Founding Partner, Adriana Braghetta Advogados
Brazil

Doctorate from the University of São Paulo (USP) School of Law, where she earned her master's and bachelor's degrees. She has a specialization in Economy and Business Law from FGV-Fundação Getulio Vargas. She is a member of the ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration) Advisory Board, where she also acted as Vice-President during the 2014-2017 term and member of the Governing Board from 2012-2023. Member of the ILA Arbitration Committee of which she was a Board’s member of the Brazilian Branch from 2000-2013. 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. Member of the Deliberative Council of CAM-CCBC and member of the Thematic Council of CMA CIESP/FIESP, among others. Professor at FGV Law on arbitration and international contracts, among other academic activities. Visiting professor on the LLM course at Sciences Po in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement (TADS), 2024, Paris. In 2013, she served as a member of the Jurists' Commission invited by the Federal Senate for the revision of the Brazilian Arbitration Law. She has written several academic articles and is the author of the book "The Importance of the Arbitration Seat: a view from Brazil", published by Renovar in 2010.

Retired Supreme Court Judge, Supreme Court of Justice
Portugal

1. António Santos Abrantes Geraldes
   
   • Retired Supreme Court Judge
   • Previously: Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice, Civil Section (2011-2022); Judge of the Coimbra and Lisbon Relations, Civil Section (1999-2011); Judge at the Lisbon Civil Court and at the Maritime Court.
   • He was a lecturer at the Centre for Judicial Studies in the areas of Civil Law, Commercial Law and Civil Procedure Law between 1992 and 1998
   • He was a member of the Superior Council of the Judiciary between 2004 and 2007
   • He was a Visiting Professor at FDUNL, on the Forensic and Arbitration Master's programme (2014-2016 and 2021-2023)
   • He was deputy director of the ASJP magazine "Colectânea de Jurisprudência".
   • He was a member of the Commission for the Revision of the Code of Civil Procedure in 2013
   • He is a correspondent member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Law Section



2. Legal publications in book form (publisher Almedina)
   
   • Temas da Reforma do Processo Civil (in 4 vols., 4th ed.)
   • Código de Processo Civil anot., vol. I – Parte Geral e Ação Declarativa e vol. II - Ação Executiva e Processos Especiais (co-autoria)
   • Recursos no Novo Código de Processo Civil (7ª ed.)
   • Recursos em Processo Civil - Novo Regime (3ª ed.)
   • Recursos no Processo do Trabalho - Novo Regime
   • Suspensão de Despedimento e outros Procedimentos Cautelares no Processo do Trabalho
   • Temas Judiciários
   • Temas da Responsabilidade Civil (2 vols.)



3. Various publications in legal journals (Prontuário do Direito do Trabalho (CEJ), Coletânea de Jurisprudência (ASJP), Julgar magazine (ASJP), Textos magazine (CEJ), Thémis magazine (FDUNL), Revista do Direito da Família (FDUC), Revista de Direito Civil (FDUL) and Rev. da Ordem dos Advogados).



4. Complementary activities
   
   • Various contributions mainly in the area of civil procedure (1996 reform, enforcement action and new appeals system) as part of training programmes for magistrates (CEJ) and magistrates from the PALOP countries, at the request of delegations of the Portuguese Bar Association and various law faculties (Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law of Nova University Lisbon, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, School of Law of the University of Minho, Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University).
   • Several contributions to conferences or arbitration courses.

Lecture an PhD Candidate, Independent Arbitrator, Tribunal Secretary, Catholic Lisbon School of Law
Portugal

Carolina is a PhD Candidate and Guest Lecturer at Católica Lisbon School of Law, where she has taught arbitration, civil procedure and private international law. She currently focuses her practice on acting as arbitrator and secretary to arbitral tribunals in domestic and international arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc. In this context, she is a member of Kleinheisterkamp: Arbitration & Mediation (JK ADR), a team dedicated to the practice of arbitration and mediation, led by Prof. Dr. Jan Kleinheisterkamp. She holds an LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a law degree from Católica Lisbon School of Law.

