Arbitration Agreements - Chapter 5 - Arbitration Law of Brazil: Practice and Procedure

Author(s): 
Joaquim T. de Paiva Muniz
Ana Tereza Palhares Basilio
Page Count: 
30 pages
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PDF from "Arbitration Law of Brazil: Practice and Procedure"
Published: 
November, 2006
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Author Detail: 

Joaquim T. de Paiva Muniz is a Partner of the Rio de Janeiro office of Trench, Rossi & Watanabe - associated with Baker & McKenzie International. He is also Professor of Business Law and Arbitration in the graduate courses of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), as well as General Secretary of the Arbitration and Mediation Chamber and coordinator of the Arbitration Commission of the Brazilian Bar, Rio de Janeiro Chapter (OAB/RJ) and author of several articles on international arbitration and Brazilian corporate law.

Ana Tereza Palhares Basílio is a Partner of Andrade & Fichtner Advogados in Rio de Janeiro. Admitted to practice in Brazil, she is also Professor of Arbitration in the graduate courses of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and. a member of the chapter management council of the OAB/RJ, Chairwoman of the Arbitration and Mediation Chamber and the Corporate Law Commission of OAB/RJ, as well as Vice-President of its Arbitration Committee. She is a member of the editorial board of Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação and author of several articles on international arbitration and Brazilian civil law.

About the Collaborators:

Arnoldo Wald is a lawyer practicing in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília and is Admitted to practice in Brazil and France. He has a Doctor Honoris Causa - University of Paris II.  He is a Senior Professor of the Rio de Janeiro State (UERJ) Law School. Mr. Wald is a Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Editor–in–Chief of Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação. He is author of several books on arbitration, commercial law and civil law.

Carlos Alberto Carmon was one of the three members of the committee that drafted the Brazilian Arbitration Law. He is a lawyer in São Paulo with a Ph.D. from University of São Paulo (USP) Law School. He is Professor of Civil Procedure at USP and author of several books and articles on arbitration.

Carmem Tiburci is a lawyer practicing in Rio de Janeiro. Admitted to practice in Brazil, she has a Ph.D. and LL.M. from the University of Virginia Law School. She is Professor of International Private Law at State of Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) Law School and author of several books on international law and international arbitration.

Cristián Conejero Roos is a counsel of the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris, France). Admitted to practice in Chile, she has an LL.M. and was a recipient of the Parker School Recognition for Achievement in International and Comparative Law - Columbia University School of Law.

Nelson Eizirik is a lawyer practicing in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. He is a Professor of Corporate Law at the Rio de Janeiro State Magistrate School. He is the author of several books on Brazilian Corporate Law.

Pedro Baptista Martins was one of the three members of the committee that drafted the Brazilian Arbitration Law. He is a lawyer practicing in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and Professor of Arbitration at the Rio de Janeiro State Magistrate School. He is the author of several books and articles on arbitration.

Renato S. Grion is an assistant counsel of the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris, France). Admitted to practice in Brazil, he has an LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law, a graduate certificate in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a DESS juriste d’affaires international, with honors from University of Paris V.

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