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The XI CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress | 17th IFCAI Biennial Conference bring together internationally recognized arbitration professionals.
Find out who will participate this year:
The XI CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress | 17th IFCAI Biennial Conference bring together internationally recognized arbitration professionals.
Find out who will participate this year:
Elliott Hodgkin is a senior reporter for Latin Lawyer and the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association, sister platforms of Global Arbitration Review. He largely covers activity and trends in the Brazilian market, as well as technology and law firm business development across Latin America.
Ana Carolina is the founding partner of Ana Weber Advogados. She serves as an arbitrator in both domestic and international disputes, as legal expert, and as counsel in administrative proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission. She is also a professor of Corporate Law at the Escola de Direito, Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro. Ana holds a PhD in Corporate Law from the University of São Paulo (2020), a Master’s Degree in International Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2008), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the same institution (2005). She was also a visiting researcher at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (2008).
Pedro is an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, admitted to practice in Brazil and New York. His practice focuses on M&A, private equity and commercial disputes, administered by international and Brazilian institutions, and in New York and Delaware courts.
Mrs. Rodrigues has over 25 years of experiencie in the Brazilian financial markets and has been a Partner of Crescera Capital, a Brazilian private equity and venture capital firm for the last 14 years. Mrs. Rodrigues holds an MBA from Columbia Business School with concentration in Private Equity and Real Estate and a BA degree from Fundação Getulio Vargas. Prior to joining Crescera, she worked at Plural Capital, Houlihan Lokey, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and at Pacific Investimentos.
Mrs. Rodrigues serves as Chairman of Hospital Care and as board member of Grupo Zelo and Vita Participações. She has also served as Board Member for Rede Oba, Plural Capital, Grupo Salus, Semantix, Hortifruti and Villa Germania and is a member of the Public Policy Council at LAVCA and the Chair of the Latin American Counsel at GPCA.
Mr. Pereira is Director of ANAC (Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency), also occupying the position of Acting President-Director. Before joining the board of Directors, also at ANAC, he was responsible for several Departments at the Agency, being distinguished by the conduction of the Airport concessions and for the definition of the Anac’s governance model, that awards the Agency for good governance practices. Mr. Pereira also worked for the Central Bank of Brazil and the Ministry of Planning, Development and Management. He is a career civil servant as a Governmental Executive, of Ministry of Management and Public Services Innovation, and Professor of Economics and Regulation at Brazilian Institute of Development, Teaching and Research (IDP). Mr. Pereira is PhD in Economics at Brasília University.
Partner at LMS Legal LLP, London and Professor of Law at King’s College London, where he is also the Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. An experienced arbitrator and counsel in international arbitration, he has a wide industry knowledge, from construction, oil and gas and infrastructure to IT and digital, from pharmaceuticals to consumer goods. A dually qualified English Solicitor and Italian Advocate, he understands and navigates the different approaches across common law and civil law jurisdictions and is able to resolve effectively and pragmatically complex substantive and procedural problems. Aware of the multi-cultural dimension of many international disputes, he has worked across Europe, Africa, Asia and America as counsel, arbitrator (both as president of the tribunal and co-arbitrator) and expert witness. He is a member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission, Italy, a member of the ICC Task Force on Dealing with Corruption Issues in International Arbitration and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Renato has also substantial experience in EU law, regulation and competition law, having served for seven years as a lawyer and then Deputy Director of the Legal and Policy Department at the UK competition authority and as a member of the ICC Task Force on Arbitrating Competition Law Issues. In his academic capacity, Renato published six books and more than eighty articles and book chapters on international arbitration or competition law and is General Co-editor or member of the editorial board of four leading international journals. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Turin, the University of Zurich, and FGV of San Paulo, Brazil. He holds two PhDs, one from the University of London and another from the University of Milan.
As Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Kevin leads the SIAC Secretariat in the provision of case management services. Over the course of the past decade, Kevin has overseen the administration of thousands of international cases under all versions of the SIAC Rules and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Under the Singapore International Arbitration Act 1994, Kevin is the statutory taxation authority and he is empowered to authenticate and certify awards and arbitration agreements.Kevin worked closely on the revisions to the SIAC Rules 2013, SIAC Rules 2016, SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2017, and leads the SIAC Secretariat on the drafting of the seventh edition of the SIAC Rules. He is an active participant at UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) and UNCITRAL Working Group III (ISDS) and frequently speaks, lectures and conducts training on contemporary issues in arbitration. Recognised for being ‘truly exceptional in his passion for, and knowledge of, international arbitration’, Kevin is listed by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader and National Leader for Southeast Asia in international arbitration. Described as a ‘rock star of arbitration’ and ‘a calm presence and a safe pair of hands for the most complex matters’, peers and clients say that he is ‘without equal in the region, in terms of institutional knowledge and expertise in international arbitration’ and that ‘no one knows more about arbitration in Singapore’. Kevin is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor with the Law Society of Upper Canada. He speaks English and French.