Professor, Independent Arbitrator, University of Lisbon School of Law
Portugal

Upcoming

Founding Partner, Faleck & Associados
Brazil

Diego Faleck is a business mediator, settlement counsel and a dispute resolution processes designer, based in São Paulo, Brazil, with a unique track record in highly complex cases and crisis, such as victims compensation schemes stemming from aircraft accidents and large environmental tragedies (dam breaks, sinking homes). Founder of Faleck & Associados, leading a team of 120 full-time mediators. LL.M. degree from Harvard. Phd degree from the University of São Paulo. Adjunct Professor at the Pepperdine Caruso Law School (Malibu – CA, USA). Highlighted as the most highly regarded mediator in Brazil and a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal. Ranked as the best business mediator in Brazil by LeadersLeague. Distinguished Fellow at the International Academy of Mediators. Co-chair at CPR’s Brazilian Board.

Has several national and international publications on dispute resolution.

Presiding Judge, International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal
France

Fabienne Schaller is a President in the International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (ICCP-CA). Prior to this she served as an appeal Judge in the Commercial Division of the Paris Court of appeal (2016-2018), specialising in transport law, unfair competition, agency and wrongful termination of contracts. She served as a first instance Judge in the white collar crime division of the High Court of Paris (2014-2016). Between 2008 and 2014, she worked at the Ministry of Justice participating in negotiations for EU directives on procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings and several international conventions within the Counsel of Europe in Strasbourg. Fabienne holds a master in law from the Paris Nanterre Law School and a LL.M in trade regulation from NYU Law School. After practicing as a lawyer in Paris and New York, she joined the Bench in 1997 and was appointed as a Judge in the first instance courts of Paris and other locations.

Arbitrator, Independent Mediator, FCCARB
Portugal

She graduated in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 1999 and has built a solid career at the law firm PLMJ, having been Of Counsel in the Arbitration department from 2018 to 2020. Filipa has more than 20 years' experience in preventing an resolving national and international disputes and is a CEDR-accredited mediator. In 2020, she founded FCCARB to focus on acting as an independent arbitrator and mediator. She is currently a member of the APA Board of Directors; a member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Committee and Chair of the CAC-CCIP Mediation Committee, among others. Since 2011, she has regularly participated as a guest lecturer in various postgraduate, master's and doctoral courses at the Faculties of Law of Nova University Lisbon and Lisbon University in the area of dispute resolution. She is on the list of arbitrators/mediators of various institutions, including: CAC-CCIP; AmCham Perú; CAMARB; BVI International Arbitration Centre; Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Porto Commercial Association and Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Conciliation, Conflict Mediation and Arbitration Centre - Concórdia). She has published a number of articles and given several public speeches on dispute prevention and resolution. She is regularly included in international directories and has, among others, been recognised by Legal 500, Leaders League (Portugal Best Arbitrators), Who's Who Legal: Arbitration National Leader and Global Leader.

Partner, Cuatrecasas
Portugal

Frederico Bettencourt has handled complex national and international disputes in sectors such as information technology, banking, automotive, construction, energy and aviation.

He has extensive experience in class actions and antitrust private enforcement proceedings over breaches of competition law, privacy rights and consumer rights.

He has participated as a lawyer in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings (ICC, LCIA, CAC/CCIP), mainly involving disputes relating to Portuguese-speaking countries.

In addition to practicing law, he acts as an arbitrator.

He is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association. He is on the arbitrator list at the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is a member of the Spanish Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club.

He was coordinator of the Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club under 40 section (CEIA-40). He was a consulting attorney at US law firm Arent Fox, LLP (2013-2014) and represented the government of Timor-Leste in several disputes with international oil companies.

He regularly publishes articles about national and international arbitration and speaks at conferences and courses on arbitration in Portugal and abroad.

