Our Practice

He is a guest lecturer at various postgraduate courses, such as the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, the Catholic University of Pernambuco, the University of São Paulo, São Paulo Lawyers Association, the Pernambuco and São Paulo Higher School of Law, and the São Bernardo do Campo Law School.
Assistant editor of Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem (a publication of CBAr and Kluwer Law International).

Lists of Arbitrators

ARBITAC – "Arbitration Chamber of the Commercial Association of Paraná"
CEMAACP – "Specialized Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of the Commercial Association of São Paulo"
CAMANA – "Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of the National Association of Administrators"
CEMAPE - "Mediation and Arbitration Center of Pernambuco"
CAMES - "Chamber of Arbitration and Specialized Mediation"

Professional Associations

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Brazilian Institute of Procedural Law
Member of the North-Northeast Association of Professors of Procedure (Brazil)
Member of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative - RAI

Professional Recognition

Best Lawyer 2023/2024 in the Litigation category in Brazil by the American publication Best Lawyers.

Other Professional Experiences¨

He was Secretary General of the Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP (Center and Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo).
Visiting Barrister in London, at Clyde & Co. and Thomas More Chambers, in an exchange program promoted by the Law Society, the Bar Council of England and Wales, and the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).

Languages

Portuguese
English
Spanish
French

The most relevant cases:

in Arbitration:

• Presiding Arbitrator in an Arbitral Tribunal under the rules of ARBITAC (Commercial Association of Paraná), in an arbitration involving a licensing agreement for the use of trademarks, seat in Curitiba.
• Sole arbitrator in an arbitration under AMCHAM rules in a case involving a franchise contract and payment of royalties, seat in São Paulo.
• Single Arbitrator in Labor Arbitration under AMCHAM Rules, involving termination of employment contract of a high-earning worker, seat in São Paulo/SP.
• Sole Arbitrator in Arbitration Procedure under the rules of the Chamber of Arbitration and Specialized Mediation - CAMES, seat in Goiânia/GO, involving corporate disputes and administrator's civil responsibility.
• Co-arbitrator in an arbitration under CBMAE rules involving an agribusiness contract, based in Santos.
• Co-arbitrator in an arbitration under the CBMAE Rules involving a contract for the purchase and sale of a future crop, seat in Santos city in São Paulo State.
• Representative of the sellers in an arbitration under the rules of the FGV Chamber, involving the release of guarantees and amounts deposited in an escrow account in an M&A transaction, seat in Rio de Janeiro.
• Representative of a company in the technology and IT sector in an arbitration under the CAM-CCBC Rules involving a corporate dispute and the liability of directors, seat in São Paulo.
• Representative of a company in the medical sector and the majority shareholders in an arbitration under the AMCHAM Rules for the closure and payment of assets in a holding company, seat in São Paulo.
• Representative of a construction company in arbitration against an indirect public administration entity, under CAM-CCBC Rules, involving payment of sums arising from a civil construction contract, seat in São Paulo.
• Representative of a cosmetics company in a corporate dispute, under the CAM-CCBC Rules, relating to corporate control and the annulment of shareholders' resolutions, seat in São Paulo.
• Representative of a partner and a company in an arbitration involving non-compliance with a shareholders' agreement, under the CAM-CCBC Rules, seat in São Paulo.
• Representative of a motor vehicle distribution group in an international arbitration under the ICDR-AAA Rules involving the purchase, sale, and international distribution of motor vehicles, seat in Chicago.
• Representative of a company in the technology and IT sector in an arbitration under the CEMAPE Rules concerning a corporate dispute, seat in Recife.
  

In judicial litigation, he has acted in hundreds of cases, with experience in a wide range of subjects and, specially, in acting before the courts:

• Pre-arbitration injunctive relief in corporate matters, involving breach of obligations set out in a shareholders' agreement.
• Pre-arbitration injunction involving minority shareholders' rights.
  
• Pre-arbitration injunction involving the right of access to corporate books and documents.
• Lawsuit brought by an airline involving the liability of an air turbine manufacturer.
• Lawsuit involving the partial dissolution of a company in the transportation sector.
• Lawsuit involving the annulment of a contractual instrument for the purchase and sale of company shares.
  
• Public civil action (class action) involving the provision of obstetric services by a health plan.
• Public civil action (class action) involving the provision of home care services by a health plan.
• Lawsuit involving a motor vehicle distribution contract and breach of the territoriality clause.
• Lawsuit involving a franchise agreement and breach of contractual obligations.
  
• Lawsuit involving termination of a franchise agreement and collection of amounts.
• Lawsuit to review a banking contract and review abusive clauses.
• Lawsuit involving breach of contractual obligation in a business prospecting and consultancy contract.
  
• Rescissory action involving violation of the legal rule and error of fact in a tax action.
• Rescissory action disputing the amount of attorney's fees and their setting.
• Defense in the context of the execution of a conditional judicial title and seeking the receipt of illiquid sums.
  
• Advising a company undergoing judicial reorganization on implementing a reorganization plan and renegotiating with creditors.
• Drafting an amicus curie brief for a procedural association on the subject of attorney's fees and the application of the rules of the Brazilian Code of Civil.
• Procedure, in the context of an incident for the establishment of a repetitive thesis in the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice.

Mediation and pre-litigation advice:

• Pre-litigation advice and negotiation in the interests of a Brazilian artist involving the misappropriation and misregistration of her creations in NFT - blockchain by American and Russian companies.
  
• Pre-litigation advice and negotiation on behalf of a Brazilian technology company in a software licensing agreement with the Chilean government.
• Pre-litigation advice and negotiation in the context of a dispute involving joint venture contract partners for the development of new technologies in the public security sector.
  
• Mediation, under the CEMAPE Rules, involving a corporate dispute, based in Recife.
• Negotiation involving a corporate dispute over the dissolution of a hospital company.
  

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