Professor Marike Paulsson is the Secretary General of the International Commercial Dispute Resolution Council, Kingdom of Bahrain, and an advisor to the Bahrain Economic Development Board and Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, DC. With over two decades of expertise in international law, arbitration, cross-border litigation, and human rights, she advises on global strategy and commercial diplomacy for resolving disputes. Professor Paulsson is the Vice President of the Global Institute for Peace Studies and the Mauritius Arbitration & Mediation Centre. She authored the leading treatise on the 1958 New York Convention and co-founded the ICCA NYC Roadshow to engage the judiciary globally on its application. She is visiting professor at the University of Miami, University of São Paulo, and Jindal Global University. She worked at Hanotiau & van den Berg, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Allen & Overy. Professor Paulsson holds degrees from Leiden University, University of Miami, and Sciences Po, Paris. Fluent in five languages, she is a member of several international bar associations. She is based in Manama, Bahrain.
Rekha Rangachari serves as the Executive Director of the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) since 2017. In her role at NYIAC, Rekha collaborates with stakeholders and thought leaders in the space to advance global scholarship and best practices; offers educational programming, events, and trainings; and operates world-class hearing facilities in Manhattan. Rekha is actively engaged with the arbitration community. Rekha serves as Member of the New York City Bar’s Inter-American Affairs Committee, Member of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section’s Executive Committee and Co-Chair of its International Contracts and Commercial Law Committee, and Interlocuter for Resolutions, the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution Podcast Series. In addition, Rekha is Board Member of ArbitralWomen (AW) and leads its Cooperation and Global Events Committees, Member of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge Arbitrator Search Committee, Co-Chair of Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers, and Member of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations North America. In parallel, Rekha maintains an active connection to academics as Adjunct Professor at Fordham School of Law and Cardozo School of Law.
Dispute resolution lawyer with more than 28 years of experience. He is the founding partner of CFGS Advogados, focusing on commercial arbitration and strategic litigation. André has represented some of Brazil’s largest construction companies and financial institutions, as well as major private equity firms and sovereign funds, in high-profile disputes related to construction contracts, infrastructure, energy, financial services, mergers, and acquisitions, among others. He is also recognized for his expertise in the oil and gas industry.
He holds an LL.M. with honors in Business Law from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2014), a Master’s Degree in Civil Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC/SP (1999), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the same institution (1995).
André is listed in several rankings, including Chambers, Leaders League, Who’s Who, Legal 500, and Análise Advocacia, as one of Brazil’s leading lawyers in arbitration and commercial litigation.
He is a member of the Mediation Board of CBMA – Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration and a member of the Advisory Board of ICFML – Institute for Certification and Training of Lusophone Mediators.
Thierry has extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator in complex disputes relating to infrastructure projects (construction, joint venture agreements), international contracts (manufacturing, sales, distribution) and M&A transactions (disputes between shareholders, breach of representations and warranties, D&O liability), notably in the aerospace, defense, rail, energy and pharma sectors. He also handles arbitration-related disputes in the courts in France and West Africa (proceedings for the annulment, set aside or revision of arbitral awards, enforcement of arbitral awards). Thierry’s practice focusses on Europe, Africa and Latin America (with a particular emphasis on Brazil).
Lawyer and Arbitrator, with recognized experience in disputes involving civil, corporate, commercial and regulatory law. Graduated from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and postgraduate in Civil Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Founding Partner of Forbes, Kozan and Gasparetti Advogados. Former President and Member of the Deliberative Council of CAM-CCBC. Former President and Member of the Executive Council of CBAr. Former President and Member of the Council of the Movement for the Defense of Advocacy – MDA. Former member of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions’ Council (IFCAI). Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration – ICCA. Mentioned in Chambers – Global and Latin America Guides, Legal 500 Latin America, Leaders League, LACCA – Latin American Corporate Counsel Association, Best Lawyers and Latin Lawyer 250.
Experienced Legal Manager with a demonstrated history of working as member of internal legal departments of multinational companies, supporting business and technical areas in legal issues, leading internal team and external suppliers. Skilled in Negotiation, Regulatory Affairs, Contracts, Corporate Law, among others. Strong legal professional graduated from Mackenzie and Post Graduated from FGV.
Secretary-General of the National and International Arbitration Centre of the Lima Chamber of Commerce. Attorney and Master of Laws with specialization in international commercial arbitration. Over fifteen years of professional experience in dispute resolution, having worked as counsel in international law firms and arbitral institutions. Member of the Executive Committee of CIAC – the Interamerican Commission of Commercial Arbitration. Member of the Steering Committee of the Latinamerican Working Group of the IBA Arbitration Committee. Founder and Past President of the civil association Arbitration 360°. Ambassador of the organization REAL – Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers.
Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil – CVM. Former Partner at Yazbek Advogados. Professor at the Legal Master (LL.M) Post-Graduation Programs in Corporate Law at Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper). Holds a postgraduate degree from the Economic Criminal and European Law Institute of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and from the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences. Holds an LL.M. degree by Columbia Law School. Doctoral candidate in Corporate Law at the University of São Paulo. Holds a Master’s degree in Economic Law and a Bachelor’s degree in Law by the University of São Paulo. Member of the Brazilian and the New York Bar Associations.
