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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eduardo Grebler é graduado em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, LL.M. pela Columbia University School of Law. Sócio de Grebler Advogados em Belo Horizonte e São Paulo. Atua como árbitro e advogado, tendo participado em mais de uma centena de procedimentos arbitrais domésticos e internacionais, em disputas envolvendo direito societário, compra e venda internacional de mercadorias e serviços, contratos de construção e infraestrutura e arbitragem de investimento, dentre outros. Fellow do Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, membro da lista de árbitros de diversas instituições arbitrais brasileiras e estrangeiras. Designado pelo Governo do Brasil como árbitro do Protocolo de Olivos do Mercosul e como membro da Corte Permanente de Arbitragem da Haia. Professor de Direito Internacional Privado na PUC/MG. Publicou cerca de sessenta trabalhos sobre arbitragem, contratos internacionais e direito internacional privado, no Brasil e no exterior

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.

• 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.

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

– 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)

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

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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 1^st 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).

Bruno Wontroba has been a CIArb member (Associate) since 2022. He works as lawyer at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini, based on Curitiba, São Paulo and Brasília. He joined the firm as a student intern in 2013, becoming a lawyer in 2016. His main area of academic expertise is civil procedural law. Bruno Wontroba is graduated in law from the Federal University of Paraná (2015) and holds a master degree in Civil Procedure Law from the same institution (2019), writing a thesis on procedural contracts. Also, he has been a member of the Brazil Infrastructure Institute since 2016.

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

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).

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.

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).