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Fátima Cristina Bonassa
Position: Secretária do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 11984442149
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Lawyer, ADR practitioner – infrastructure, commercial and corporate. PhD in International Law and Master in Economic and Financial Law, University of São Paulo Faculty of Law. Specialist in complex negotiation and dispute resolution at Harvard Law School. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). CIArb Brazil Branch Honorary Secretary. CPR – International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Neutral) and CDER – Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR Neutral) certified mediator.
Fátima Cristina Bonassa
Lawyer, ADR practitioner – infrastructure, commercial and corporate. PhD in...
Daniel Brantes Ferreira
Position: Fellow
Phone: (21) 99981-7675
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese - English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Daniel B. Ferreira is the CEO of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration – CBMA. He is also a professor of at AMBRA University (USA), Senior Researcher at South Ural State University, and research fellow at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Author and co-author of several papers in ADR, published in high-ranked journals, including Scopus and Web of Science, monographs, and textbooks. Daniel is also Editor-In-Chief of the scopus indexed Brazilian Journal for Alternative Dispute Resolution (RBADR) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law in Changing World (IJLCW). Daniel is a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), qualified mediator at the International Mediation Institute (IMI), and Young Regional Chair for Brazil at the Institute for the Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
Daniel Brantes Ferreira
Daniel B. Ferreira is the CEO of the Brazilian Center...
Juliya J. Arbisman
Position: Member
Phone: +1 202-725-7667
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Russian, English
Membership Grade: Member
A UK-qualified and US-based lawyer, Juliya Arbisman has a broad international law practice with a focus on complex jurisdictions (Africa, Middle East and CIS), complex industries (mining and energy), and complex claims (parallel criminal-civil proceedings). Juliya is experienced in serving as lead counsel in international arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC, ICDR, SCC, AAA, SIAC, Swiss Chamber, PCA, ICSID and ad hoc rules. She represents clients in a number of court-based applications regarding arbitration (in the UK and elsewhere), including injunctions, set-aside claims, and enforcement proceedings.
Juliya has particular experience in mining and energy sector cases involving both public and private projects that ranged in value from $100m to $7bn. She has worked on some of the largest ever claims under the Energy Charter Treaty, many of which concerned the former CIS countries. Juliya holds a Non-Executive Director position in a mining advisory firm in London.
Juliya also has substantial experience on protection of property and fair process cases in international and regional courts in Europe, Africa and Americas. She has appeared in many proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights. She has co-counseled on claims at the UK Privy Council arising from Commonwealth jurisdictions. These
claims have ranged from judicial review over energy regulation, judicial review over declaration of marine protection area that had excluded an aboriginal population in the Indian Ocean, habeas corpus and other submissions invoking diplomatic and consularlaw.
Juliya joined Steptoe from a national law firm where she headed the International Practice and was a member of the executive committee. Juliya began her career in the international arbitration group of a major UK international law firm in London.
Juliya J. Arbisman
A UK-qualified and US-based lawyer, Juliya Arbisman has a broad...
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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Letícia Baddauy
Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Italian, French
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
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.
Letícia Baddauy
Graduated in Law (University of São Paulo-USP) and Business (Getúlio...
Gustavo Milaré
Position: Fellow
Phone: 11 985838583
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese - English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: Fellow
Mediador Judicial (TJSP – Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo) e Extrajudicial em algumas das principais câmaras brasileiras. Certificado por IMI – International Mediation Institute, ICFML – Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos e ODR Foundations Training. Facilitador. Árbitro. Fellow do CIArb – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Reino Unido). Advogado. Professor em cursos de gradução e pós-graduação em Direito. Autor de livros e artigos jurídicos. Mestre e Doutor em Direito Processual pela USP – Universidade de São Paulo. Capacitado em Mediação pela Mediaras Mediaciones Privadas (ARG) e pela Algi Mediação. Capacitado em Negociação pela FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Especialista em Mediação de Conflitos Complexos e em Negociação pelo PON – Program on Negotiation da Harvard Law School (EUA). Capacitado e certificado em Dispute Board pela DRBF – Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (EUA). Membro da AASP – Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo; da ABDEM Associação Brasileira de Direito de Energia e do Meio Ambiente; do CBAr – Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem; do CEAPRO – Centro de Estudos Avançados de Processo; da DRBF – Dispute Resolution Board Foundation; do IASP – Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo; do IBDP – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual; da INSOL International; e da TMA – Turnaround Management Association Brasil. Membro Efetivo da Comissão de Soluções Consensuais da OAB/SP – Seção de São Paulo da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil.