Ms. Lu Fei is the Director of Business Development Division of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), responsible for development initiatives and international cooperation of the organization. She joined CIETAC in 2003, and has administered or supervised the administration of over a thousand cases, both domestic and international. She also scrutinizes CIETAC arbitral awards regularly. Ms. Lu has been an arbitrator since 2014 and has arbitrated sale of goods, joint venture, construction, and financial disputes, etc. She is a member of the editorial committee of Arbitration and Law, the earliest professional law review on arbitration in Chinses mainland and frequently speaks at international seminars on dispute resolution. Recently she was invited as a speaker at the ICCA 2024 in Hong Kong.
She is a Senior Partner at Lobo de Rizzo Advogados, with over 25 years of experience in dispute resolution. Additionally, she serves as a listed arbitrator at various arbitral institutions. She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law from the University of São Paulo, where her PhD research (2006) focused on media coverage of disputes, a topic she continues to explore, now with a focus on arbitration. She is also the author of four books, including “Mídia e Processo” (“Media and Disputes”), as well as numerous articles on litigation and arbitration.
Jennifer Haworth McCandless is an international disputes partner at Baker Botts in Washington, D.C. with nearly 25 years’ experience serving as legal counsel in complex, high-stakes international arbitration cases, focusing, in particular, on investor-state arbitration. She has successfully represented both private sector investors (claimants) and sovereigns (respondents) in international arbitral proceedings conducted in English and Spanish before ICSID and its Additional Facility, the ICC, the PCA, and other arbitral institutions around the world. She has also handled international commercial arbitrations, often involving state or state-owned entities.
Her cases span the full range of economic sectors, including electricity, mining, oil and gas, infrastructure, real estate development, and financial services, and cover the globe, with a particular emphasis on the Americas. Notable successes include representing clients in various investor-state arbitrations with a total of US $59 billion in claims. She has also advised and represented private parties and governments in WTO disputes.
In addition, Jennifer served as a member of the Investment Subcommittee of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy Regarding the U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty in 2009 and Regarding the Implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in 2010.
Jennifer is consistently recognized for her arbitration work. She is ranked by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, and Chambers Latin America in International Arbitration. She has been listed as a recommended lawyer in International Arbitration by The Legal 500 Latin America and The Legal 500. She is also named as one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” by Benchmark and has been recognized by Latinvex as one of Latin America’s “Top 100 Female Lawyers” for her work in international arbitration. In addition, she has been recognized by Best Lawyers as one of the top lawyers in America for her work in international arbitration and by Euromoney as one of the “Top 30 Commercial Arbitration Experts in the United States.” She also received the “Best in Commercial Arbitration Award” from Euromoney in 2018.
Arbitrator and mediator specialized in complex commercial and cross border cases. He is member of JAMS, and on the rosters of over twenty other institutions worldwide, including the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation, of which he was part of the founding team and is the Chair of its Advisory Board, the Court of Arbitration for Art (Netherlands) the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS-Lausanne), CAM-CCBC and CBMA (Brazil), and CMAP (France). He also works frequently on ICC and ICDR cases. He has completed some 1,000 mediation and arbitration cases, and is a Fellow of the Chartered institute of Arbitrators, a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, a Fellow of the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (USA) and a Certified IMI Mediator. He is a former Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee, the Florida Chapter of CIArb, the French-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, and the Arbitration and Mediation Committee of the International Law Section of the Florida Bar. Also a trainer in both arbitration and mediation, he writes frequently on ADR topics and is Co-Editor and chapter author of the GAR Guide to Aviation and Aerospace Disputes, published in early 2024. He works in English, French, and Portuguese.
Sarah Ganz is a Special Counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London. She specializes in complex international disputes. Dual-qualified in Germany and England & Wales, Sarah has represented clients in arbitrations involving a wide variety of procedural and substantive laws of both civil law and common law jurisdictions. She has acted as counsel in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. Her experience spans a range of sectors, including life sciences, energy, telecommunications, private equity, technology, and oil and gas. In addition to commercial arbitration, her practice includes the representation of investors and states in investment treaty disputes. Sarah also regularly sits as arbitrator.
Sarah received her PhD from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, where she also completed her State Examinations in law. She obtained a Licence en Droit from the Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris, and an MJur from the University of Oxford. She speaks German, English and French. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and has given invited lectures at several academic institutions, including the LSE Arbitration Academy London, Freie Universität Berlin, and the Europe Institute at the University of Zurich. She regularly publishes and speaks on international arbitration topics
Professor of Commercial Law and International Arbitration in Uruguay and abroad (Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, El Salvador), teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. President of the Association of Notaries of Uruguay. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA). Representative in Uruguay for the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF). Author of 9 books and over 90 articles in specialized journals. Co-Director of the Ibero-American Journal of Commercial Law. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Trainer and evaluator for CIArb in various countries, including Brazil, Peru, and Costa Rica.
Ismail Selim is director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI), Chair of the Egypt Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and Vice-President of the African Arbitration Association (AfAA).