Partner, Full Professor, Didier, Sodré & Rosa, Faculty of Law, Federal University of Bahia
Brazil

Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Bahia (undergraduate, master's and doctorate); degree in Law from the Federal University of Bahia (1998); master's degree in Law from the Federal University of Bahia (2002); a PhD in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2005), a post-doctorate at the University of Lisbon (2009) and professorship at the University of São Paulo (2012). He is currently a member of the Bahia Academy of Letters, the Brazilian Institute of Procedural Law, the Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law, the International Association of Procedural Law. Partner at the law firm Didier Sodré e Rosa Advocacia e Consultoria.

Partner, Abreu Advogados
Portugal

Guilherme Santos Silva is a Partner at Abreu Advogados since 2004, working primarily on matters related to civil, commercial and transportation litigation matters, as well as on domestic and international arbitrations, for more than 28 years. Guilherme is co-coordinator of the Litigation and Arbitration practice area at Abreu Advogados. He works in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on complex international and multi-jurisdictional proceedings.

In this area, he has a vast experience in international litigation and arbitration, having assisted and represented clients in cases involving multiple jurisdictions, such as Angola, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, China, Switzerland, France, Israel, Brazil, Mozambique, Germany and the Netherlands, besides Portugal.

Guilherme Santos Silva is also co-coordinator of the Angolan Desk of Abreu Advogados, having worked actively in matters related to Angola for more than 20 years, assisting foreign companies with interests in that country in the Energy (Oil & Gas and Electricity), Telecommunications, Aviation and Maritime, Natural Resources, Real Estate and Construction, Compliance and Regulatory, as well as foreign investment, commercial and corporate law and dispute resolution sectors. He also assists Angolan companies operating abroad, as well as in matters in other Portuguese-speaking African countries, having in-depth knowledge of the law in a wide range of sectors. Guilherme has also had several cases in Portugal relating to construction, sale, mortgage, seizure and attachment of ships and aircraft and related contractual matters, having assisted clients of various nationalities in the respective proceedings. He was an Assistant Professor at the Moderna University of Lisbon from 1993 to 2007. Guilherme is the author and co-author of several articles and works on matters related to his practice, published by national and international publishers, including Wolters Kluwer, Martinus Nijhoff (Brill) Publishers and Yorkhill Law Publishing. More recently, he wrote the chapter dedicated to “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards” of the work “International Arbitration” in Portugal (Kluwer Law) and contributed to the chapters dedicated to Portugal of “Force Majeure” (Brill-Nijhoff) and “Enforcement of Foreign Judgements” (Kluwer Law). He contributed to the Portuguese chapter and its update of the “New York Convention Guide” (https://newyorkconvention1958.org). In 2022 he co-authored the first “Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation Law of Mozambique Commented”. He also frequently participates in national and international conferences and seminars on litigation and arbitration, where he has also been a speaker.

Associate, White & Case LLP
France

Gustavo Gaspar Nogueira is an associate in the International Arbitration Group of White & Case LLP in Paris. He has experience representing companies and States and State-owned entities in commercial and investment arbitrations and before dispute boards. Prior to joining White & Case, Gustavo gained experience in leading law firms in Paris, London and São Paulo. In Brazil, he also acted as administrative secretary in arbitration proceedings conducted under the auspices of all major Brazilian arbitral institutions. Gustavo is admitted to practice law in Brazil and he is a member of SCL Astra and YPCP (Young Professionals of Construction in Paris). He has an LL.B. degree from the University from São Paulo and an LL.M. degree in dispute resolution from the Queen Mary University of London.

Partner, Assistant Professor, Martins & Crespo Advogados (MEC)
Portugal

Graduated (2004) and PhD (2016) in Law from the University of Lisbon – School of Law. Professor at the University of Lisbon – School of Law, currently teaching Civil Procedural Law and Tort Law on the undergraduate, master’s and PhD programmes.

Co-coordinator of the Postgraduate Course on “AI in Legal Practice and Its Regulation” at the University of Lisbon. Coordinator of the research line on Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Private Law at the Research Centre for Private Law. Published books, articles and participated as a speaker in conferences, in Portugal and abroad, in the areas of Civil Procedural Law, Tort Law and Artificial Intelligence applied to Law. Member of the Portuguese Society of Philosophy, of the Portuguese Society of Logic and of the International Association of Procedural Law. Lawyer since 2006, mainly in the area of civil litigation.

