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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...
Eugênia Marolla
Position: Diretora de Educação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Law from PUC-SP. Bachelor’s degree in Law from USP. Coordinates mediation and arbitration proceedings involving the State of São Paulo’s direct administration and its autonomous agencies. Ciarb Fellow.
Eugênia Marolla
Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Law from PUC-SP. Bachelor’s...
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...
Rafael Gagliardi
Specialties: Dispute Resolution
Rafael Gagliardi
Specialties: Dispute Resolution
Sofia Vale
Position: Fellow
Phone: 00244930433871
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Angola
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Italian (basic), Spanish (passive)
Sofia Vale is a professor at the Faculty of Law at Agostinho Neto University, focusing her research on business law and arbitration. She serves as an arbitrator (having acted in around 40 arbitrations to date) and as a legal expert in national and international arbitrations. She is a member of the ICSID panel of arbitrators, the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission, and a member of the Board of Directors of the CAC. With several published articles on arbitration, she is co-author of the Annotated Arbitration Law of Angola.
Sofia Vale
Sofia Vale is a professor at the Faculty of Law...
Christine Santini
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 99105-2402
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Christine Santini is a mediator, arbitrator and legal consultant, with a vast experience in civil and public law as a judge, both in 1st and 2nd instances, at São Paulo Court of Justice (1987/2021). She is a JD from University of São Paulo and holds an Executive MBA in Law (Management and Business Law) from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center, DRBF-Dispute Resolution Board Foundation and IBDiC-Brazilian Institute of Construction Law.
Christine Santini
Christine Santini is a mediator, arbitrator and legal consultant, with...
Bruno Gressler Wontroba
Position: Associate
Phone: 55 41 3017-1800
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
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.
Bruno Gressler Wontroba
Bruno Wontroba has been a CIArb member (Associate) since 2022....
Tonico Monteiro da Silva
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 3468-0087
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese and French
Country: Brazil
Membership grade: FCIArb
Tonico is based in São Paulo and specialises in disputes involving construction law in general, corporate and commercial issues, as well as trade finance. Tonico has a Master’s Degree from the Universidade de São Paulo and an MBA in Finance and Investor’s Relations from FIPECAFI. His main hobby is dressage and show jumping. He was a director of the riding school of the Sociedade Hípica Paulista for two consecutive terms.
Tonico Monteiro da Silva
Tonico is based in São Paulo and specialises in disputes...
José Maria McCall Zanocchi
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55(85) 4006-5800
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, Portuguese
Lawyer and arbitrator with a proven track record in legal practice, arbitration, foreign investment and international trade as managing partner of MZG Advogados. Member of esteemed organizations in the legal and arbitration domain, including the Brazilian
Arbitration Committee (CBAr) and the IBRADIM Arbitration and Mediation Commission. Coordinator of the Mediation and Arbitration Centre at the Brazilian Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Ceará. Currently, a Ph.D. candidate at the Federal University of Ceará, specializing in the intricacies of environmental law. Author of the book titled “The Protection of the Environment in International Trade” and several scientific papers
in the field of law. Honorary Consul for Uruguay in Fortaleza-CE, fostering international relations.
Advogado e árbitro com histórico comprovado na prática jurídica, arbitragem, investimento estrangeiro e comércio internacional como sócio-administrador da MZG Advogados. Membro de organizações renomadas no campo jurídico e da arbitragem, incluindo o Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr) e a Comissão de Arbitragem e Mediação do IBRADIM. Coordenador do Centro de Mediação e Arbitragem da Câmara
de Comércio Portuguesa Brasileira no Ceará. Atualmente, é doutorando na Universidade Federal do Ceará, com ênfase no direito ambiental. Autor do livro intitulado “A Proteção do Meio Ambiente no Comércio Internacional” e diversos artigos na área do direito. Cônsul Honorário do Uruguai em Fortaleza-CE, promovendo relações internacionais.
José Maria McCall Zanocc
Lawyer and arbitrator with a proven track record in legal...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
Gabriel Bonfim
Gabriel Bonfim
Associate at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini
Domingos Fernando Refinetti
Position: Conselheiro Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Sócio responsável pela condução da área de arbitragens e mediação, bem como pela área de contencioso judicial estratégico, além de prestar consultoria cível, comercial, empresarial e contratual. Também atua como árbitro em arbitragens domésticas e internacionais, e como mediador em procedimentos de mediação. É reconhecido, ainda, por sua atuação em processos concursais como falência, recuperação judicial e extrajudicial de empresas.
Domingos Fernando Refine
Sócio responsável pela condução da área de arbitragens e mediação,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rafael Wallbach Schwind
FCIArb, Doctor and Master of Public Law from the University of São Paulo, Visiting Scholar at the University of Nottingham (2016), Professor of Administrative Law, arbitrator, and lawyer with experience in advisory and litigation matters in public law in general.
Rafael Wallbach Schwind
FCIArb, Doctor and Master of Public Law from the University...
João Vitor Costa
Position: Fellow
Phone: +49 176 8078 4924
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Germany
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, Spanish, German
João is an associate at BODENHEIMER, a German disputes firm, and has experience in highly complex judicial and arbitration proceedings, both as counsel and tribunal secretary, in cases seated in Brazil, Europe, and the United Arab Emirates. His experience includes construction and infrastructure disputes, contracts, corporate matters, banking, industrial property, among others.
João holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a specialization in Civil Procedure from Universidade de São Paulo, as well as an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution from Humboldt Universität in Berlin.
João Vitor Costa
João is an associate at BODENHEIMER, a German disputes firm,...