In 2009, Dr. Selim earned his PhD with highest honors from Université de Bourgogne and in 2001, he obtained his masters in Public Administration from ENA.
He began his legal career as a prosecutor and judge (1998-2009) before joining private practice as partner in reputable law firms (2009 -2016).
Dr. Selim teaches Private International Law, Arbitration and ADR at Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne au Caire (Paris I University), since 2011 and teaches Comparative International Arbitration Law. He is also a tutor on the CIArb Approved Faculty List.
Consistently appointed as Arbitrator in various ad hoc and institutional cases under various rules such as ICC, CAS, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC, BCDR and LAMC. The applicable laws in these arbitrations were respectively, Egyptian, English, UAE, Qatari, Saudi, Bahraini, DIFC, Kuwaiti, Iraqi and Lebanese laws. He has also been enrolled on CIETAC’s panel of arbitrators as well as on BAC/BIAC’s panel of arbitrators for international investment arbitrations.
Ismail Selim has also served as legal expert on Egyptian, Libyan and Kuwaiti laws in international proceedings. Dr. Selim has also been appointed as expert of the Expert Committee of the China International Commercial Court of the Supreme People’s Court of China.
Recognized as a leading individual in Legal 500 (2016) and as one of the best specialists in arbitration law in Egypt in WWL (2023) and certified mediator at London School of Mediation
Dually qualified in Paris and Latvia, Dr. Galina Zukova served as an arbitrator in more than 70 cases conducted under the most major institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, DIS, VIAC, SCC, SIAC and the Milan Chamber of Arbitration, and under the UNCITRAL Rules. Before founding her own firm in 2019, Dr. Zukova was a Partner with a boutique law firm and a lawyer in the top International Arbitration Practice Group of a major international law firm based in Paris. Prior to this, she worked as Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Her previous work experience also includes the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, a leading Baltic law firm and the Latvian European Integration Bureau (Latvian Government), where she was in charge of the legal aspects of Latvia’s accession to the European Union. Dr. Zukova is a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, a Council Member of the Armenian International Arbitration Centre, a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, and a Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. In 2022, Dr. Zukova was included in the European Commission’s List of Candidates Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators in EU trade and investment agreements with third states. In the past she also served as a Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin (Paris-Saclay) and the Riga Graduate School of Law. A Latvian lawyer by training, Galina has a PhD from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and an LLM from the University of Exeter (UK). She was also a Visiting Scholar at the Yale University. Dr. Zukova is fluent in English, French, Italian, Latvian, Russian and Spanish. Galina is ranked in: Chambers Global Guide (Band 3: International Arbitration: Arbitrators), Legal 500 (Powerlist Arbitration France), Who’s Legal as Thought Leader, Global Leader and National Leader for France; The Best Lawyers in France and Euromoney’s ExpertGuides Commercial Arbitration. In 2018, ArbitralWomen included Galina in its publication “Women Pioneers in Dispute Resolution”.
Debora Visconte, partner of Visconte Advogados, a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in conflict resolution, domestic and international arbitration; PhD and master’s degree in International Law by the Law School of the University of São Paulo – USP; LL.M. by the London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE; President of the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem – CBAr, Member of ICC’s Latin American Arbitration Committee, Board Member of the Câmara de Conciliação, Mediação e Arbitragem CIESP/FIESP; Court Member of the International Court of Arbitration – ICC.
Catherine Dixon is CEO of Ciarb. She joined in 2020 having set the world record for circumnavigating the world on a tandem bicycle. Catherine has held CEO roles at NHS Resolution, a University College and the Law Society of England and Wales. She is Chair of Stonewall and has held senior roles at the NSPCC, BUPA, and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. She began her professional career as a commercial litigator solicitor in private practice and has been involved in effective dispute resolution throughout her career.
Professor Dr. Stefan Kröll is Professor for International Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and one of the directors of the Willem C. Vis Arbitration Moot Court. He is the Chairman of the German Arbitration Institute and member of the advisory boards of several other arbitration related institutions and national and international journals. Stefan has acted as arbitrator or emergency arbitrator in more than 100 cases in all areas of national and international business law including the involvement of state parties. He is regularly listed as one of the leading arbitrators in Germany (Band 1: Most in Demand Arbitrators) and his publications include several internationally renowned monographs, treatises and commentaries.