Senior Partner , VdA - Lisboa Portugal

João Vieira de Almeida is VdA’s Senior Partner, in which capacity he chairs the Board of Directors.

Recognized as a leading high-end Corporate and M&A Partner, he has a stellar reputation as trusted adviser for large organisations on many of the Portuguese market’s most significant transactions. João is a member of various Boards of Directors, and is Chair of Shareholders’ Meetings of several companies. He is credited for developing VdA from a small 6 lawyers’ office into a 550+ people firm with a large international footprint, and widely recognized for his unparalleled leadership style, with an acute awareness of where the industry is heading. Proactively anticipating future challenges to the legal business, the willingness to move forward is always accompanied by a fierce commitment to the firms’ culture and values, driven by a strict “One Firm Firm” concept. Fostering a culture of teamwork, innovation and entrepreneurship is at the heart of João’s thinking, where all people across the firm feel they belong and have a fair and equal opportunity to reach their full potential, through a collaborative mindset towards the team, clients and the community.

Named in 2018, by The Lawyer, as European Managing Partner of the Year, João’s singular vision on continuous and agile transformation, consistently implementing international best practices to the firm’s management, operation, client and business-building initiatives, has become a case study at Harvard Law and been attested by successive domestic and international awards, including various FT Most Innovative Law Firm in Continental Europe Award.

Secretary-General, Portuguese Arbitration Association (APA)
Portugal

João Vilhena Valério is a Portuguese independent practitioner specialising in international arbitration. He has acted in numerous matters as a lawyer and as secretary/assistant to international arbitral tribunals under the rules of the main arbitral institutions. João also has significant experience regarding the administration of arbitral institutions, having served as Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and Registrar of the BVI International Arbitration Centre. He has been reelected as the Executive Secretary of the Portuguese Arbitration Association and belongs to the Editorial Board of Iurgium - the Journal of the Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club.

Arbitrator
Spain

With dual qualification in civil and common law, a brilliant academic record, experience in the best Iberian law firms and extensive experience handling complex international arbitrations, Krystle Baptista represents a new generation of arbitrators, specialized in the field from the outset of their careers.

Krystle is an independent arbitration practitioner, who currently sits as an arbitrator and consultant. She takes part in commercial and investment arbitration proceedings under the main international rules (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, CIAC-IACAC, UNCITRAL, etc.). In 2022, the EU Commission included her in the list of arbitrators and experts suitable for appointment in cases under EU bilateral agreements with third countries.

Krystle has served as counsel, tribunal secretary or arbitrator in cases arising from construction projects, shareholder agreements, joint venture agreements, real estate projects, gas pricing, financial services agreements and other contractual disputes, as well as in investment arbitrations.

Krystle constantly works on updating her legal knowledge and regularly speaks, writes and teaches on international arbitration. She works in English and Spanish and speaks French and Portuguese. And she is a dual national of Venezuela and Spain. Exceptionally, Krystle serves as a tribunal secretary in complex arbitrations.

Lawyer & PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge
Brazil

Leonardo Souza-McMurtrie is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Gates Scholar, Tech Officer of the Gates Cambridge Council, and Vice-President of the Cambridge Arbitration Society. He holds an LLM in International Conflicts from the Queen Mary University of London, where he was a Chevening Scholar and recipient of the Comparative and International Dispute Resolution Prize. Professionally, he has worked in chambers of commerce and arbitration institutions processing data from arbitrations. He now works as a lawyer and secretary of arbitral tribunals. He resides in Cambridge, UK, but is originally from Manaus, Brazil.

