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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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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;...

Cristina Mastrobuono

Position: Presidente CIArb Brazil
Phone: +55 11 99651 2117
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken:: Portuguese, English, German
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade:: Fellow

Cristina M. Wagner Mastrobuono is an arbitrator and legal consultant with a large experience in the public sector. She is a JD from Universidade de São Paulo and holds an LLM degree from the University of Chicago. Former Vice Chair of the Legal Department of the State of São Paulo,  she has occupied various high-profile positions across practice areas including Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships, Concessions, Arbitration, Corporate, and Finance & Tax. Founding partner of Cristina Mastrobuono Advogados, she acts as arbitrator in proceedings related to the infrastructure sector and coordinates the Infrawomen Brazil Mediation and Arbitration Committee.

Cristina Mastrobuono

Cristina M. Wagner Mastrobuono is an arbitrator and legal consultant...

Christine Santini

Position: Vice-Tesoureira CIArb Brazil
Phone: +55 11 99105-2402
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

Christine Santini is a mediator, arbitrator and legal consultant, with a vast experience in civil and public law as a judge, both in 1st and 2nd instances, at São Paulo Court of Justice (1987/2021). She is a JD from University of São Paulo and holds an Executive MBA in Law (Management and Business Law) from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center, DRBF-Dispute Resolution Board Foundation and IBDiC-Brazilian Institute of Construction Law.

Christine Santini

Christine Santini is a mediator, arbitrator and legal consultant, with...

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...

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,...

Maria Luiza Negreiros d’Assunção

Position: Segunda Secretária CIArb Brazil
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...

Pedro Martini

Position: Diretor de Comunicação Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Pedro Martini

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.

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

Tonico Monteiro da Silva

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

Tonico is CIARB BRAZIL’s current Secretary as well as Director of Education.  He 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 CIARB BRAZIL’s current Secretary as well as Director...

Gianluca Gazzola

Position: Member
Phone: 082 99622 7024
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Membership Grade: MCIArb
Country: Brazil

• Graduated in Civil Engineering with honors, MBA in Finance, 25 years of executive experience
in project management, contract and claim management. Chartered Arbitrator and Quantity
Surveyor.

• Experienced in executing international construction projects, including complex power
generation plants and large-scale infrastructure developments. Proficient in implementing
measures to ensure meeting and exceeding compliance with budget, schedule, quality, safety,
and customer expectations.

• Experience gained during the execution of industrial buildings, LNG to Power projects, Simple
Cycle and Combined Cycle power plants, water distribution systems, gas & water pipelines,
water treatment plants, HV Switchyard & Transmission Lines, Piers & Docks, roads & railways,
tunneling & airports.

• Highly skilled in Contract Administration, Claims Management and Dispute Avoidance and
Resolution. Focused on implementing project commercial and contractual strategies that
constantly exploits opportunities and minimize exposure to risks.

• Tested and skilled in Project and Contract Management, Finance and Accounting, resolution
of Claims and Disputes, Litigation Support.

• Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Gianluca Gazzola

• Graduated in Civil Engineering with honors, MBA in Finance,...

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,...

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,...

Antonio Carlos Monteiro Da Silva Filho

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

Vania Wongtschowski Kleiman

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

FCIAbr. Senior Partner at Wongtschowski Kleiman Advogados. Tax advisor at Sistema B Brasil. Arbitrator at the Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber of OAB/SP and Arbitac/PR.

Vania Wongtschowski Klei

FCIAbr. Senior Partner at Wongtschowski Kleiman Advogados. Tax advisor at...

