Law student at Veiga de Almeida University (UVA), member of the Equipe de Mediaqäo e Arbitragem da UVA (EMAUVA) and researcher by the same institution. Associate at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Graduated in History from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Master in the Post-Graduation Program in Social History (PPGHIS-UFRJ). Member of the editorial board of Topoi Magazine.

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.

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).

Cesar Pereira is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Ciarb, partner
at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini, Sao Paulo (Brazil), and co-head of the firm’s infrastructure and
arbitration practice. His practice as counsel, arbitrator or legal expert focuses on infrastructure projects,
regulated industries, public procurement and international contracts, and he has authored or edited
articles, book chapters and books in these fields. He holds a doctorate in public law from PUC-SP (Brazil)
and has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University, University of Nottingham and George Washington
University. He is a Fellow of the University of Nottingham’s Public Procurement Research Group and is on
the editorial board of Public Procurement Law Review – PPLR.

Bruno Gressler Wontroba joined Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini in 2013, as an intern, and has been a lawyer since 2016.

He graduated from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in 2015.

He has been studying for a master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), since 2017.

He has been a member of the Brazil Infrastructure Institute since 2016.

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.

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).

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

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.

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

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)

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.

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).

Bachelor of Laws-Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Master in Civil Procedural Law-Faculdade de Direito do Largo São Francisco, USP. Lawyer, Associate of Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini Advogados. Representative of this office at CBAr – Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem. Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual – IBDP. Arbitrator of CAIEP – Câmara de Arbitragem da FIEP. Arbitrator of ARBITAC -Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem. Co-coordinator of the Infrastructure Commitee of CAMARB – Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem Empresarial Brasil.

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.

Mauricio Gomm Santos, FCIArb, brings 30 years of experience as a senior level Brazilian/U.S. international attorney admitted to practice in Brazil, New York, and Florida; in the latter as Foreign Legal Consultant. Mr. Gomm serves as counsel, arbitrator, and mediator in proceedings in a variety of fields and languages under the rules of the world’s major arbitral institutions as well as Ad-Hoc and cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Mr. Gomm participates as expert witness before national courts and arbitrations, seated in the United States, Brazil and other venues. He also provided academic expertise in the High-Level Meeting with USA Supreme Court Justices on international commercial arbitration hosted by the Organization of American States in several jurisdictions in the region. Mr. Gomm Santos was responsible for drafting the project of an academic institute focused on the study of international arbitration within the University of Miami School of Law.

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.

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.

Product and project management; Portfolio management; Change Management; resilience management; Process management and innovation.

2008-2011 – Ph.D. in International and Comparative Law. Law School of the University of São Paulo. Thesis: Analysis of the Effects of the Statute of Limitations in Domestic and International Arbitration from a Brazilian Law perspective;

2003-2004 –  LL.M (DESS) in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France Paper: “La pratique des anti-suit injunctions à l’encontre de l’arbitrage et son émergence en droit brésilien” (The practice of anti-suit injunctions against arbitration and its emergency in Brazilian law), with the guidance of Professor Charles Jarrosson;

2002-2003 – Post graduation (DSU) in Civil Law University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France.;

1995-2000 -Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Full Professor at Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (Ibmec-SP); Independent Arbitrator. Practice Areas:  Civil and Commercial transactions; Oil and Gas, Energy, Banking, agribusiness. Domestic and International Arbitration. Professional activities include acting as arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration procedures in Brazil, Administrative Secretary of Arbitration Tribunals as counsel in arbitration procedures;

author of numerous articles and books, inter alia: Arbitragem e Prescrição (Arbitration and the statute of limitations). São Paulo: Atlas, 2014; The CAM-CCBC Arbitration Rules 2012: A Commentary. Coordinated by Frederico José Straube, Claudio Finkelstein and Napoleão Casado Filho. Hague: Eleven International Publishing, 2016.

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. 

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.

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.

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).

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.

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).

Graduated in Law (University of São Paulo-USP) and Business (Getúlio Vargas Foundation-
FGV/SP). Master in Civil Procedure. MBA in Agribusiness. PhD in Sociology.

Founder at L. Baddauy Advocacia.
Professor at Londrina State University (UEL), teaching Arbitration and ADRs. UELaw International
Dispute Resolution research program founder and coordinator.
Member of the Clube dos Arbitralistas Lusófonos, Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), Latin
Committee for Greener Arbitrations Pledge and Searching Committee of the ERA Pledge.
Board Member of the Brazilian Institute of Conflict Management (IBGConf).
Board Member of Aurora Incorporadora S/A.

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.

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.

André has been working on energy matters for more than 22 years and is recognized as a reference in this field by Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Leaders League and others.

He has been working in arbitration proceedings since 2004 and has been nominated as coarbitrator
and president in relevant disputes. He is a listed arbitrator at the main Brazilian arbitral chambers and coordinates the Study Group on Arbitration and Energy at the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem.

André has published several articles on energy arbitration and is a regular speaker at conferences regarding the matter.

Advogado especializado em Direito Processual Internacional, com foco em Arbitragem

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.

Alessandro is a lawyer and arbitrator specialising in national and international arbitration, with experience in commercial and public procurement disputes. He holds a Master’s degree in Procedural Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) and postgraduate studies in International Arbitration and Investments. He also acts as an arbitrator before major arbitration centres in Peru and is a lecturer in Procedural Law at PUCP.

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.