Shareholders Counsel, José de Mello Capital
Portugal

Upcoming

Senior Investment Manager, Nivalion
Switzerland

Lucas Macedo is a Senior Investment Manager at Nivalion (Switzerland), specializing in financing arbitration and litigation cases in Latin America and Southern Europe. Previously, he acted in law firms in Brazil and Germany, and was an in-house attorney for several years with multinational groups in the energy sector. Lucas is admitted to the Brazilian and Portuguese Bar, holds a law degree from the State University of Londrina, a Civil Procedure specialization from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and an LL.M in Transnational Arbitration from SciencesPo Paris. Lucas is a faculty member of the post-graduation course on International Arbitration at the University of Lisbon, a guest lecturer at international arbitration courses at Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (Mexico) and Arbanza Escuela de Arbitraje (Peru) and sits as a volunteer on the Board of Directors of the NGO Liter of Light Brazil.

Founding Partner, MG Advogados
Angola

Professional Career:
Lawyer
Founding Partner of MG Advogados, RL
Lecturer in Civil Procedural Law at Agostinho Neto University, Luanda
First President of the Angolan Bar Association (1997-1999 / 2000-2002)
Arbitrator
Areas of Expertise:
Commercial, Corporate, M&A, Governance, Private Investment, Corporate
Restructuring & Privatizations,
Contracts, Real Estate, Litigation & Arbitration.
Relevant Experience:
Participation in Ad Hoc Arbitrations, including the first two held in Angola
Co-author of the book “Lei da Arbitragem Voluntária Comentada”, published in 2013
MG Advogados, RL co-organizes the Luanda International Arbitration
Conference (XIII Edition) and the Luanda
Arbitration Moot Court (VI Editions)
Current Position:
Lawyer and Managing Partner of MG Advogados, RL

President of the Commercial Arbitration Centre, Full Professor at Nova School of Law, Partner VdA - Lisbon
Portugal

Joined VdA in 2023. Partner in the Litigation & Arbitration Practice Area.

She specialises in international, commercial and investment arbitration, as counsel and arbitrator in complex arbitration proceedings seated in various parts of the world (Angola, Belgium, Brazil, France, Mozambique, Portugal, Sweden, UK, USA) and in the most important arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, CAC/CCIP, CAM - Câmara de Arbitragem do Mercado).

Her areas of specialisation are civil procedural law and alternative dispute resolution, particularly arbitration and mediation.

She is also engaged in academic teaching and research, and is a Full Professor at NOVA School of Law.

Between September 2018 and October 2022, she was the Director of NOVA School of Law.

Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
France

Mariia Puchyna is a senior associate in Freshfields’ International Disputes Group in Paris (France), with experience in investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration and litigation (including related enforcement proceedings), as well as public international law.

Mariia has advised clients under all major institutional rules and in ad hoc arbitrations, including before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Her industry experience includes the oil and gas, mining, defence, finance and construction sectors, with particular expertise in cross-border and shareholder disputes.

Mariia speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English, and has a basic knowledge of German, French and Portuguese. Qualified to practice law in England & Wales (solicitor) and Ukraine (advocate).

Counsel, White & Case LLP
USA

Michelle Grando specializes in the resolution of international and cross-border disputes under local and international law. She has been involved in some of the largest and most cutting-edge international disputes related to Brazil and Latin America, and The Legal 500 and Chambers have recognized her as a "Rising Star" in Latin American arbitration and an "Up and Coming" professional in international arbitration involving Brazil, respectively.

Michelle has represented clients in transnational litigation, commercial and investor-State arbitrations under a broad variety of rules and institutions (including the ICC, PCA, ICDR, ICSID, and the WTO). She has also helped clients to successfully resolve disputes through negotiation and mediation, and navigate complex dispute scenarios involving multiple proceedings before domestic courts and authorities, and international tribunals. These cases have spanned a broad range of sectors including mining and metals, construction, insurance, oil & gas, electricity, infrastructure, financial services, pulp and paper, telecommunications, gambling, customs and valuation services, and retail.

Michelle is trained in the two most prevalent legal systems in the world (civil and common law), worked in several countries, and is fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. This has allowed her to effectively understand, strategize, and assist clients in a variety of circumstances and provide culturally sensitive advice. She has also managed matters in all four languages, including written and oral advocacy.

