Education

• University of São Paulo – Law degree (1985);
• Cambridge University – Certificate of Proficiency in English (1982);
• University of São Paulo – Degree in Philosophy (1980/81 incomplete);

Career

• Founding Partner at Muriel Medici Franco and senior partner of the firm (2021 to date);
• Founding Partner at Muriel Medici Franco and senior partner of the firm (2016/2021);
• Founding Partner at Mattos Muriel Kestener Advogados (2005/2015);
• Intern, Associate and Partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados (1983/2005);
• Foreign stagiaire at Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu in Tokyo, Japan (1992);

Expertise

• Extensive practice as counsel, lead counsel and co-counsel in domestic and international dispute resolution, with emphasis on cross-border litigation, product liability and tort litigation, corporate disputes, construction, infrastructure, energy, financial transactions, domestic and international arbitration;
• Experience as party-appointed arbitrator and chairman of arbitral tribunals in domestic and international arbitrations;

Associations

• Former chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the São Paulo Bar;
• Member of the ICC Latin American Group of International Arbitration;
• Member of the IBA – International Bar Association;

Foreign languages

• Proficiency in English;
• Fluency in Spanish and French;
• Intermediate knowledge of Italian and Japanese (conversation only);

International recognition

• Chambers Latin America – Brazil, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration;
• Chambers Global – Brazil, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration;
• Who’s Who Legal Brazil: Arbitration, Litigation and Product Liability Defence;
• LACCA Approved – Arbitration;
• Expert Guides – Commercial Arbitration;
• Análise Advocacia – Arbitration and Chemical Sector;

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