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Doshin Watanabe
Advogado em Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini. Mestre em processo civil pela UFPR.
Doshin Watanabe
Advogado em Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini. Mestre em processo...
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,...
Bernard Potsch
Position: Presidente do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Advogado especializado em Direito Processual Internacional, com foco em Arbitragem
Bernard Potsch
Advogado especializado em Direito Processual Internacional, com foco em Arbitragem
Paula Viana de Barros
Position: Presidente do YMG do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Membership Grade: ACIArb
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Advogada especializada em arbitragem. Membro do Comitê do YMG Ciarb Brazil Branch. Coadministradora do MN PUC-SP, grupo de estudos voltado para mediação e negociação. Graduada em Direito pela PUC-SP.
Paula Viana de Barros
Advogada especializada em arbitragem. Membro do Comitê do YMG Ciarb...
Lise de Almeida
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 9-9186-9656
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese and English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Lise de Almeida is a lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, having represented parties from diverse economic sectors in commercial, civil and administrative cases for over thirty years now. She holds both a law degree (J.D.) and a doctoral degree (S.J.D.) from the University of São Paulo Law School, and a master’s degree (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School.
Lise is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is in the roster of arbitrators of (i) the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC); (ii) the Arbitration Chamber at CIESP-FIESP, (iii) the Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná, and (iv) the Italian-Brazilian Arbitration and Mediation Chamber – CAMITAL.
She is a founding partner of the Law Firm Almeida, Costa e Pinheiro Sociedade de Advogados headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Lise de Almeida
Lise de Almeida is a lawyer with extensive experience in...
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...
Gabriella Celidonio Paschoa
Position: Tesoureira do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: +55 11 9 9558 8881
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Languages Spoken: English and Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Advogada e Mediadora. Head de resolução de conflitos da Paschoa Sociedade de Advogados. Mediadora certificada no Brasil e no Reino Unido. Bacharel em direito pela Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP/SP). Pós-graduada em Direito Processual Civil pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC/SP). Mediadora formada pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP). Accredited Mediator pela London School of Mediation (LSM). Membro Fellow do Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – FCIArb (Corporate Mediation).
Gabriella Celidonio Pasc
Advogada e Mediadora. Head de resolução de conflitos da Paschoa...
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 41 998224351
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese (native), Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Swedish (fluent), Danish (fluent), Norwegian (fluent), German (intermediary), Russian (intermediary), Latin (intermediary) and Ancient Greek (basic).
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado is a career diplomat, lawyer and barrister (unregistered). Mr. Pinheiro Machado has wide experience with international issues of high complexity in particular in the areas of shipping, commodities, finance, infrastructure, and the environment. Mr. Pinheiro Machado holds dual legal qualification, both in Brazil and in England and Wales. LLB (Hons 1st Class) by the Faculty of Law of Curitiba (UNICURITIBA); PGDip (Distinction) in Political Sociology by the Federal University of Parana (UFPR); Diploma in French Studies (2nd Degree mention bien) by the University of Nancy 2; Master in Diplomacy (MPhil with Distinction) by the Instituto Rio Branco; Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL/CPE with Commendation) by City, University of London; Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC – Very Competent) by City, University of London; Master of Laws (LLM with Commendation) by City, University of London; and Diploma in International Arbitration by CIArb.
Mr. Pinheiro Machado has also long diplomatic experience, in particular in Europe and in South America, having served as Chargé d’Affaires for Brazil in Prague and in Copenhagen. He was a member of the Official Brazilian Delegation to the UNFCCC COP-15. Barrister (unregistered) by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Member of the Commission of Internacional Law of OAB/PR, Honorary Member of the Special Commission of Maritime Law of OAB/RS, Honorary Member of the Special Commission of Internacional Relations of OAB/RS, Expert of the Centre of Political-Strategic Studies of the Brazilian Navy (CEPE-MB) and Researcher of the Centre of Advanced Studies in International Law of PUC/PR (NEADI). Mr. Pinheiro Machado is also a Member of the Baltic Exchange, a Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado is a career diplomat, lawyer 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....