Leonardo Florencio specializes in valuation and assessment of damages. He has been involved in numerous Brazilian and international economic valuation engagements in the context of arbitration and litigation. He is also experienced in valuation for M&A, investment decisions and accounting purposes.Mr. Florencio regularly works as expert witness in large-scale disputes involving Latin American parties, mainly in the field of valuation and damages. Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Florencio was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked for 7 years performing valuation assignments and M&A transactions. He worked for 2 years as a CFO in Brazilian largest medicine distributor to hospitals, for 3 years as a Corporate Finance consultant at Stern & Stewart and for 7 years in the banking sector (Brazilian Central Bank and WestLB bank). Mr. Florencio’s expertise includes various sectors such as automotive, oil & gas, energy, distribution, insurance brokerage, IT, construction, banking, sugar & ethanol, food, medical devices, infrastructure and car parking, among others. He has co-authored articles in the Global Arbitration Review, has been a speaker on Valuation and Damages in seminars for the Brazilian Association of Finance Executives, the Latin American Arbitration Practitioners, and has been an instructor in trainings to more than 25 law firms in Latin America on topics related to valuation in the context of disputes. Mr. Florencio holds a B.S. in Economics, from Universidade de São Paulo; an Executive M.B.A. in Finance, from Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (IBMEC); and an Masters in Finance, from London Business School. He is recognized in Who’s Who Legal 2023 and 2022 as Expert Witness for Arbitration, and 2023, 2022 and 2021 as Expert Witness for Commercial Litigation. Mr. Florencio is fluent in English, French and Portuguese (native) and has advanced skills in Spanish, having testifying experience in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Bichara Abidão Neto, partner of Bichara e Motta Advogados, renowned in sports law, focuses on dispute resolution and governance. A member of ANDD and listed arbitrator at CBMA. Bichara lectures globally on sports law and sports arbitration, authoring numerous publications. Recognized by Who’s Who Legal, he’s acclaimed for his scholarly contributions and advisory role in sports law.
Guilherme Carneiro Monteiro Nitschke is a partner of the Arbitration Practice Group at TozziniFreire Advogados, having domestic and international experience in commercial arbitrations and investment treaty cases before several different institutions, acting as counsel, arbitrator and expert witness. He is the Vice-President of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, member of the Special Commission for the Study of the Draft Reform of the Brazilian Civil Code (IASP) and former Executive Secretary of the ICC Brasil Arbitration and ADR Commission. Guilherme also holds a PhD in Civil Law from the University of São Paulo, with his thesis being awarded as the Best Civil Law Thesis of the University in 2018, and a master’s degree from the University of Rio Grande do Sul. He authored several books and articles in the fields of arbitration and private law, being also a teacher in post-graduate courses in law.
Guilherme worked in 2015 as a visiting associate at Dechert (Paris) LLP, in the International Arbitration team. He is acknowledged as one of the rising arbitrators by the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI), and also a member of the Clube de Arbitralistas Lusófonos (CAL), the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB) and other institutions in the fields of arbitration and private law. In 2018, Guilherme attended the 46th Edition of the IADC Trial Academy at Stanford Law School. Currently, he is one of the members selected for the ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for Latin America and one of the mentors of the 2024 edition of the Brazil Very Young Arbitration Practitioners Mentoring Programme
Rupert Choat KC has specialised in construction, energy and similar disputes as well as arbitration since 1997. Choat, has worked on disputes over projects in 60+ jurisdictions, inc. Brazil and sits as an arbitrator. He has sat in i.a. ICC, LCIA, DIAC and SCC arbitrations. Also a CEDR-accredited mediator and is contributing editor for GAR’s Construction Arbitration which compares the laws of different jurisdictions on common construction law issues. Teaches from time to time at King’s College, London on the Construction Law & Dispute Resolution MSc course.
Partner at Eizirik Advogados. Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University. Coordinator of the Arbitration and Corporate Law Study Group of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee. Member of the Capital Markets Committee of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association and of the Corporate Litigation and M&A Disputes Committee of IBRADEMP.
Edna Sussman is a full-time independent arbitrator and mediator and is the Distinguished ADR Practitioner in Residence at Fordham University School of Law. She was formerly a litigation partner at the law firm of White & Case LLP. Ms. Sussman has served as the chair, sole and co-arbitrator in over 300 complex commercial disputes and over 200 complex commercial mediations, both international and domestic, under various institutional rules and ad hoc involving contract interpretation, commercial transactions, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, mergers/acquisitions, intellectual property, energy, financing and banking transactions, franchises/distributorships, insurance, telecommunications, partnership and joint venture, accounting, environment, securities, aviation and professional liability.
Ms. Sussman is a member of the panel of many of the leading dispute resolution institutions around the world including CAM-CCBC’s panel. Ms. Sussman is the former Chair of the New York International Arbitration Center and sat for many years on the Board of the American Arbitration Association. She is the founding chair and director of the AAA-ICDR Foundation and is a past President of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. Ms. Sussman is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and certified by the International Mediation Institute. She is a former Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association, former Chair of the arbitration committees of the American Bar Association’s International and Environment Sections, former Chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Energy Committee, and serves as co-editor-in-chief of the NY Dispute Resolution Lawyer. Ms. Sussman has lectured and published widely on arbitration and mediation.
Ms. Sussman is honored to have recently been designated pursuant to Article 13(2) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, by the President of the World Bank Group, Mr. Ajay Banga, in his capacity as ex officio Chairman of the Administrative Council of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), to serve on the Panel of Conciliators maintained by the Centre.
President of the CAM-CCBC’s Advisory Board and Commercial Law Professor at the University of Sao Paulo. With more than 30 years of experience in corporate, litigation, competition and administrative areas, she currently acts as an expert, arbitrator and attorney.
