Gustavo da Rocha Schmidt

Practice Areas

• Arbitration

• Civil and Commercial Litigation

• Public Law

Career

• Professor of Law at 'FGV Direito RIO' (2008-present) in the fields of Arbitration, Administrative and Constitutional Law

• President of the ‘Brazilian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration’ (2014-present)

• Public Attorney for the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (2002-present)

• Doctor of Laws scholar at 'FGV Direito Rio' (2021-2024)

• Master of Laws at 'New York University School of Law’ (LL.M., 2008)

• Master of Laws at ‘FGV Direito Rio’ (2016)

• Founding Partner at ‘Schmidt Lourenço Kingston’ Law firm

• Former President of the Federal Bar Association’s Commission for the Implementation of the BRICS Arbitration Chamber in Brazil

• Chief of Staff at the Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor’s Office (2011-2014)

• President of the 'Revista Brasileira de Alternative Dispute Resolution' (RBADR) Publication

Professional Memberships

• Partner at Schmidt Lourenço Kingston Advogados (SLK)

• Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo chapters)

• Professor of Law at Fundacao Getulio Vargas's Rio de Janeiro Law School

Publications

• Arbitragem na Administração Pública (Juruá, 2018)

• Comentários à Lei de Arbitragem (Método, 2021)