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...
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,...
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...
Eugênia Marolla
Position: Diretora de Educação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Law from PUC-SP. Bachelor’s degree in Law from USP. Coordinates mediation and arbitration proceedings involving the State of São Paulo’s direct administration and its autonomous agencies. Ciarb Fellow.
Eugênia Marolla
Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Law from PUC-SP. Bachelor’s...
Pedro Martini
Position: Diretor de Comunicação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Advogado inscrito no NY Bar, Counsel de Cleary Gottlieb em São Paulo. LLM pela University of California, Berkeley. Bacharel pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Foi Vice-Diretor de Comunicações do Ciarb Brazil Branch (2024-2026). Fellow do Ciarb.
Pedro Martini
Advogado inscrito no NY Bar, Counsel de Cleary Gottlieb em...
Guilherme Freire de Melo Barros
Position: Fellow
Phone: +5541996374488
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese – English – German – French – Spanish - Italian
Membership Grade: Fellow
– Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná – PUCPR
– LL.M. in International Trade Law at the University of Turin, Italy
– Master in Economic Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná – PUCPR
– Attorney at the Attorney General Office of the State of Paraná (PGEPR)
Guilherme Freire de Melo
– Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná –...
Daniela Monteiro Gabbay
Position: Fellow
Phone: + 55 11 98118-0302
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese and English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Founding Partner at Daniela Gabbay Advocacia e Resolução de Conflitos, a boutique
law firm specialized in dispute resolution, especially in arbitration and mediation.Currently listed on the roster of mediators and arbitrators in the most prestigious centers in Brazil, Daniela is an experienced Mediator and Arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional proceedings on corporate disputes under different arbitration rules.
She holds a master degree and a doctorate degree from the University of Sao Paulo
and has been a visiting fellow at Yale University (2008) and the London School of
Economics and Political Science (2013).
Professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, teaching courses in Civil
Procedure, Mediation and Arbitration in the Graduate and Undergraduate Programs.
Author of several books and articles on mediation and arbitration.
Daniela is also regularly listed in worldly recognized rankings, such as Who’s Who
Legal (Future Leaders in Arbitration and Global and National Leader in Mediation) and
Leaders League (Arbitration, Litigation and Brazil’s Best Mediators rankings).
Daniela Monteiro Gabbay
Founding Partner at Daniela Gabbay Advocacia e Resolução de Conflitos,...
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...
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...
Renata Steiner
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 99722 1984
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, German
Renata Steiner is a Brazilian Private Law professor, independente arbitrator, and legal
expert. Mrs. Steiner’s major área of expertise relates to comercial disputes, especially
comercial contracts (domestic and international), construction contracts, corporate, real
estate and Succession Law disputes. Within these areas, her practice focuses in questions
related to damages quantification. Mrs. Steiner has been action as an arbitrator in several
arbitral proceeding seated in Brazil, either as partyappointed
arbitrator, by appointment of
fellow arbitrators or by the administering institution.
Renata Steiner
Renata Steiner is a Brazilian Private Law professor, independente arbitrator,...
Patricia Binnie
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...
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;...
Linneu Albuquerque Mello
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...
João Marçal Martins
Position: Associate
Phone: +55 2198121-9116
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
João Marçal Martins focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration. He acts as an arbitrator and represents clients in judicial litigation, domestic and international arbitration, mediation, dispute boards and administrative procedures.
João has advised clients and acted as an arbitrator in construction, energy, healthcare, technology and oil and gas sectors.
João Marçal Martins
João Marçal Martins focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration....
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...
Victor Madeira Filho
Partner at MVGA Advogados – Madeira, Valentim & Gallardo Advogados
Victor Madeira Filho
Partner at MVGA Advogados – Madeira, Valentim & Gallardo Advogados
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...
Jonathan Vita
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...