Chief Judge of the 12th Central Civil Court of São Paulo. Assistant Judge of the 1st and 2nd Corporate and Arbitration-Related Disputes Courts of São Paulo-Capital from 2017 to 2023. Former coordinator of the Training and Vitalization Course for New Judges at the Escola Paulista da Magistratura. Federal Prosecutor from 2004 to 2012. Master’s student in Commercial Law at the University of São Paulo. Graduated from the University of São Paulo. Author of scientific articles.
Expert and Partner at AEQUITAS
Expert and Partner at AEQUITAS
Legal and Market Security Executive Manager, she has worked at CCEE since December 2016. She holds a master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law from USP, a postgraduate degree in Business Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and a law degree from FMU. She also has a specialization in Oil and Gas Law and Regulatory Law from FGV.
Silvia is the Vice-President of CAM-CCBC, lawyer and arbitrator in the corporate area, mergers and acquisitions, construction, business contracts, real estate, franchising, among others, in national and foreign Chambers. Experienced in arbitration, judicial and administrative litigation, involving civil, commercial and consumer areas, and with the definition of procedural strategies in ongoing proceedings at all instances of the Judiciary and solid experience in hearings and meetings before the Public Administration bodies, State and Federal Public Ministry.
Ricardo is the Vice-President of CAM-CCBC and partner at Aprigliano Advogados and has been a lawyer and expert for over 25 years, with extensive experience in civil litigation, corporate operations, and arbitration, both domestic and international. Ricardo holds a Master’s degree, a doctorate and is an Associate Professor of the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo.
President of the CAC. Partner in the Litigation & Arbitration Practice Area at VdA. She practices international, commercial and investment arbitration in complex arbitration proceedings before the most important arbitral institutions. She is a specialist in Civil Procedural Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She was the Director of NOVA School of Law. She was also a partner at PLMJ, where she was a member of the Dispute Resolution team.
Founding partner of José Emilio Nunes Pinto Advogados.
José Emilio Nunes Pinto is a lawyer in São Paulo and founding partner of José Emilio Nunes Pinto Advogados. His main activity is in domestic and international commercial arbitration, in which he works as an arbitrator, consultant, party lawyer and expert witness. Graduated from the Law Faculty of the Universidade do Estado da Guanabara (now the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) in 1972. Participant in the Programma International de Gestion Générale – PIGG at INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France, in 1977. Participant in Leading Change and Organizational Renewal – LCOR, at Stanford University, United States, in 2002.
Partner at White & Case LLP
Jorge Mattamouros is a partner at White & Case LLP in the firm’s International Arbitration Practice. Jorge acts as counsel and advisor to clients in high-risk cross-border disputes under local and international law. He has focused on international law and policy, legal activism and legal technology. He holds a LLM from Harvard Law School and a JD from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Partner at FLH Advogados. Master in Procedural Law from USP. Professor of Arbitration at Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Latin American representative of the ICC YAAF. Regional Coordinator of CBAr. Member of the Advisory Board of Canal Arbitragem. Practice recognized by publications such as Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who and Leaders League.
Doctorate, Master and Bachelor in Law – USP. LL.M. – Harvard Law School. President – Brazilian Arbitration Committee. Director – IBA Arbitration Committee. Professor – FGV Direito SP. Partner – BMA Advogados. Author of the books “The Brazilian Arbitration Act: A Case Law Guide”, “Lei de Arbitragem Anotada”, “Soft law e produção de provas na arbitragem internacional”, “Homologação de sentenças arbitrais estrangeiras” and “Execução específica dos acordos de acionistas”.
Bianca is the Country Director for Brazil at Jus Mundi, a renowned French Legal Tech firm specializing in services tailored for international arbitration practitioners. With a career spanning several years, she has garnered expertise in arbitration, having served as counsel to parties and as an assistant to arbitral tribunals in both domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
“Calvin is a Chartered Arbitrator with more than 30 years’ experience. He has sat under ICC, ICDR, LCIA, Madrid Court of Arbitration, Zurich Chamber of Commerce, Hungarian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and UNCITRAL Rules in a variety of seats located in the Caribbean, Latin America, USA, Africa, and Europe. Calvin is a highly regarded Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
His expertise lies in Investor-State and Commercial disputes arising from administrative and public law; retail and consumer; energy and natural resources; environment, renewables & climate change; cross-border transactions including, mergers & acquisitions, distribution, sale of goods, agency, franchise and transfer agreements; and acquisition of assets and/or shares agreements. “
Coordinator of the National Team Specialized in Arbitrations of the Federal Attorney General’s Office, Federal Attorney General’s Office – ENARB. Post-graduate degree in “Europe Union Competition Law” from King’s College, University of London. Post-graduation in Public Law by the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research – IDP.
Dr Crina Baltag is Associate Professor in International Arbitration at Stockholm University and the academic director of the LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law at Stockholm University. Crina is a qualified attorney-at-law, with over twenty years of extensive practice in various aspects on international dispute resolution, private and public international law. Crina is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Since 2020, Crina is member of the Board of the SCC Arbitration Institute, Sweden. As a Board member, Crina was part of the revision Committee of the 2023 SCC Arbitration Rules, of the drafting Committee of the SCC Express Rules, and of various Task Forces of the SCC Arbitration Institute.