Gustavo Milaré
Mediador Judicial (TJSP – Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de...
Fabiano Sannino
Product and project management; Portfolio management; Change Management; resilience management; Process management and innovation.
Fabiano Sannino
Product and project management; Portfolio management; Change Management; resilience management;...
Patricia Binnie
Has relevant experience in civil and commercial matters, both in the litigation and consultancy areas.
In the litigation area, she represented clients for more than fifteen years in conducting mediation, arbitration and judicial processes, in all instances.
In the consultancy area, she has extensive experience in pre-litigation advice and risk assessment related to corporate operations.
Patricia Binnie
Has relevant experience in civil and commercial matters, both in...
Marcelo Botelho de Mesquita
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 (48) 3039-1060
Email: [email protected]
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English
Membership Grade: Fellow
Marcelo Alencar Botelho de Mesquita works as a lawyer, arbitrator and dispute board member with building and infrastructure contracts since 2003. Author of the book “Contratos Chave na Mão (Turnkey) e EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction)” (Almedina, 2019) and of chapters and essays focused on construction law. Currently, Vice President of the Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDIC). Former President of the Mediation and Arbitration Committee at Brazilian Bar Association of Santa Catarina between 2016-2018 (OAB-SC). Vice-President of Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem da ACIF – CMAA.
Marcelo Botelho de Mesqu
Marcelo Alencar Botelho de Mesquita works as a lawyer, arbitrator...
Cristina Mastrobuono
Position: Fellow
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...
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...
Eduardo Grebler
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55-31-99196-9950, +55-31-3516-0500
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (fluent)
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
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
Eduardo Grebler
Eduardo Grebler é graduado em Direito pela Universidade Federal de...
Eduardo Lócio
Position: Associate
Phone: 55 81 99637-0015
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
Eduardo Lócio
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...
Lauro Parente
Position: Associate
Phone: +55-11-98409-7333
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Commercial phone number: +55-11 2367-8000
Economist, PUC-SP, Pos Graduate, FGV-SP.
Founder of Arbitration Channel, a global multiplatform network focused on promoting arbitration and disseminating knowledge about alternative dispute resolution methods.
With more than 20 years of experience in event development and realization, and specialist in marketing and legal communication and reputation management.
The Channel offers online content in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and promote and realize events around the world, creating the environment for knowledge exchange between different cultural backgrounds. The Arbitration Channel network is made up of law firms, universities, experts, arbitration chambers, institutions, TPF and neutrals from all over the world.
With more than 1.000 hours of content, and a network of more than 20,000 professionals, the Channel is a partner of the CIARB in promoting its initiatives and values.
The Arbitration Channel has physical headquarters in São Paulo, Miami, Lima, Lisbon and Luanda, and representatives in several jurisdictions. In partnership with the most renowned universities and institutions, we promote events and disseminate content.
Lauro Parente
Economist, PUC-SP, Pos Graduate, FGV-SP. Founder of Arbitration Channel, a...
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. ...
Jonathan Vita
Lawyer, Legal Consultant and Accountant. Specialist in Tax Law from the Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies – IBET-SP, Master and Doctor in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP and Master in Second Level in Company Tax Law from the Luigi Bocconi Commercial University – Milan – Italy . Postdoctoral internship as Senior visiting research fellow at WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) – Vienna – Austria.
Jonathan Vita
Lawyer, Legal Consultant and Accountant. Specialist in Tax Law from...
Doshin Watanabe
Advogado em Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini. Mestre em processo civil pela UFPR.
Doshin Watanabe
Advogado em Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini. Mestre em processo...