Michelle is the author of several publications, including a book on international dispute resolution published by Oxford University Press, and speaks frequently at conferences. She has served in leadership positions, including currently as Co-Chair of the DC Chapter of the Harvard Law School Women's Alliance.

Senior Associate,
VdA - Lisboa Portugal

Attorney with a master’s in law. Miguel joined VdA in 2016. He is a senior associate at the Litigation & Arbitration practice area focusing on civil and commercial litigation and national and international arbitration. Miguel is primarily involved in court and arbitration proceedings, representing clients in banking, energy, construction, infrastructure, manufacture, sports, security, and real estate sectors. Miguel has authored several publications in the arbitration and commercial companies’ fields. Member of the Comissão CAC Futuro [Future CAC Committee] of the Center for Commercial Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

CAC Vice-President, Full Professor, Commercial Arbitration Centre, Faculty of Law University of Lisbon
Portugal

Paula Costa e Silva, Chartered Arbitrator of CIArb, London, United Kingdom, is a Full Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, a fully qualified lawyer at the Portuguese and Brazilian Bar Associations, an independent arbitrator and a legal expert. She has acted in more than 100 arbitrations to date. Several commercial, banking & finance and public law/administrative law arbitrations stand out as she typically acts as presiding arbitrator in high economic impact cases (recently, e.g. for the ICC, the LCIA, the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC/São Paulo), the Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM/São Paulo) and the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAC), of which she is also Vice-President). She is the author of more than 210 publications and has participated in more than 330 international and national conferences.

Partner, Linklaters
Portugal

Ricardo focuses on litigation and arbitration, advising on a wide range of commercial contract and intellectual property disputes. He has extensive experience in acting for governments, state-owned enterprises and private organisations on public law disputes, public procurement, public works contracts, public service concession contracts (particularly in the road, water and wastewater sectors), concession contracts (particularly in the healthcare sector) and Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts.

Ricardo also advises domestic and foreign clients on national and international legal issues, with particular experience in matters involving Angolan and Mozambican law.

Ricardo acts as arbitrator for the Arbitration Centre of the Lisbon and Oporto Commercial Association and the Concordia Arbitration Centre.

Partner, Lecturer, CMS Portugal, Faculty of Law, Portuguese Catholic University
Portugal

Rita Gouveia is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team.

With over 20 years’ experience, she advises on litigation and arbitration, concerning domestic and international disputes, including: corporate disputes, M&A operations, financial and banking transactions, distribution contracts, and service agreements, among others.

Rita is also a professor of Civil Procedure and Forensic Practice at Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa since 1998.

CAC Vice-President, Arbitrator, Full Professor, Portuguese Catholic University
Portugal

Rui Pinto Duarte is a Counsel in the Litigation and Arbitration and Commercial and Corporate practice areas. He is a lawyer with a vast experience in the areas of corporate law, banking contracts, distribution agreements and rights in rem, also being one of the most renowned Portuguese arbitrators, having intervened in several arbitration proceedings, primarily in the position of president arbitrator. Rui Pinto Duarte has held teaching positions at several Universities, and is currently a full professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He is the author of several works and of a large number of articles on different legal topics, namely in the areas of Contract Law, Corporate Law, Property Law and Banking Law. He has collaborated in the orientation of several legal magazines.

Senior Consultant, PLMJ
Portugal

Rute is a senior counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice. She has more than 10 years of experience in dispute resolution, with the last few years dedicated to domestic and international arbitration, particularly in the areas of corporate, financial, commercial, energy, projects and infrastructure disputes.

Rute was the coordinator of the Under-40 Council of the APA (Portuguese Arbitration Association), is currently the secretary of the general meeting of the APA and the coordinator of the Under-40 Council of the Coimbra International Arbitration Meetings, as well as a member of various associations.

In addition to her legal practice, Rute has experience as an arbitrator and secretary to arbitral tribunals.

She holds an LL.M. in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a master's degree in Business Law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She also attended the postgraduate programme in energy law at the Universidade Católica.

