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Dissenting Opinions in Arbitration Tribunals
Date: 16 October 2024, 3 PM
Event: Free and in-person
Event organizer: The Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP

Panel organizers:
• João Vitor Candido F Costa
• Lilian E. M. Bertolani
• Maria Roseli Candido Costa

Institucional support:
• Bodenheimer
• Canal Arbitragem
• Candido Costa & Cancio Advogados Associados

Speakers:
• Adriana Braghetta
President of the Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM B3) in São Paulo, with Francisco Satiro.

She is a professor of arbitration and international contracts at FGV Law in São Paulo.

PhD from the University of São Paulo Law School, where she obtained her master’s and

bachelor’s degrees. She has a lato sensu specialization in Economics and Business Law

from FGV-Fundação Getulio Vargas. Member of the Advisory Board of the International

Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), of which she was Vice-President during the

 2014-2017 term and member of the Governing Board from 2012 to 2023. Member of the

International Arbitration Committee of the International Law Association (ILA), of which

she was a member of the Board of the Brazilian Branch from 2000 to 2013. She was President

of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) during the 2009-2013 term, of which she is

currently a member of the Advisory Board. Former member of the CAM-CCBC Advisory Board,

the CMA CIESP/FIESP Thematic Board, and the AMCHAM Advisory Board, among others.

Visiting professor at Sciences Po’s LLM Program on Transnational Arbitration & Dispute

Settlement (TADS – 2024, Paris). In 2013, she was a member of the Legal Commission of Jurists

invited by the Federal Senate to review the Brazilian Arbitration Act. She has written several

academic articles and is the author of the book “The Importance of the Arbitration Seat:

a view from Brazil” (“A Importância da Sede da Arbitragem: visão a partir do Brasil”, not

yet translated into English), published by Renovar in 2010.

• Rupert Choat KC has specialised in construction, engineering, PFI/PPP, energy and similar

 disputes since 1997. He has worked on disputes concerning projects in over 50 jurisdictions

 (including Brazil and nearly all of the jurisdictions in the Middle East). The majority of those

disputes were governed by the local law. Rupert has a particular interest in comparative

 construction law. He is contributing editor for Global Arbitration Review’s Construction

 Arbitration which compares the laws of different jurisdictions on common construction

 law issues. Rupert is an experienced advocate from the English Court of Appeal to arbitration

venues around the world. He practises as an arbitrator and has sat in ICC, LCIA, DIAC, SCC,

Finnish Chamber of Commerce and ad hoc arbitrations. Rupert is also a CEDR-accredited

mediator. Rupert teaches from time to time at King’s College, London on the Construction

 Law & Dispute Resolution MSc course.

Vânia Wongtschowski – moderator
Vânia Wongtschowski Kleiman works as an arbitrator and lawyer in domestic and international

arbitration disputes. She is a partner at Wongtschowski Kleiman Advogados, a boutique law

 firm specializing in complex conflict resolution. She holds a master’s degree in civil law from PUC-SP and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

08:30 AM – Registration

09:00 AM – Opening Remarks

Rodrigo de Lima Vaz Sampaio: Associate Professor of Civil Law at the University of São Paulo Law School. Post-Doctorate and Doctorate from USP. Visiting Researcher at Max-Planck Institute, Hamburg. Member of the CEIA Directive Chapter.

Lilian Bertolani: Lawyer, Master in International Economic Relations Law, and specialist in Administrative Law from PUC/SP. Secretary-General of the Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP and the National Council of Mediation and Arbitration Institutions – CONIMA.

09:30 AM to 11:00 AM: Panel I – Dispute Boards

Moderator: Fernando Marcondes – Member of the Thematic Council of the Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP. Lawyer specialized in Construction and Infrastructure, arbitrator, and member of Dispute Boards in Brazil and abroad. Partner at MAMG ADVOGADOS.

Raquel Macedo: is a Research Associate at the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, and an Adjunct Lecturer at Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. As a dual-qualified lawyer admitted to the Brazilian (OAB-SP) and Italian (Milan) Bar, Raquel practices international arbitration as a lawyer and as an arbitrator.

Renato Nazzini: is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. Previously, he was Professor of Competition Law and Arbitration at the University of Southampton and Senior Research Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. An experienced arbitrator and counsel in international arbitration, he has a wide industry knowledge, from construction, oil and gas and infrastructure to IT and digital, from pharmaceuticals to consumer goods. As a dually qualified English Solicitor and Italian Advocate, he has worked across Europe, Africa, Asia and America as counsel, arbitrator (as president of the tribunal, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator) and expert witness.

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM: Coffee Break

11:30 AM to 01:00 PM: Panel II – Arbitration with Public Administration

Moderator: Martim Della Valle – Member of the Thematic Council of the Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP. Arbitrator, lawyer, and

professor. Doctor in International Law from the University, author of “Arbitration and Equity” (São Paulo, Atlas 2012) and “International Arbitration Ex Aequo et Bono” (Huntington, Juris, 2016), as well as numerous academic articles. Professor and member of the Academic Council of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (Vienna). Former Vice President of Legal Affairs at a major multinational.

Krystle Baptista: “The Current State of Investment Arbitration: Challenges and Opportunities.” is an arbitrator and founding partner of KB | International Law & Arbitration (Madrid, Spain). She acts as an arbitrator in commercial and investment arbitrations under major international rules and is a member of dispute resolution panels, Secretary-General of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club. Associate Professor at IE Law School in Madrid. Holds a law degree from the University of Navarra and an LLM from New York University, and will soon defend her Doctoral Thesis at Université Pantheon-Assas (Paris 2). Member of the Madrid Bar and the New York Bar.

Boni Soares: “Brazil’s Position in UNCITRAL Working Group III, tasked with ISDS reform.” Directly participates and oversees Brazil’s legal position in UNCITRAL Working Group III, currently tasked with ISDS reform. Union Attorney, currently serving as National Attorney for International Affairs at the Attorney General’s Office (AGU). Doctor in International Law from the University of São Paulo (USP). Master in International Relations Law from UNICEUB. Professor and Lecturer in Public International Law, Private International Law, and International Legal Cooperation.

Adriana Noemi Pucci: “How we can leverage the legal framework of investment arbitration in arbitrations with Public Administration in Brazil.” Doctor in Economic and Financial Law from USP. Master in Latin American Integration from USP. Member of the Thematic Council of the Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP. Lawyer in São Paulo. Primarily acts as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations.