Investing and Doing Business in Brazil – Opportunities and Legal Protection – Arbitration: State of Play

“Connecting your returns and building your investments”: Investment Opportunities in the Brazilian Market

The purpose of the event is to create an atmosphere for debate about the Brazilian business environment and how the arbitration practice, long established in the country, can enhance investors’ confidence in the country.

Frederico Singarajah will join the panel of speakers. Download the full flyer here.

The event will also be live streamed via the CIArb Brasil YouTube.

For further details or queries, please contact secretary@ciarb-brazil.org.

Programme

Venue: The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (8 South Square, London WC1R 5ET)

12:00-12:30 | Drinks reception

 12:30-12:45 | Opening Remarks

• James Dauris – Head of Latin American Development – Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Catherine Dixon, Director General, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

12:45-14:00 | Lunch

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Venue: Gatehouse Chambers (1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray’s Inn, London WC1X 8BS)

14:00-14.30 | Book Launch (Investing in Brazil: SESTER, Peter. OUP, 2022)

14:30-15:30 | SESSION 1: The New Brazilian Business Environment: unprecedented development

Moderated by Napoleão Casado Filho, Vice-chair CIArb Brazil Branch

• Joaquim Lima – Riverwood Capital – Investing in Brazil: an insider view
• Luiz Piauhylino Filho – H2 Verde – Investing in Energy in Brazil

15:30-15:45 | COFFEE BREAK

15:45-16:00 | SESSION 2: Introduction Brazilian Arbitration 

• Luis Henrick Bussola Pereira, ACIArb

16:00-17:00 | SESSION 3: Arbitration with Brazilian governments’ entities

Moderated by Fátima Bonassa Brucker, FCIArb

• Cristina Mastrobuono, FCIArb Independent Arbitrator
• Cesar Pereira, Chair CIArb Brazil Branch
• Natascha Schmitt – PPI Program, Brazilian Government – selected portfolio of projects maturing in 2022

17:00-17:15 | COFFEE BREAK

17:15-18:15 | SESSION 4: Brazilian Arbitration: an international perspective

Moderated by Tonico Monteiro, FCIArb

• Frederico Singarajah, FCIArb,  Gatehouse Chambers
• Peter Sester, FCIArb, FGV Law School
• Ana Gerdau Borja Mercereau, FCIArb, Derains & Gharavi International

18:15-18:45 | SESSION 5: Keynote

Introduction by Cesar Pereira, President, CIArb Brazil

• Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva, Superior Court of Justice (Brazil, STJ) Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards in Brazil

18:45-19:00 | Closing Remarks

• Jane Gunn – Global Chair, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

19:00-20:30 | Networking Reception

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