Rute has published articles on various arbitration topics, including the production of witness evidence, challenges to arbitral awards and the duties of disclosure, independence and impartiality of arbitrators. She is an active arbitrator in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

Rute also has experience in other areas: she was a mediator in consumer disputes at UMAC, an assistant to the Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the 18th Government and an intern research assistant for Portugal at LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK) in London.

Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
USA

Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is a partner in the international litigation and arbitration department of the law firm of Foley Hoag LLP and chair of its Africa practice. She has represented sovereign states and state entities from all over the world in international disputes before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, and arbitration tribunals constituted pursuant to various arbitral rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, the ICC, and the SCC. These disputes have addressed a broad array of matters, including mining, energy, the environment, human rights, infrastructure, the law of the sea, and territorial boundaries. As a member of the ICC’s Court of Arbitration, Tafadzwa is regularly involved in the scrutiny of ICC arbitral awards and decisions. She also serves as Vice President of the African Society of International Law. Tafadzwa is included in Global Arbitration Review’s 2023 “45 under 45” guide to leading figures of the international arbitration bar under the age of 45. She has also been recognized by Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, Latinvex, the Legal 500: USA, and the African Arbitration Academy. Tafadzwa holds a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and French from Macalester College.

Managing Associate,
Linklaters
Portugal

Tatiana Lisboa Padrão is a Managing Associate in the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations department of the Linklaters Lisbon office. Her professional practice focuses on litigation and arbitration, particularly commercial and corporate disputes, construction disputes, banking & financial litigation and class actions. Tatiana also provides strategic pre-litigation advice to several corporate clients across the different industry sectors. Relevant experience also in corporate restructuring matters, both within and outside the insolvency scenario. She regularly attends seminars and conferences both as participant and guest speaker, contributes to domestic and international publications on a variety of topics on her fields of specialisation. She also lectured Economic and Business Law at the Lisbon School of Business & Economics of the Catholic University of Portugal.

After doing her traineeship at Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho (2011-2013) and obtaining her lawyer qualification from the Portuguese Bar Association (November 2013), Tatiana then worked for three years at the same firm as an Associate (2013-2016), when she decided to do her LL.M. in London at the London School of Economics (LSE) (2016-2017) and participate in the Paris Arbitration Academy (summer 2017), followed by an arbitration internship at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (at the London office) (2018), which then motivated her to join Linklaters in Lisbon (2018). Tatiana obtained her law degree from the Catholic University of Portugal (2010) and a Master´s Degree in Law and Business from the same University (2013).

Tatiana is a member of the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA), the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) and the Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje, as well as of the Portuguese Arbitration Association and the Portuguese Bar Association.

Manager, Accuracy
Spain

Tomás began his career as an Auditor in the banking sector at KPMG in Lisbon before pursuing a Masters in Finance at ESADE in Spain. Upon completion of his studies, he started working as an Analyst at the financial and strategic consulting firm Accuracy in 2018. He is currently a Manager in the Accuracy Barcelona office, Spain, and over the past 6 years has specialized in Arbitration and Financial Due Diligence cases, with some experience in Restructuring and Business Performance cases as well. In the context of disputes, Tomás has worked as an assistant to the Economic and Damages Expert in various International Arbitration cases, notably in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, mainly on the Renewables, Infrastructure, and Construction sectors.

Arbitrator, Lecturer in Arbitration and Investment Law, JAMS, University of Leicester
UK

Tony Cole, FCIArb is an arbitrator at JAMS and a Reader at Leicester Law School. He is a former Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Branch Chair, is a member of the New York Bar, was a member of the ICC’s Task Force on Disability Inclusion and International Arbitration and has provided guidance on arbitration to the European Parliament of the European Union’s Committee on Legal Affairs. He is currently engaged in a £1,000,000 research project on commercial arbitration in Europe, including interviewing around 1,000 arbitration practitioners from over 40 countries and nearly 150 cities. He is co-author of the book Understanding International Arbitration, is a leading authority on the insights psychology can provide to arbitration practice, and has been lead author on widely read reports on arbitration in both Europe and the Americas.