Beatriz Estill
Position: Vice-Presidente do YMG do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Advogada associada ao COSRO. Atua em resolução de disputas e arbitragem. Pesquisadora visitante na Unidroit (Roma). Pós-graduação em Direito Processual Civil pela UERJ. Mestranda em Direito Civil na PUC-Rio.
Beatriz Estill
Advogada associada ao COSRO. Atua em resolução de disputas e...
Lucas Vilela dos Reis da Costa Mendes
Position: Vice-Presidente do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 55 21 99617 5430
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
LL.M. Queen Mary, University of London (Merits). Diretor do Curso Prático de Arbitragem –
CPA. Sócio de Laudelino Advogados. Advogado.
Lucas Vilela dos Reis da
LL.M. Queen Mary, University of London (Merits). Diretor do Curso...
Ana Cândida Menezes Marcato
Position: Diretora de Comunicação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: +55 11 99687-1170
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
Lawyer, Partner at Marcato Advogados; Master’s in Civil Procedural Law from USP; Specialist in Arbitration from FGV; Continuing Education in Dispute Mediation at Harvard University; Fellow of CIArb; Counselor of AASP – Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo; Member of CBAr and its legislation, mediation, and equity committees; Acting as Arbitrator, including being listed as an arbitrator in various institutions (CAM-CCBC, Amcham, CAMARB, FGV, CAMAGRO, CMA-IE, CAMCA-OAB, and CAESP).
Ana Cândida Menezes Marc
Lawyer, Partner at Marcato Advogados; Master’s in Civil Procedural Law...
Andre Luiz Bettega DAvila
Position: Member
Phone: (41) 99982-3492
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Andre Luiz Bettega DAvil
Partner/Head of Litigation/Arbitration Andersen Ballao Advocacia Arbitrator Bel UFPR, MsC...
Marcos Paulo Verissimo
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 99636-6574
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian
Dr. Verissimo is a Tenured Professor of Law at the University of São Paulo (Department of Public Law) since
2010. He is a former Commissioner at the Brazilian Antitrust Authority (CADE) (2011-2013) and a former
member of the senior management at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) (2009-2011). Verissimo
has a Bachelor of Laws, a Master of Laws, and a Doctor in Law degrees issued by the University of São
Paulo, and was a Visiting scholar at Yale University. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate,
public and competition law, with a particular focus on disputes. Dr. Verissimo is an arbitrator in Brazil and
a Ciarb Fellow, and his main areas of experience include project finance disputes, regulatory disputes,
M&A disputes, and competition law disputes.
Marcos Paulo Verissimo
Dr. Verissimo is a Tenured Professor of Law at the...
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 41 998224351
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese (native), Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Swedish (fluent), Danish (fluent), Norwegian (fluent), German (intermediary), Russian (intermediary), Latin (intermediary) and Ancient Greek (basic).
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado is a career diplomat, lawyer and barrister (unregistered). Mr. Pinheiro Machado has wide experience with international issues of high complexity in particular in the areas of shipping, commodities, finance, infrastructure, and the environment. Mr. Pinheiro Machado holds dual legal qualification, both in Brazil and in England and Wales. LLB (Hons 1st Class) by the Faculty of Law of Curitiba (UNICURITIBA); PGDip (Distinction) in Political Sociology by the Federal University of Parana (UFPR); Diploma in French Studies (2nd Degree mention bien) by the University of Nancy 2; Master in Diplomacy (MPhil with Distinction) by the Instituto Rio Branco; Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL/CPE with Commendation) by City, University of London; Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC – Very Competent) by City, University of London; Master of Laws (LLM with Commendation) by City, University of London; and Diploma in International Arbitration by CIArb.
Mr. Pinheiro Machado has also long diplomatic experience, in particular in Europe and in South America, having served as Chargé d’Affaires for Brazil in Prague and in Copenhagen. He was a member of the Official Brazilian Delegation to the UNFCCC COP-15. Barrister (unregistered) by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Member of the Commission of Internacional Law of OAB/PR, Honorary Member of the Special Commission of Maritime Law of OAB/RS, Honorary Member of the Special Commission of Internacional Relations of OAB/RS, Expert of the Centre of Political-Strategic Studies of the Brazilian Navy (CEPE-MB) and Researcher of the Centre of Advanced Studies in International Law of PUC/PR (NEADI). Mr. Pinheiro Machado is also a Member of the Baltic Exchange, a Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro
Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado is a career diplomat, lawyer and...
