in various institutions (CAM-CCBC, Amcham, CAMARB, FGV, CAMAGRO, CMA-IE, CAMCA-OAB, and CAESP).

Ana Cândida Menezes Marc

Lawyer, Partner at Marcato Advogados; Master’s in Civil Procedural Law...

Rafael Gagliardi

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Rafael Gagliardi

Specialties: Dispute Resolution

Marlon Ieiri

Position: Tesoureiro do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil

Bachelor of Law from the State University of Londrina. Master in European Union Law from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Master in International Trade Law from Université Paris X. PMP certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Marlon Ieiri

Bachelor of Law from the State University of Londrina. Master...

Tonico Monteiro da Silva

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 3468-0087
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese and French
Country: Brazil
Membership grade: FCIArb

Tonico is based in São Paulo and specialises in disputes involving construction law in general, corporate and commercial issues, as well as trade finance.  Tonico has a Master’s Degree from the Universidade de São Paulo and an MBA in Finance and Investor’s Relations from FIPECAFI.  His main hobby is dressage and show jumping.  He was a director of the riding school of the Sociedade Hípica Paulista for two consecutive terms.

Tonico Monteiro da Silva

Tonico is based in São Paulo and specialises in disputes...

Laerte Meyer de Castro Alves

Position: Associate
Phone: +55 85 33119199
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: Associate

Partner of R. Amaral, Huland, Castro Alves, Linhares; Barros Leal Law Firm, in charge to manage the corporate and international areas of practice, having strong expertise in advising foreign investors, bankrupt estates and companies operating in the markets of real estate, tourism, hospitality, construction and transports. Bachelor of Law at the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR, Specialist in Business Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo –
PUC/SP, Master in International Law at the Lisbon University School of Law – FDUL. Registered in the Brazilian and Portuguese Bar Associations. Member of the Arbitration and Mediation Unit of the Alliance of Business Lawyers – ABL (Geneva), Vice-President of the Brazilian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ceará – CCIBAC (Fortaleza), Member for Brazil for the Deutsch-Brasilianische Gesellschaft – DBG (Berlin), Professor of the LL.M. Business Law and Management of the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR (Fortaleza), Arbitrator of the Specialized Arbitration and Mediation Chamber – CAMES (Fortaleza). Worked professionally in arbitrations, due diligences, business acquisitions, corporate restructuring, international finance, corporate conflicts, insolvency proceedings, projects to implement corporate governance rules, disputes on intellectual property rights, negotiation of international agreements, as well the incorporation, merger and split of companies. Was speaker in Brazil and abroad in panels related to foreign capital, investment attraction and Brazilian legal system. Author of the book; From the Development to the Consolidation of the Legal Institute of Nationality in International Law;
(2020).

Laerte Meyer de Castro A

Partner of R. Amaral, Huland, Castro Alves, Linhares; Barros Leal...

João Vitor Costa

Position: Fellow
Phone: +49 176 8078 4924
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Germany
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, Spanish, German

João is an associate at BODENHEIMER, a German disputes firm, and has experience in highly complex judicial and arbitration proceedings, both as counsel and tribunal secretary, in cases seated in Brazil, Europe, and the United Arab Emirates. His experience includes construction and infrastructure disputes, contracts, corporate matters, banking, industrial property, among others.

João holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a specialization in Civil Procedure from Universidade de São Paulo, as well as an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution from Humboldt Universität in Berlin.

João Vitor Costa

João is an associate at BODENHEIMER, a German disputes firm,...

Marília Canto Gusso

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Marília Canto Gusso

José Eduardo Tellini Toledo

Position: Associate
Phone: +55 (11) 98703-3147
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Inglês e português
Country: Brasil
Membership Grade: ACIArb

Sócio fundador do escritório J.E. TOLEDO SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS; cofundador do Instituto Brasileiro de Arbitragem e Transação Tributária – IBATT; Doutorando em Relações Econômicas Internacionais pela PUC-SP; Mestre e Especialista em Direito Tributário pela Faculdade de Direito da PUC-SP; Extensão em Arbitragem pela PUC-SP; Membro da XX Turma do Tribunal de Ética e Disciplina da OAB/SP; Árbitro na CAMES e CAMCA-OAB/SP; Associado ao Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); Membro do Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem – CBAr; Coordenador do curso de extensão: Arbitragem – Teoria e Prática (IBET); Professor conferencista do curso de especialização em Direito Tributário do IBET, APET e CERS; Foi Professor no Insper (LLm em Direito Tributário – matérias ICMS, IPI e ISS; Tributação Aduaneira e Comércio Exterior) e na Fundação Getúlio Vargas (GVlaw) nas disciplinas “Fusões, Aquisições, Reorganizações Societárias e Due Diligence” e “Tributação das Indústrias”; ex- juiz do Tribunal de Impostos e Taxas da Secretaria da Fazenda do Estado de São Paulo; Palestrante em diversos seminários sobre Direito Tributário; Autor e co-autor de vários livros e artigos sobre Direito Tributário e Arbitragem; Orientador em cursos de graduação e de pós-graduação.

José Eduardo Tellini Tol

Sócio fundador do escritório J.E. TOLEDO SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS; cofundador...

José Maria McCall Zanocchi

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55(85) 4006-5800
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, Portuguese

Lawyer and arbitrator with a proven track record in legal practice, arbitration, foreign investment and international trade as managing partner of MZG Advogados. Member of esteemed organizations in the legal and arbitration domain, including the Brazilian

Arbitration Committee (CBAr) and the IBRADIM Arbitration and Mediation Commission. Coordinator of the Mediation and Arbitration Centre at the Brazilian Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Ceará. Currently, a Ph.D. candidate at the Federal University of Ceará, specializing in the intricacies of environmental law. Author of the book titled “The Protection of the Environment in International Trade” and several scientific papers
in the field of law. Honorary Consul for Uruguay in Fortaleza-CE, fostering international relations.

Advogado e árbitro com histórico comprovado na prática jurídica, arbitragem, investimento estrangeiro e comércio internacional como sócio-administrador da MZG Advogados. Membro de organizações renomadas no campo jurídico e da arbitragem, incluindo o Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr) e a Comissão de Arbitragem e Mediação do IBRADIM. Coordenador do Centro de Mediação e Arbitragem da Câmara
de Comércio Portuguesa Brasileira no Ceará. Atualmente, é doutorando na Universidade Federal do Ceará, com ênfase no direito ambiental. Autor do livro intitulado “A Proteção do Meio Ambiente no Comércio Internacional” e diversos artigos na área do direito. Cônsul Honorário do Uruguai em Fortaleza-CE, promovendo relações internacionais.

José Maria McCall Zanocc

Lawyer and arbitrator with a proven track record in legal...