Welcome to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Brazil Branch
CIArb Brazil is the Brazilian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the leading professional body for dispute resolution. The Branch was formed on 25th July 2019 and has as its patron Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, former Director General of the World Trade Organisation.
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gabriel Bonfim
Gabriel Bonfim
Associate at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini
Ana Gerdau Borja Mercereau
Position: Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages spoken: Portuguese, French, English and Spanish
Ana Gerdau Borja Mercere
Lise de Almeida
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 9-9186-9656
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: Portuguese and English
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
Lise de Almeida is a lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, having represented parties from diverse economic sectors in commercial, civil and administrative cases for over thirty years now. She holds both a law degree (J.D.) and a doctoral degree (S.J.D.) from the University of São Paulo Law School, and a master’s degree (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School.
Lise is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is in the roster of arbitrators of (i) the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC); (ii) the Arbitration Chamber at CIESP-FIESP, (iii) the Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná, and (iv) the Italian-Brazilian Arbitration and Mediation Chamber – CAMITAL.
She is a founding partner of the Law Firm Almeida, Costa e Pinheiro Sociedade de Advogados headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Lise de Almeida
Lise de Almeida is a lawyer with extensive experience in...
Mariana Conti Craveiro
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 3807-4233
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Fluent in Portuguese, English, Italian and German, with knowledge of French and Spanish for professional purposes.
Bachelor, Master and PhD in Commercial Law from FDUSP – Largo São Francisco. Vice-president of IDiP – Private Law Institute. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Lawyer in São Paulo.
Mariana Conti Craveiro
Bachelor, Master and PhD in Commercial Law from FDUSP –...
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...
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 –...
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...
Antonio Abdalla
Graduado em Direito pela PUC-MG; mestrado pela Loyola Law School, Los Angeles/US; FCIArb Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Prof. Assistente Direito Comercial PUC-SP; especialização em Gestão Executiva pela FDC/Kellogg School of Management, Chicago/US; especialização em Gestão Avançada pela FDC/INSEAD, Fontainebleau/FR; especialização em Desenvolvimento de Dirigentes PAEX – FDC; Programa de Desenvolvimento de Conselheiros – FDC
Antonio Abdalla
Graduado em Direito pela PUC-MG; mestrado pela Loyola Law School,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Karin Klempp Franco
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 11 99657-0191
Email: [email protected]
Languages spoken: German, English, Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Membership Grade: FCIArb
PhD on commercial law from Universidade de São Paulo. LL.M. on International Economic Law at University of Cologne, Germany with Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel; JD from Universidade de São Paulo.
She has developed her career in law firms in Germany and Brazil working with/leading the Intellectual Property, Digital Law, Privacy and Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, M&A, and German Desk areas. Ranked at Chambers (Latin America and Global), Leaders League, Best Lawyers, Análise 500 Advocacia.
She is a Professor of Law at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses at Facamp – Faculdades Campinas (lectures: Arbitration, Mediation, ADRs and Negotiation, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Privacy and Data Protection, Compliance). Guest lecturer in several courses – California Western School of Law, GVLaw, ESA/OAB, Inova/Unicamp, Embrapa.
She serves as arbitrator, mediator, and panelist for domain names in different institutions. Karin has a CIPP/E certification – Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe by IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Arbitrators of London – FCIArb.
Publications: (1) International Transfer of Technology to Brazil (2010), Trends in Alternative Dispute Resolution Concerning Intellectual Property: A Brazilian Perspective (2012); Patent Litigation: Jurisdiction Comparisons – Brazil (2012); Smart trains: quo vadis? A Brief Analysis of Artificial Intelligence from the Perspective of Intellectual Property and Civil Liability (2018); Brazilian Data Protection Law could be efficient for the communications on Covid-19 (2020); Brazilian law Trends for Digital Governance, Fundamental Rights and Personal Data (2020).
Karin Klempp Franco
PhD on commercial law from Universidade de São Paulo. LL.M....
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...
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...
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...
Marcos Fontes
Position: Diretor de Educação do Ciarb Brazil Branch
Phone: 5511985392007
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Country: Brazil
Languages Spoken: Portuguese; english, spanish
More than 20 years devoted to the civil, commercial and corporate areas, with focus on local and international arbitration and complex litigation. Significant experience on M&A transactions as well. Has also appeared as expert witness before international tribunals, and Arbitrator under various Arbitration Centers and rules.
Marcos Fontes
More than 20 years devoted to the civil, commercial and...
Luís Alberto Salton Peretti
His experience includes stints at foreign offices, having worked in arbitrations based in several jurisdictions and administered by the largest global dispute resolution centers. He was also Secretary General of the Ciesp / Fiesp Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Chamber.
Luís Alberto Salton Pere
His experience includes stints at foreign offices, having worked in...
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...
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...
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...
Augusto Barros de Figueiredo e Silva Neto
Position: Fellow
Phone: +55 21 9 6902-0007
Email: [email protected]
Membership Grade: Fellow
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Graduated in Law from UFRJ (Brazil), expert in Construction Law and listed as an arbitrator, mediator, and dispute board member in numerous institutions. Holds a PhD at UFF (Brazil), a Master’s degree in International Private Law and International Commerce from the University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne), in Global Business Law at Sciences Po Paris, and a Master in Business Economics from UFRJ. Regional Director for Latin America at DRBF, Board Member of the Brazilian Chapter of Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje and Vice-president of Academic Council of Canal Arbitraje
Augusto Barros de Figuei
Graduated in Law from UFRJ (Brazil), expert in Construction Law...
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....
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...
Mauricio Gomm
Mauricio Gomm Santos, FCIArb, brings 30 years of experience as a senior level Brazilian/U.S. international attorney admitted to practice in Brazil, New York, and Florida; in the latter as Foreign Legal Consultant. Mr. Gomm serves as counsel, arbitrator, and mediator in proceedings in a variety of fields and languages under the rules of the world’s major arbitral institutions as well as Ad-Hoc and cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Mr. Gomm participates as expert witness before national courts and arbitrations, seated in the United States, Brazil and other venues. He also provided academic expertise in the High-Level Meeting with USA Supreme Court Justices on international commercial arbitration hosted by the Organization of American States in several jurisdictions in the region. Mr. Gomm Santos was responsible for drafting the project of an academic institute focused on the study of international arbitration within the University of Miami School of Law.
Mauricio Gomm
Mauricio Gomm Santos, FCIArb, brings 30 years of experience as...
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...
Linneu Albuquerque Mello
Linneu de Albuquerque Mello is a lawyer and professor with 25 years of experience in consultancy and litigation. Resident in Rio de Janeiro, he also works in São Paulo and the Federal District, and in international operations.
It stands out for its expertise in the areas of Civil, Corporate, Tax, Arbitration and Legal Compliance, with special attention to the Oil and Gas industry.
Linneu Albuquerque Mello
Linneu de Albuquerque Mello is a lawyer and professor with...
João Gabriel Scarpellini Campos
Associado com atuação nas áreas de contencioso civil, comercial e administrativo, arbitragem, direito societário e contratos.
João Gabriel Scarpellini
Associado com atuação nas áreas de contencioso civil, comercial e...
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)....
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...
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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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...
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...




















