Marcelo R. Wydra Escobar
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 3253 5442
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
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Marcelo is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London (CIArb) and founding member and current Director of CIArb Brazil Branch. He is an attorney and arbitrator based in São Paulo, Brazil. He is also a founding and managing partner at Escobar Advogados, where he has been developing a practice on art, third sector, tax and international law in addition to his primary activity as a litigation lawyer. He is a current legal advisor to Brazilian Contemporary Art Association (ABACT). He is included in the roster of arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and several Brazilian institutions (CAMFIEP, CBMAE, CAMES and CAMNORTE). Further, Marcelo was appointed to the Arbitration pool of CAfA in June 2020. He also has experience in resolving disputes as a former Judge of the Administrative Tax Court of the State of Sao Paulo, and a former Counselor Judge of Tax Council of the City of Sao Paulo.
Marcelo’s educational background includes: PhD and Master degrees in Law; Visiting Student at Durham University (UK); Postgraduate in Corporate Law and Civil Procedure. He is a professor at LL. M. in Arbitration at the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC) and Post-Graduation in Arbitration at PUC/SP-COGEAE (TOP UK Santander Universities Award Winner, Makenzie/Santander Universities). He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and has an additional good command of French.
Marcelo R. Wydra Escobar
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Antonio Abdalla
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,...
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...
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...
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. ...
Victor Willcox
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 21 99903 8212
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Mestre e Doutor em Direito Civil pela Universidade do Estado do Estado do Rio de
Janeiro – UERJ. Pesquisador Visitante (Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow) no Instituto de
Estudos Políticos de Paris (Sciences Po), em Arbitragem Internacional. Procurador do
Município do Rio de Janeiro. Professor Convidado da Pós Graduação Lato Sensu em
Direito Civil Constitucional do Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas no Ensino do Direito
(CEPED) da UERJ, do Curso de Especialização em Direito dos Contratos da Pontifícia
Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC Rio), da Escola Superior de Advocacia
Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (ESAP PGE/RJ) e da Escola Superior de Advocacia
da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (ESA OAB/RJ). Professor de Graduação na
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio).
Victor Willcox
Mestre e Doutor em Direito Civil pela Universidade do Estado...
Mauricio Sada Neto
Position: Associate
Phone: 55 21 97565 - 8551
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
Civil litigation and arbitration lawyer, working with focus on commercial and contractual disputes, as well as arbitration proceedings in this regard. Extensive experience in pre-litigation, litigation and arbitration involving corporate and contractual matters, regulatory sector, agribusiness, construction, mining, energy and infrastructure.
Mauricio Sada Neto
Civil litigation and arbitration lawyer, working with focus on commercial...
Daniel Brantes Ferreira
Position: Fellow
Phone: (21) 99981-7675
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese - English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Daniel B. Ferreira is the CEO of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration – CBMA. He is also a professor of at AMBRA University (USA), Senior Researcher at South Ural State University, and research fellow at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Author and co-author of several papers in ADR, published in high-ranked journals, including Scopus and Web of Science, monographs, and textbooks. Daniel is also Editor-In-Chief of the scopus indexed Brazilian Journal for Alternative Dispute Resolution (RBADR) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law in Changing World (IJLCW). Daniel is a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), qualified mediator at the International Mediation Institute (IMI), and Young Regional Chair for Brazil at the Institute for the Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
Daniel Brantes Ferreira
Daniel B. Ferreira is the CEO of the Brazilian Center...
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...
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...
Maria Luiza Negreiros d’Assunção
Position: Member
Phone: +55 (83) 99156-5178
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese, French and Spanish
Maria Luiza is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer who works with strategic dispute resolution
and prevention, arbitration and contract management, with focus on the sectors of
infrastructure and construction.
Maria Luiza Negreiros d’
Maria Luiza is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer who works with strategic...
Luís Alberto Salton Peretti
His experience includes stints at foreign offices, having worked in arbitrations based in several jurisdictions and administered by the largest global dispute resolution centers. He was also Secretary General of the Ciesp / Fiesp Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Chamber.
Luís Alberto Salton Pere
His experience includes stints at foreign offices, having worked in...




















