Alexandre Chiochetti Ferrari

Position: Fellow
Phone: (11) 4322-9572
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: PORTUGUÊS E INGLÊS FLUENTES; CURSANDO FRANCÊS

Formado em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Atualmente é Juiz de Direito do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo (TJSP), tendo sido aprovado em 1º lugar na prova oral do concurso. É ainda Juiz da 382ª Zona Eleitoral do Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de São Paulo (TRE-SP) e integrante da 2ª Turma do Colégio Recursal da Fazenda Pública de Santo André. Foi orador titular da equipe da PUC-SP no 17º Willem C. Vis Moot (Viena, Áustria – 2010) e coach das equipes da PUC-SP no 19º Willem C. Vis Moot (Viena, Áustria – 2012) e no 10º Willem C. Vis Moot East (Hong Kong – 2013). Bolsista da PUC-SP, por mérito acadêmico, na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Durham (Reino Unido – 2010). Aprovado também no 56º Concurso de Ingresso na Magistratura do Estado de Goiás (TJGO – 2016).

Alexandre Chiochetti Fer

Formado em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo...

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...

Fátima Cristina Bonassa

Position: Primeira Secretária CIArb Brazil
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...

Augusto Barros de Figueiredo e Silva Neto

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 21 9 6902-0007
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Country: Brazil

Graduated in Law from UFRJ (Brazil), expert in Construction Law and listed as an arbitrator, mediator, and dispute board member in numerous institutions. Holds a PhD at UFF (Brazil), a Master’s degree in International Private Law and International Commerce from the University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne), in Global Business Law at Sciences Po Paris, and a Master in Business Economics from UFRJ. Regional Director for Latin America at DRBF, Board Member of the Brazilian Chapter of Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje and Vice-president of Academic Council of Canal Arbitraje

Augusto Barros de Figuei

Graduated in Law from UFRJ (Brazil), expert in Construction Law...

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...

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....

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...

Rafael Wallbach Schwind

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 41 99990-3555
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow

FCIArb, Doctor and Master of Public Law from the University of São Paulo, Visiting Scholar at the University of Nottingham (2016), Professor of Administrative Law, arbitrator, and lawyer with experience in advisory and litigation matters in public law in general.

Rafael Wallbach Schwind

FCIArb, Doctor and Master of Public Law from the University...

Marcelo Passinho Casillo Gonçalves

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

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...

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

Paula Viana de Barros

Position: Associate

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...

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...

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 –...

Daniel Kaufman Schaffer

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

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. ...

Fabiana Videira Lopes

Position: Member
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Fabiana Videira Lopes

Marcelo Perlman

Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English (proficient), Spanish (fluent) and French (conversational)

Commercial mediator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and included in the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals of The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), in the Panel of Mediators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), as well as in the rosters of mediators of different reputable Brazilian and Portuguese providers. Member of the Brazilian Advisory Board (BAB) of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), of the Mediation Advisory Committee of Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá (CAM-CCBC), of the Mediation Thought Leadership Group of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and other mediation-related initiatives. Mediation practice has been recognized on an yearly-basis in the international rankings Who’s Who Legal and Leaders League.

Marcelo Perlman

Commercial mediator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Distinguished Fellow of...

Eduardo Terashima

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 (11) 996321600
Email: [email protected]
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English
Membership Grade: Fellow

Lawyer and Arbitrator based in São Paulo.

Eduardo has extensive experience with national and international matters related to different sectors, such as the financial market, agribusiness, life sciences, civil construction, automotive industry among others.

Eduardo is a Ph.D candidate and holds a LL.M in International Law at PUC/SP, where he also obtained his Postgraduation Degree in Administrative Law. He holds a LL.M in International Commercial Law from University College London-UCL. He is a professor of Postgraduate courses in Arbitration and International Law at COGEAE-PUC/SP. He coordinates the Group of Studies in International Commercial Law at PUC/SP.

Eduardo Terashima

Lawyer and Arbitrator based in São Paulo. Eduardo has extensive...

Luís Alberto Salton Peretti

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

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...

Gabriel Ferreira Labatut Simões

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 986441475
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English

Gabriel Ferreira Labatut Simões holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and has over 14 years of experience in the infrastructure and corporate law sectors. He has been recognized as one of the most admired lawyers in the field of construction law. He has worked as an attorney on strategic international and domestic projects across a wide range of industries, focusing on complex negotiations, contract management, contract drafting, and judicial and arbitral litigation, with particular emphasis on his work in highway, airport, port, mining, logistics, sanitation, energy, technology and international trade projects, in addition to serving as an arbitrator.