Maria Luiza Negreiros d’Assunção
Position: Member
Phone: +55 (83) 99156-5178
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese, French and Spanish
Maria Luiza is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer who works with strategic dispute resolution
and prevention, arbitration and contract management, with focus on the sectors of
infrastructure and construction.
Maria Luiza Negreiros d’
Maria Luiza is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer who works with strategic...
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 –...
Augusto Cesar Oliveira Martins
Position: Associate
Phone: 55 21 96550-6250
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
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.
Augusto Cesar Oliveira M
Law student at Veiga de Almeida University (UVA), member of...
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...
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...
Isabella Moreira de Andrade Vosgerau
Position: Conselheira Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: +55 41 99229-4142
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Português e Inglês
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Country: Brazil
Admitted to practice (Brazil) in 2012. FCIArb member since 2021. Associate lawyer at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira e Talamini, with experience in arbitration, corporate law and contracts. General Secretary of Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation of FIEP – CAMFIEP.
Isabella Moreira de Andr
Admitted to practice (Brazil) in 2012. FCIArb member since 2021....
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...
Frederico Favacho
Graduated from the most prestigious Law School in Brazil where I have also obtained mymaster’s degree inPhilosophy of Law under the orientation of Professor Celso Lafer, formerBrazilian Chancellor at the WTO and where I’m currently a PH candidate in InternationalPrivate Law., MBA in Agribusiness Management obtained at Getulio Vargas Foundation(FGV), LLMin Transnational Commercial Practice organized by the Center for InternationalLaw Study (CILS), based in Salzburg–Austria, together with Lazarski University fromWarsaw, Eötvös Loránd University from Budapest and Boston University, and LLM inMaritime Law from the Maritime Law Academy–Brazil.Member of the Brazilian ArbitrationCommittee–CBAR, of the Grains and Feed Association–GAFTA, The International CottonAssociation-ICA and of the Federation of Oil and Seeds Associations-FOSFA. Fellowmember of Chartered International Arbitrators–CIARB.
Frederico Favacho
Graduated from the most prestigious Law School in Brazil where...
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...
Fabrine Raupp Hartog Soares
Position: Member
Phone: +55 21 2276-6200
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English
Advogada no Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, Fabrine Hartog possui mais de 12 anos de prática e experiência em transações comerciais envolvendo os setores de Energia, Infraestrutura e Marítimo, além de experiência em resolução de conflitos através de Arbitragem e Mediação. Atuou por mais de 08 anos como Advogada corporativa em empresas brasileiras e estrangeiras atuantes na navegação de apoio marítimo e construção naval, agregando expertise em casos complexos da indústria marítima. Em 2022, foi reconhecida como uma das Advogadas mais renomadas do Rio de Janeiro pela Análise Advocacia.
Mestre (LL.M) em Direito Comercial Internacional com foco no setor de Óleo e Gás, pela University of Aberdeen, Reino Unido, 2019. Pós-Graduada pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/RJ), 2016. Graduada em Direito pela Universidade Cândido Mendes, Brasil, 2011.
É Membro da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil; Membro do Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARb), Secretária-Geral da Comissão de Direito Marítimo e Portuário do OAB/RJ, Membro da Comissão de Direito Empresarial do OAB/RJ, foi membro do Comitê Jurídico da Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Apoio Marítimo (ABEAM), Membro do Women’s International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA), Membro do Comitê de Direito Marítimo e de Transporte e de Arbitragem do International Bar Association (IBA) e integra a Lista de Árbitros do Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA).
Fabrine Raupp Hartog Soa
Advogada no Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, Fabrine Hartog possui...
Bruno Hellmeister Lico Canal
Position: Secretário do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Member
Country: Brazil
Associate in Selma Lemes Advogados. Experience with Transnational Dispute Resolution and Commercial Arbitration in Brazil.
