Brazil: Contentious
Practice Areas
Dispute resolution, commercial arbitration, cross-border litigation, product liability, corporate and financial disputes, energy and infrastructure, agribusiness, construction, and insolvency and credit recovery.
Career
University of São Paulo (Law Degree), 1985;
University of Cambridge (Certificate of Proficiency in English), 1982.
Pinheiro Neto – Intern/Associate/Partner – 1983/2005;
Mattos Muriel Kestener - Founding Partner – 2005/2016;
Muriel Medici Franco - Founding Partner – 2016/2021;
Muriel Advogados - Founding Partner – Since 2021/current date.
Professional Memberships
IBA; Arbitration Committee of the Brazilian Bar (former Chairman);
ICC - Latin American Committee on Arbitration;
Club Español del Arbitraje.
NAME - Group of Lawyers in Commercial Mediation
Publications
Articles, lectures and papers on dispute resolution, arbitration and restructuring and insolvency published in Brazil and abroad.
Books: - Ele, Shakespeare, Visto por nós, os Advogados (Coordination José Luiz Alquéres e José Roberto de Castro Neves);
20 Anos da Lei de Arbitragem (Coordination of Carlos Alberto Carmona, Selma Ferreira Lemes, Pedro Batista Martins);
Os Advogados vão ao cinema (Coordination of José Roberto de Castro Neves).
Personal
Kunito Miyasaka Foundation (former Chairman of the Board of Governors);
CIAM - Israeli Center for Multidisciplinary Support (President).