Gabriel Ferreira Labatut

Gabriel Ferreira Labatut Simões holds a Master of Laws degree...

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...

Patrícia Kobayashi

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

Fernando Marcondes

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

Vitor Antonio Coelho dos Santos

Position: Member
Phone: 55 27 99644 4466
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English and Spanish

Civil Engineer (Universidade da Amazônia – Brazil), with a Master’s Degree in Construction Management (Florida International University – USA) and a postgraduate degree in International Construction Law (University of the West of England, Bristol – UK). Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – MCIArb (UK) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – MRICS (UK). With extensive experience in Contract Administration, derived from more than 33 years of international experience working in more than 10 countries, combines knowledge of construction; preparation, analysis, negotiation, and administration of engineering and construction contracts, including preparation and analysis of claims; and dispute resolution techniques (negotiation, Dispute Boards, mediation and arbitration). Trained by the FIDIC Academy in FIDIC Contracts.

Vitor Antonio Coelho dos

Civil Engineer (Universidade da Amazônia – Brazil), with a Master’s...

Bernard Potsch

Position: Vice-Diretor de Educação CIArb Brazil
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

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

Napoleão Casado Filho

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 3063 2816
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb

Napoleão Casado Filho, current Vice-President of CIArb Brazil Branch, is a member of the Approved Faculty List of the London Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Professor of Arbitration and International Commercial Law at the Post-graduation of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP) and university Center of Joao Pessoa (UNIPE).

He has a Master and PhD degrees in International Economic Relations Law at PUC/SP and Post-doctorate at Université Paris II – Pantheon-Sorbonne – Société de Législation Comparée. Experienced arbitrator in proceedings under various institutional rules, he is the Managing Partner at Clasen, Caribé & Casado Filho Sociedade de Advogados, and is a skilled Counsel in international and national arbitration proceedings and in litigation on national courts.

Napoleão Casado Filho

Napoleão Casado Filho, current Vice-President of CIArb Brazil Branch, is...

Pedro Guilhardi

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

Pedro obtained his bachelor’s degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo in 2006. In 2013, he obtained his LL.M degree in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary, University of London. In 2017, he obtained his master’s degree in Commercial Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Currently, doctorate candidate in Commercial Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de SãoPaulo. As counsel, he has been involved in a variety of complex disputes (litigation before Brazilian Courts and arbitration proceedings administered by both domestic and international institutions).

Pedro Guilhardi

Pedro obtained his bachelor’s degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de...

Ricardo Aprigliano

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

Victor Madeira Filho

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

Partner at MVGA Advogados – Madeira, Valentim & Gallardo Advogados

Victor Madeira Filho

Partner at MVGA Advogados – Madeira, Valentim & Gallardo Advogados

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...

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 –...

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...

Riccardo Giuliano Figueira Torre

Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 9 9669-8411
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), German (fluent), Spanish (intermediate) and French (basic)

Sócio de Wald, Antunes, Vita e Blattner Advogados. Bacharel, Mestre e Doutor em Direito Processual
Civil pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (FDUSP). LL.M. em International Business

Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration pela New York University – NYU, bolsista Arthur T. Vanderbilt. Vice-
Presidente da Comissão Especial de Arbitragem da OAB/SP. Diretor do Centro de Mediação e Arbitragem

da Câmara de Comércio Portuguesa no Brasil (CMA-CCPB). Fellow do Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(FCIArb). Membro da Comissão de Arbitragem e ADR da ICC Brasil, do Institute of World Business Law
da CCI e do Rising Arbitrators Initiative. Autor de diversos artigos sobre arbitragem em publicações
nacionais e internacionais.

Riccardo Giuliano Figuei

Sócio de Wald, Antunes, Vita e Blattner Advogados. Bacharel, Mestre...