Bruno Hellmeister Lico C
Associate in Selma Lemes Advogados. Experience with Transnational Dispute Resolution...
Pedro Guilhardi
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...
Lucila Carvalho
Position: Conselheira Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 55 31 9 9972-9937
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese
Areas of expertise: Lucila has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration both as lawyer and
arbitrator in cases involving M&A, corporate law, construction, mining. She is listed on several arbitration
chambers in Brazil. She holds an LL.M. from University of California, Davis, USA, and both a JD and an LL.M.
from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Lucila Carvalho
Job title: Partner of Lima Netto, Carvalho, Abreu, Mayrink Sociedade...
Celso De Azevedo
Position: Fellow
Phone: +44 (0)20 7405 9471
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Country: United Kingdom
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Barrister, England and Wales (1997) and Attorney, New York (2002). Celso has a broad international commercial practice with recognized expertise in reinsurance, cyber insurance, cybersecurity, data breach, cryptocurrency, fraud, asset-tracing, and business interruption insurance law as well as regulatory investigations, comprising both advisory and contentious work. Having worked for over 23 years as an international litigation solicitor and partner in several international UK and US law firms based in the City of London, Celso has extensive expertise in complex multi-jurisdictional arbitrations and court proceedings worldwide.
Celso is a founding committee member of the Cyber Insurance Association and past President of the London Business Interruption Association. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and a former visiting lecturer at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee (CEPMLP). Celso also accepts appointments to act as an arbitrator.
Publications: (1) Chapter “International Arbitration-Insurance and Reinsurance (London Market)” in International Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives, LexisNexis (available here); (2) Cyber Risks Insurance – Law and Practice, 1 ed., Sweet & Maxwell; and (3) Walmsley on Business Interruption Insurance, 2 ed., Witherby Insurance.
Celso De Azevedo
Barrister, England and Wales (1997) and Attorney, New York (2002)....
Felipe Scripes Wladeck
Position: Associate
Phone: 55 41 99911-8705
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian.
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.
Felipe Scripes Wladeck
Bachelor of Laws-Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Master in Civil...
Christian Armando Carbajal Valenzuela
Position: Fellow
Phone: 55 (41) 992891602
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese (native), English (bilingual), French (intermediate), Spanish (intermediate)
Country: Perú
Membership Grade: Fellow
Lawyer graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a Master degree in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick – England, specialized in International Law, National and International Arbitration and Protection of Foreign Investment. Currently with residence in Brazil.
Partner of the Departments of Arbitration & ADRs of the firm Wöss Partners S.C., based in Mexico and Washington DC and of the firm Braz Campos Advogados, with offices in São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil.
Director of Arbitration of the Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration of Santa Catarina, south of
Brazil (CAMESC). Former Secretary General of the International Arbitration Center of the Lima
Chamber of Commerce (CCL), Peru. Experience as arbitrator in commercial, civil and public
procurement issues in infrastructure projects, in Peru and Brazil. Legal advisor to foreign
investors in international arbitrations before ICSID (Washington), ICC and GAFTA (London).
University Professor and Speaker of International Trade, National and International Arbitration
and Protection of Foreign Investments in Peruvian and Brazilian Universities.
Associate Editor for Brazil and Peru of Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Online
Journal and President of the Committee on Public and Private International Law of the Inter-
American Bar Association (IABA), Washington DC.
Author of several articles related to International Arbitration and Foreign Investment in
specialized Law Journals
Christian Armando Carbaj
Lawyer graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a...
Gabriel Bonfim
Gabriel Bonfim
Associate at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini
Bruno Wontroba
Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages spoken: Portuguese, English
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.
Bruno Wontroba
Bruno Gressler Wontroba joined Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini in...
Marlon Ieiri
Position: Tesoureiro do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Bachelor of Law from the State University of Londrina. Master in European Union Law from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Master in International Trade Law from Université Paris X. PMP certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Marlon Ieiri
Bachelor of Law from the State University of Londrina. Master...
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...
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;...






















