Eleonora Coelho, former President of the CAM-CCBC (2019-2023) obtained her law degree from the University of São Paulo (USP) and obtained her master’s degree in Civil law, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods from the Paris II – Panthéon-Assas University. She acts as arbitrator and attorney in several national and international arbitration proceedings. Ms. Coelho is member of the body of arbitrators of many Arbitration and Mediation Chambers in Brazil. She was also part of the commission of attorneys responsible for the reform of the Arbitration Act which originated Law 13.129/15 and has published several articles on arbitration, as well as ministered classes and lectures regarding the subject.
Specialist in construction/engineering projects and disputes in Latin America, Europe and Asia, as inhouse counsel, external counsel, arbitrator, dispute board member and legal expert. Currently working as disputes global expert at the Engie Group and general counsel of Engie in Peru. Lecturer in construction law and dispute prevention/resolution in Peru and visiting lecturer at Universidad de los Andes, Chile and Universidad del Rosario, Argentina. Has issued more than 70 arbitration awards and 20 decisions as dispute board member. Recognized as an excellent arbitrator by Leaders League and as a distinguished arbitrator by Arbitrator Intelligence. Msc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, Kings College London. Member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission and the ICC Latin American Group.
“Chief Advisor to the Technical Advisory Board of the São Paulo State Government. Member of the Fiscal Council of Desenvolve SP. State Attorney. Doctor and Master in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.
She currently advises the Governor and the Chief Secretary of the Civil House in the performance of their duties and leads the area responsible for scrutinizing administrative acts within the competence of these authorities, accompanying the formulation and analysis of government programs and projects. She worked as Deputy Attorney General of the State in the Consultancy Area, coordinating the consultancy and legal advisory activities of the Executive Branch and the autonomous entities of the State of São Paulo. She was a member and supervised the activities of PGE/SP’s Arbitration Department.”
Mrs. Frida Altamirano holds a Bachelor´s Degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and her LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration from Stockholm University. She also attended University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain and The Hague Academy of International Law. Currently she acts as Secretary General of the Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM).
Prior to joining CAM, Mrs. Altamirano worked for the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Canada and Chicago and as a lawyer in the dispute resolution group of a national law firm where she advised individuals and business clients on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms. She represented clients in a variety of arbitration proceedings, including those before the Mexico City National Chamber of Commerce (CANACO) and the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).
She has been adjunct professor of Private International Law and Dispute Resolution at Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara and regularly participates as a professor of arbitration courses.
Partner of Cescon Barrieu Advogados. Doctor and Master from PUC-SP, Bachelor from UFBA. Lawyer with experience in arbitrations in Brazil and abroad. Professor at Faculdade Baiana de Direito, president of the Arbitration Institute of Bahia, president of the Arbitration Commission of OAB/BA and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration. Author of publications on Civil Law and Arbitration.
Partner of Manassero Campello Advogados. Counsel in domestic and international commercial arbitrations, institutional mediations and court proceedings. Overall leadership of the dispute resolution team and its sub-areas, since 2019. Drafting legal opinions on a wide range of matters (commercial, contractual, regulatory and procedural). Risk analysis and pricing, design of strategies in pre-litigation situations and support in negotiations, with great success in avoiding escalation of conflict situations. Support in bidding processes and public law matters. Development of new legal services in cooperation with partners from other practice areas. Diverse client portfolio, with an emphasis on serving companies in the financial, life sciences and technology sectors.
Jeffrey A. Rosenthal is a partner in Cleary Gottlieb’s New York office. His practice focuses on general commercial and international litigation, arbitration, and bankruptcy litigation.
Jeff has represented numerous foreign and domestic entities before a wide variety of judicial and arbitral bodies concerning a variety of disputes.
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Júlio César Bueno is a partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados and focuses his practice on construction law and engineering contracts, project development, arbitration and dispute boards. He is chairman of the Executive Board of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and vice chairman of the International Bar Association’s International Construction Projects Committee. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL). He holds a bachelor’s and a doctorate from the University of São Paulo Law School (LLB, 1991; PhD, 2001) and a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge (LLM, 1995).
Lucinda A. Low is a Partner in Steptoe & Johnson’s Washington, DC office and is the co-leader of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. Over the course of her legal practice, Lucinda has been involved in AAA, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, and other institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, as counsel, expert, and now arbitrator. She is a member of the ICSID roster of arbitrators (appointed by the President of the World Bank) and on the roster of several other arbitral institutions. She currently serves on a number of ICSID and ICC tribunals, primarily as the presiding arbitrator. Lucinda has previously served as an advisor to the Government of Canada on trade and investment matters, acting as a reader for the Trade Law Bureau in its successful defense of the Chemtura v. Canada case brought under Chapter Eleven of NAFTA. She served on the panel of arbitrators in the BSE Chapter Eleven case (Canadian Cattlemen v. United States), the first-class action-type claim under NAFTA Chapter 11. She was one of the first US lawyers to argue a claim before the Iran-US Claims Tribunal. She is a member of the US Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law. Previous positions held by Lucinda include President of the American Society of International Law (2016-2018) and as a member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators of ICSID (2016-2022), appointed by the United States. Lucinda has lived in Brazil on two separate occasions and speaks Portuguese, as well as Spanish, French and English.
