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Adriana Campos Conrado Zamponi is a partner at Wald, Antunes, Vita e Blattner Advogados, has an LLM in Business Law from Ibmec and has completed mediation courses offered by the France-Brazil Chamber of Commerce (CCFB) in cooperation with the Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage Paris (CMAP) and the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA). She is also a member of the Brazilian Arbitration Commission (CBAR).
JOSÉ THEODORO ALVES DE ARAÚJO Partner Office: São Paulo E-mail: taraujo@araujopolicastro.com.br Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5705 Areas of Practice Corporate, Banking and Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Regulatory and Administrative Law. Education • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade de São Paulo Law School – USP (1962); • Career improvement course on Financial System at Getulio Vargas Business School (1963); • Career improvement course ...
O Sr. Lopes tem 30 anos de experiência em lidar com disputas empresariais e é reconhecido por publicações especializadas nacionais e internacionais como um dos mais importantes advogados brasileiros. Atuou em casos complexos de arbitragem e contencioso judicial, moldando negócios nas áreas de infraestrutura, serviços financeiros, direito societário, reestruturação de dívidas e contratos comerciais. Segundo o The Legal...
Júlio de Oliveira has acted in many significant tax proceedings relating to direct and indirect taxes as well as taxes levied on the payroll, in addition to rendering consulting services to large domestic and international companies. He is part of several committees and associations made up of companies that seek to improve the Brazilian tax system. He holds a Master of Laws and a PhD in tax law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP). He is a p...
Eduardo Metzker is a senior lawyer at Vilas Boas, Lopes e Frattari Advogados with extensive experience in Civil Corporate Litigation. Since January 2019, he has been successful in leading a team of five lawyers who work in the Strategic Civil Litigation and Bankruptcy area of VLF. He has had significant participation in obtaining very positive results in cases of high legal complexity. Eduardo is a Bachelor of Laws by Universidade Vila Velha (UVV) and also has a post-graduate degree in Civil ...
Doctor of Law (J.D), Sciences, Law of Economics and Finance, University of São Paulo, in the subfield of Tax Law, São Paulo, 2010. Founder of the Advocacia Fernanda Hernandez and has experience for more than thirty years. Member of the Superior Counsel of Law of the FECOMERCIO/SP. Many publications in specialized journals and six-monthly papers presented do the Federal University of São Paulo during her Doctor Degree. Final doctorate thesis regarding the CFEM (Compensatio...
Partner at Sergio Bermudes Advogados. Arbitration Practitioner and Civil Litigator specializing in national and cross-border Corporate, Commercial and Insolvency/Reorganization issues. Graduate in Law from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO) and holder of a Master’s Degree (LL.M) from the Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne. Completed professional training in Negotiation at Harvard Law School in 2009. Current Vice-President of ...
Mariana Nogueira is a corporate partner at Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados with a strong background in the legal industry, specializing in Corporate Law, Contract Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance. Skilled in legal writing and adept at navigating complex compliance matters. Holds a Professional Certification in Compliance and Anti-corruption from LEGAL ETHICS COMPLIANCE - LEC. Provides comprehensive legal counsel to clients in the establishment of both public and priva...
Pedro Marcos Nunes Barbosa (Doctor, Master and Specialist) is its current leader, a Civil, Entrepreneur and IP Law Professor at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, dedicated to litigation and consulting cases (including complex legal opinions), an domain name arbitrator, an expert appointed by trial level courts in IP cases.
Prof. Dr. Marcelo von Adamek is the founding partner of Advocacia von Adamek, bringing to his firm more than 25 years of legal expertise across a diverse range of practice areas, including Corporate Law & Capital Markets, Business Contracts, Private Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring & Bankruptcy, and Civil & Business Litigation. His comprehensive services include strategic consulting, litigation, and delivering legal opinions. Prof. Dr. von Adamek’s distin...
Daniel Vilas Boas is a partner of Vilas Boas, Lopes e Frattari Advogados with more than 20 years of experience in Civil and Corporate Litigation. He focuses on managing special litigations, aiming to execute the best strategy with technical expertise. Currently, he has been conducting cases of great impact in Commercial Law. Vilas Boas was graduated from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1998), and is a Master and Doctor of Law by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2003 and 2008). Besi...
Marcus Vinicius Vita Ferreira holds a post-graduate degree in Consumer Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Constitutional Law at the Public Law Institute (IDP). He was a guest consultant to the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Mediation and Arbitration Committee of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Alexandre de Mendonça Wald holds a Bachelor Degree in Law from Cândido Mendes University (1984) and a Master of Law from University of Pennsylvania Law School (1986). Throughout his career, he has served as president of the UPenn Alumni Club in Brazil and is recognized among the most admired lawyers in various professional rankings, such as Latin Lawyer250, Chambers and Partners, Analysis Advocacy and The Legal 500.
Arnoldo Wald Filho holds a Bachelor Degree in Law from Cândido Mendes University (1986) and a certificate in Advanced Mediation from Harvard Law School (2017). He is currently Federal Counsel of OAB São Paulo, President of the Institutional Relations Commission of OAB/SP, President of the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil and arbitrator of the Ciesp/Fiesp and FGV Chambers. Since 1986, he is Honorary Consul of Monaco in Brazil. Fo...
Leonardo Martins Wykrota is a partner of Vilas Boas, Lopes e Frattari Advogados with large experience in strategic counselling and litigation involving Corporate, Consumer, Regulatory and Civil Law. He stands out for his dealings with concession holder companies and enterprises on the mining, steel industry, automotive, industrial, and heavy construction fields. Leonardo Wykrota is an Economic and Corporate Law specialist from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV (2004) an...
Mariana is a foundation partner at Zonenschein Advocacia. Before founding her own firm in 2024, Mariana Zonenschein was a partner for more then 10 years in another prominent litigation firm and built a solid career working in the area of strategic litigation, in processes of relevance in relation to matters and values involved. Among the customers it represents are medium and large sized companies operating in various sectors of the economy, such as steel, entertainment, sports, services and ...
Paulo Hime Funari holds a bachelor’s degree from São Paulo State University (USP) an Executive MBA in Finance from Insper. He is the executive-secretary at the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil. And served as secretary-general of the “Special Commission for the Study and Formulation of Proposals to Improve the Legal Regime of Private Law Foundations” of the Superior Council for Legal and Legislative Affairs of the S&a...
Priscila Hirschheimer is a dispute resolution attorney with expertise in contractual, commercial, and insolvency litigation, arbitration, and mediation at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados. She holds a bachelor’s degree from FGV Direito São Paulo Law School, where she received a scholarship for the highest GPA in her class, and a Specialization Degree in Finance from the FGV São Paulo School of Economics.
Bernardo Vieira Klüppel Carrara is a lawyer graduated from the University of Brasília (UnB) and holds an MBA in Compliance and Corporate Governance from the same institution. He is currently a Master's candidate at the University of São Paulo (USP), a member of the Trade and Competition Study Group (GECC) and the Research and Work Group on Appropriate Dispute Resolution (GT-RAD), both based at UnB.
Ernandes Sampaio Ramos earned his bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and has an LLM in International Dispute Settlement from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Ramos is a member of Young ICCA, within the scope of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and of the ASA Below 40 group, sponsored by the Swiss Arbitration Association
Antonio Alberto Rondina Cury earned his bachelor’s degree from the São Paulo State University (USP) and is a member of the Brazilian Association of Arbitration Students (ABEArb) and of the Franciscan Association of Friends of Moot (MUTUSP). He has been a contributor of the Arbitration and Mediation magazine (Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação) since 2016
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