Gabriel Ferreira Labatut Simões
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 986441475
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
Gabriel Ferreira Labatut Simões holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and has over 14 years of experience in the infrastructure and corporate law sectors. He has been recognized as one of the most admired lawyers in the field of construction law. He has worked as an attorney on strategic international and domestic projects across a wide range of industries, focusing on complex negotiations, contract management, contract drafting, and judicial and arbitral litigation, with particular emphasis on his work in highway, airport, port, mining, logistics, sanitation, energy, technology and international trade projects, in addition to serving as an arbitrator.
Gabriel Ferreira Labatut
Gabriel Ferreira Labatut Simões holds a Master of Laws degree...
Victor Madeira Filho
Partner at MVGA Advogados – Madeira, Valentim & Gallardo Advogados
Victor Madeira Filho
Partner at MVGA Advogados – Madeira, Valentim & Gallardo Advogados
Pedro Martini
Position: Diretor de Comunicação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Advogado inscrito no NY Bar, Counsel de Cleary Gottlieb em São Paulo. LLM pela University of California, Berkeley. Bacharel pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Foi Vice-Diretor de Comunicações do Ciarb Brazil Branch (2024-2026). Fellow do Ciarb.
Pedro Martini
Advogado inscrito no NY Bar, Counsel de Cleary Gottlieb em...
Vania Wongtschowski Kleiman
FCIAbr. Senior Partner at Wongtschowski Kleiman Advogados. Tax advisor at Sistema B Brasil. Arbitrator at the Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber of OAB/SP and Arbitac/PR.
Vania Wongtschowski Klei
FCIAbr. Senior Partner at Wongtschowski Kleiman Advogados. Tax advisor at...
Alice Passinho
Position: Associate
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English
Graduanda na Faculdade de Direito da PUC-SP. Competidora de Mediação e Negociação pelo MN PUC-SP.
Alice Passinho
Graduanda na Faculdade de Direito da PUC-SP. Competidora de Mediação...
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...
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...
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...
Sílvia H. Johonsom di Salvo
Position: Conselheira Fiscal do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: (11) 97093-7007
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French
In the field of legal practice, Dr. di Salvo is a professional with over ten years of experience in managing contract negotiations and resolving infrastructure disputes.
Specializing in projects across transportation, energy, sanitation, and pulp and paper sectors, her expertise encompasses both national and cross-border projects. She holds both a Doctorate and a Master's degree in Administrative Law from the University of São Paulo. She has practiced law at prestigious law firms in Brazil, such as Pinheiro Neto Advogados and Veirano Advogados.
Sílvia H. Johonsom di Sa
In the field of legal practice, Dr. di Salvo is...
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...
Laerte Meyer de Castro Alves
Position: Associate
Phone: +55 85 33119199
Email: [email protected]
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: Associate
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).
Laerte Meyer de Castro A
Partner of R. Amaral, Huland, Castro Alves, Linhares; Barros Leal...
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...
Victor Willcox
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 21 99903 8212
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Mestre e Doutor em Direito Civil pela Universidade do Estado do Estado do Rio de
Janeiro – UERJ. Pesquisador Visitante (Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow) no Instituto de
Estudos Políticos de Paris (Sciences Po), em Arbitragem Internacional. Procurador do
Município do Rio de Janeiro. Professor Convidado da Pós Graduação Lato Sensu em
Direito Civil Constitucional do Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas no Ensino do Direito
(CEPED) da UERJ, do Curso de Especialização em Direito dos Contratos da Pontifícia
Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC Rio), da Escola Superior de Advocacia
Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (ESAP PGE/RJ) e da Escola Superior de Advocacia
da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (ESA OAB/RJ). Professor de Graduação na
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio).
Victor Willcox
Mestre e Doutor em Direito Civil pela Universidade do Estado...
Eduardo Lócio
Position: Associate
Phone: 55 81 99637-0015
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
Eduardo Lócio
Priscila Knoll Aymone
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 999358995
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish
Brazilian-qualified lawyer with 20 years of experience in domestic and international arbitration, specializing in commercial disputes and cross-border proceedings. She has a solid academic background, including a Ph.D. in International Law (University of São Paulo, Brazil), a Master’s degree (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France), and an LL.M. in Common Law (York University, Canada). She currently works as an independent arbitrator.
Priscila Knoll Aymone
Brazilian-qualified lawyer with 20 years of experience in domestic and...
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)....
João Marçal Martins
Position: Associate
Phone: +55 2198121-9116
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Associate
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese and English
João Marçal Martins focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration. He acts as an arbitrator and represents clients in judicial litigation, domestic and international arbitration, mediation, dispute boards and administrative procedures.
João has advised clients and acted as an arbitrator in construction, energy, healthcare, technology and oil and gas sectors.
João Marçal Martins
João Marçal Martins focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration....
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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Renata Steiner
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 99722 1984
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, German
Renata Steiner is a Brazilian Private Law professor, independente arbitrator, and legal
expert. Mrs. Steiner’s major área of expertise relates to comercial disputes, especially
comercial contracts (domestic and international), construction contracts, corporate, real
estate and Succession Law disputes. Within these areas, her practice focuses in questions
related to damages quantification. Mrs. Steiner has been action as an arbitrator in several
arbitral proceeding seated in Brazil, either as partyappointed
arbitrator, by appointment of
fellow arbitrators or by the administering institution.
Renata Steiner
Renata Steiner is a Brazilian Private Law professor, independente arbitrator,...
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...
Bernard Potsch
Position: Presidente do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Advogado especializado em Direito Processual Internacional, com foco em Arbitragem
Bernard Potsch
Advogado especializado em Direito Processual Internacional, com foco em Arbitragem




















