Executive Director CAM Santiago. President Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission IACAC. Lawyer and LL.M in Public Law University de Chile.
Co-Chair ERA Pledge Subcommittee LATAM and WWA. Arbitrator Commissions of the Public Works’ Concession.
100 Woman Leader Award 2018 & 2019. Barakah International Award and AMMDE Arbitration Award for Professional Career Multisectoral Association of Women Managers and Entrepreneurs, Spain 2022.
Partner at Sergio Bermudes Advogados
Natalie Reid is a partner in the International Dispute Resolution Group at Debevoise, and co-chairs the firm’s Public International Law and Caribbean practices. She regularly advises and represents clients in disputes in the energy and natural resources sectors, acts as counsel in commercial, investment treaty, and public international law arbitrations, and sits as an arbitrator in a wide range of commercial cases.
Sandra González is head of FERRERE’s Arbitration and Litigation group in its offices in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. She also is a Vice president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
Ms. González represents clients in a wide range of industries in commercial and investment arbitration under several arbitration rules and institutions with a focus in the construction, oil & gas, and mining industries.
She also sits as arbitrator under different applicable laws, seats and institutions, particularly related to infrastructure and construction projects and M&A disputes.
Ms. González is Vice-president of the ICC Court of Arbitration, a member of the Observatory on the Status of Arbitration of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB), vicechair of the Capítulo Rioplatense of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA) and founding member and member of the Executive Committee of WWA – Women Way in Arbitration LATAM. She is co-chair of DELOS Dispute Resolution’s oral advocacy program for Latin America (ROAP) and of the Arbitration Certificate at Universidad de Montevideo, in Uruguay. She was Deputy Director of law at ORT University, also in Uruguay and chaired the Latin America Chapter of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association.
She earned her law degree from the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de la República (Uruguay) and her LL.M. from Harvard Law School (USA).
Partner at FCDG Advogados, with practice in the areas of strategic business litigation, arbitration and corporate restructuring, with a focus on crisis solutions. She has participated in several mediations as a preventive solution of disputes.
Specialist in Corporate Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (COGEAE), in 2007.
Bachelor of Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) (Largo de São Francisco), 2000.
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), São Paulo Section; of the IBR, CRM and of the permanent commission of RJ of IASP, with published articles on restructuring and bankruptcy.
“Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is a partner in the international litigation and arbitration department of the law firm of Foley Hoag LLP and chair of its Africa practice. She has represented sovereign states and state entities from all over the world in more than 30 international disputes before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, and arbitration tribunals constituted pursuant to various arbitral rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, the ICC, and the SCC. These disputes have addressed a broad array of matters mining, energy, the environment, human rights, infrastructure, the law of the sea, and territorial boundaries, among others.
As a member of the ICC’s Court of Arbitration, Tafadzwa is regularly involved in the scrutiny of ICC arbitral awards and decisions. She also serves as Vice President of the African Society of International Law.
Tafadzwa has been ranked by Latinvex as one of the top 32 female lawyers working on Latin American matters and is named to Africa’s 30 Arbitration Powerlist by Africa Arbitration Academy, Africa Arbitration and AYA. She has also been recognised by Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration and the Legal 500: USA.
She holds a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and French from Macalester College.
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Thiago’s expertise is focused on technology, compliance and public law, particularly in regard to anti–corruption, data protection, cybersecurity and digital platform investigations conducted by public authorities and regulators. He also advises clients on public law issues with a focus on infrastructure, assisting with contracting state-owned companies, administrative sanctioning proceedings, concessions, public tenders, and administrative contracts in general.
Dr. Yas Banifatemi is a founding partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, an international firm exclusively dedicated to the management of international disputes. She previously served as Global Head of Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration group, alongside late Professor Emmanuel Gaillard. Yas acts as counsel, arbitrator and expert. She is the President of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI).
“Dr. Schardt is a dispute resolution specialist with 20 years of experience in arbitration as well as in judicial and extrajudicial dispute resolution. She has taken up the office of Secretary General of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) on 1 January 2023. The DIS is the leading German Arbitration Institute and administers around 160 arbitration proceedings and other out-of-court dispute resolution proceedings between German and foreign parties, mostly companies, every year.
Prior to that she worked as Division Litigation Counsel at Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG and Siemens AG in Munich for thirteen years. She was responsible for international arbitration, litigation and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Before joining Siemens, Dr Schardt worked as a lawyer in the Dispute Resolution practice group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Frankfurt am Main for six years.
Dr Schardt studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena where she received her doctorate. As Fulbright scholar she also completed the Master of Law at the University of Virginia and the University of Georgetown. “