A solicitor at Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, Fabrine Hartog has over 12 years’ practice and experience in commercial transactions involving the energy, infrastructure and maritime sectors, as well as experience in dispute resolution through arbitration and mediation. She worked for over eight years as a corporate lawyer for Brazilian and foreign companies operating in the maritime support and shipbuilding sectors, gaining expertise in complex cases within the maritime industry. In 2022, she was recognised as one of the most renowned lawyers in Rio de Janeiro by Análise Advocacia.

She holds a Master’s degree (LL.M) in International Commercial Law, specialising in the oil and gas sector, from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 2019. She completed a postgraduate programme at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV/RJ) in 2016. She graduated with a degree in Law from Cândido Mendes University, Brazil, in 2011.

She is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB); a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARb); Secretary-General of the Maritime and Port Law Committee of the OAB/RJ; a member of the Business Law Committee of the OAB/RJ; and was a member of the Legal Committee of the Brazilian Association of Maritime Support Companies (ABEAM); a member of the Women’s International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA), a member of the Maritime, Transport and Arbitration Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), and is included on the List of Arbitrators of the Brazilian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA).