As Counsel

Selected cases

CAM-CCBC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Construction company in judicial recovery (Claimant) vs. State government (successor of state-owned road development company) (Respondent)
Issue: Construction dispute on highway system, wrongful termination and counterclaims

CAM-CCBC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel Parties: Sanitation concessionaire (Claimant) vs. Municipality and its regulatory agency (Respondents)
Issue: Concession dispute on tariff equalization and economic-financial rebalancing
Seat: São Paulo, Brazil

FGV Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Sanitation concessionaire (Claimant) vs. Municipality (Respondent)
Issue: Sewage concession dispute on contractual targets and rebalancing, with parallel dispute boards Seat: [anonymised], Brazil

CAM-CCBC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Sanitation concessionaire (Claimant) vs. Municipal counterparty (Respondent)
Issue: Water and sewage concession dispute, unlawful penalties
Seat: [anonymised], Brazil

CAM-CCBC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Oil and gas equipment manufacturer in judicial recovery (Claimant) vs. State-owned oil and gas company (Respondent)
Issue: Wrongful termination of refinery equipment supply and assembly contracts, with counterclaims Seat: São Paulo, Brazil

ICC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Energy company (Claimant) vs. shareholders (Respondents)
Issue: Electricity purchase and sale contract dispute on tax pass-through
Seat: São Paulo, Brazil

FGV Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Energy company (Claimant) vs. shareholders (Respondents)
Issue: Electricity purchase and sale contract dispute on tax pass-through (parallel to ICC proceeding) Seat: São Paulo, Brazil
Language: Portuguese

ICC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel Parties: Ghanaian subsidiary of a Brazilian construction group (Claimant) vs. African national government (Respondent)
Issue: Construction contract dispute on housing units, breach of tax exemption obligations
Seat: Paris, France

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Engineering and construction company (Claimant) vs. counterparty (Respondent)
Issue: EPC contract dispute on port infrastructure expansion

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Highway concessionaire (Claimant) vs. UK parent company and its Brazilian subsidiaries (Respondents)
Issue: Asphalt supply contract dispute

CIESP/FIESP Rules
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Fuel distributor (Claimant) vs. counterparty (Respondent)
Issue: Biodiesel pricing dispute under new commercialization regime

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Water and sewage concessionaire in judicial recovery (Claimant) vs. Municipality (Respondent)
Issue: Concession dispute, unilateral termination and damages

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Holding company (Claimant) vs. Real estate developer (Respondent)
Issue: Corporate dispute over Special Purpose Entities, equity participation and damages

Ad hoc
Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Belarus-related counterparty (Claimant) vs. Brazilian fertilizer trading company (Respondent)
Issue: International sale dispute on potassium amid sanctions
Seat: London, United Kingdom

Ad hoc
Role: Lead Counsel Parties: Belarus-related counterparty (Claimant) vs. Brazilian fertilizer trading company (Respondent)
Issue: Payment claim under fertilizer trade contracts disrupted by sanctions
Seat: London, United Kingdom

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Counterparty (Claimant) vs. Railway transportation company (Respondent)
Issue: Bank guarantee enforcement dispute, with counterclaim on contractual penalty

Role: Lead Counsel (and Emergency Arbitration)
Parties: Counterparty (Claimant) vs. Hospital company (Respondent)
Issue: Termination of consulting contract; parallel Emergency Arbitration on confidentiality initiated by client

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Holding company (Claimant) vs. Mining company (Respondent)
Issue: Share purchase agreement dispute, misrepresentation of warranties

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Engineering and construction company (Claimant) vs. Solar energy companies (Respondents)
Issue: Construction contract dispute on solar power plants, outstanding payments

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Logistics company within a consortium (Claimant) vs. Brazilian construction company, a Chinese state-owned company and another Brazilian construction company (Respondents)
Issue: Logistics and transport contract dispute on break-bulk cargo, take-or-pay and disregard of corporate entity

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Shopping mall company (Claimant) vs. Energy supplier (Respondent)
Issue: Energy purchase contract dispute on take-or-pay during COVID-19 force majeure

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Shopping mall company (Claimant) vs. Energy supplier (Respondent)
Issue: Energy purchase contract dispute on take-or-pay during COVID-19 force majeure

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Construction company (Claimant) vs. Toll road concessionaire (Respondent)
Issue: Construction contract dispute, lawful termination and compensation, with counterclaim for alleged defects

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Excluded shareholders (Claimants) vs. Electronic payment services company (Respondent)
Issue: Corporate dispute, shareholder exclusion, share compensation and software performance damages

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Transportation consortium (Claimant) vs. Chinese state-owned construction company, Brazilian construction company and Brazilian oil and gas company (Respondents)
Issue: Special transportation services contract dispute on oil and gas equipment, with disregard of corporate entity

ICC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel Parties: Austrian/German subsidiary of a Brazilian construction group (Claimant) vs. insurer (Respondent)
Issue: Supply contracts dispute for a Brazilian nuclear plant, contractual breaches and call of guarantees
Seat: Paris, France

ICC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel (Emergency Arbitration)
Parties: Austrian/German subsidiary of a Brazilian construction group (Claimant) vs. counterparty (Respondent)
Issue: Emergency relief related to nuclear plant supply contracts Seat: Paris, France

ICC Rules
Role: Lead Counsel (Emergency Arbitration)
Parties: Austrian/German subsidiary of a Brazilian construction group (Claimant) vs. counterparty (Respondent)
Issue: Emergency relief related to nuclear plant supply contracts
Seat: Erlangen, Germany

Role: Lead Counsel
Parties: Real estate developer with related companies (Claimants) vs. Individual (Respondent)
Issue: Pre-arbitral relief on call option contract, breach of confidentiality (proceedings discontinued by client)

Role: Consultant / Legal Opinion
Parties: Party in oil-field assignment dispute
Issue: Compulsory assignment of share in a Brazilian oil field; legal opinion on Brazilian law and regulatory aspects
Seat: London, England