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Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau

Address: 

c/o Derains & Gharavi
25, rue Balzac
Paris 75008
France

Phone Number: 
+33 (0)1 40 55 22 94
Email: 
agerdaudeborja@derainsgharavi.com
Born: 
1982, Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Languages: 
Portuguese French English Spanish
Nationalities: 
Brazilian
German
Education: 
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, LLB (with honours), 2005
University of Cambridge, LLM, 2006
University of Cambridge, PhD, 2010
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Brazilian Bar 2006
Portuguese Bar 2008
Registered in the List of the European Directive the Paris Bar 2015
Present Position: 
Associate, Derains & Gharavi, 2018 – present
Professional Experience: 

Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Paris 2015-2017
Associate, Wald, São Paulo 2010-2015

Professional Associations: 

Member, ICC Commission on International Arbitration and ADR
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member, Comité français de l’arbitrage
Member, International Arbitration Institute
Member, Brazilian Arbitration Committee
Member, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation
Member, Club Español del Arbitraje

Panels of Arbitrators: 

LCIA Database of Arbitrators; List of Panelists of the Mediation and Conciliation Network (MCN), List of Arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry; List of Arbitrators of Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem Empresarial – Brasil (CAMARB); List of International Arbitrators of the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC)

Arbitration Experience: 

Acted as counsel and secretary to arbitral tribunals in arbitrations under the ICSID, the ICC, the LCIA-MIAC, and the ICDR/AAA rules, and under the most important Brazilian institutions’ rules (CAM-CCBC, CCMA CIESP/FIESP, CAMARB, Câmara FGV, CAM-BM&FBOVESPA and CMA from São Paulo’s Instituto de Engenharia).

Areas of Specialization: 
Foreign Investment
International Arbitration
Mergers & Acquisitions
Natural Resources
Construction
Energy
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Author of more than 40 publications in Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish, among which:

“Is Corporate Social Responsibility There to Stay in International Arbitration?” (forthcoming TDM Special Issue 2019) (with B Gorence)

“La corruption et l'arbitrage”, in Un demi-siècle africain d’arbitrage d’investissement. Paris, LGDJ 2019

“La ley applicable al convenio arbitral” in El Convenio Arbitral (ed J L Collantes) Lima, Biblioteca de Arbitraje/Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje 2019 (with M B Burghetto)

“Prise en compte des droits de l’homme et de l’environnement dans les traités bilatéraux d’investissement” in La protection des investissements étrangers : vers une réaffirmation de l’État ? Paris, A. Pedone 2018

Investment Protection in Brazil. The Hague, Kluwer 2014 (with D Levy, A Pucci)