12th ICC Brazilian Arbitration Day

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome Remarks 

Speakers:

• Gabriel Costa, Associate General Counsel Global Litigation, Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda., President, Arbitration and Mediation Commission 2024/2025, ICC Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
• Gabriella Dorlhiac, Executive Director, ICC Brazil, Sao Paulo

09:15 – 09:45

Opening Speech

Speaker:

• Ana Serra e Moura, Deputy Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration

09:45 – 10:30

Fireside Chat with the President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration 

Interviewee:

• Claudia Salomon, President, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Interviewer:

• Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Partner, Mattos Filho,Vice President, ICC Court, Sao Paulo

10:30 – 10:45

Q&A Session

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:30

ADR and Arbitration in Evolution

• Negotiation and contract management: the vintage can be modern 
• 9 years of the Mediation Law: the path taken and the path ahead 
• Vertical and horizontal expansion of Dispute Boards 
• Expedited arbitration and tailor-made acceleration of the procedure

Speakers:

• Fernanda Barjud, Legal Director, Ambev S.A., Sao Paulo
• Flávio Bianqui, Federal Consultant in Economic Regulation at the Federal Attorney General's Office, PGF/AGU, Brasilia
• Paula Linhares Karam, Senior Litigation and Arbitration Lawyer, Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro
• Raphael Lang, Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Moderated by: 

• Marie-Isabelle Delleur, Counsel, Clifford Chance, Sao Paulo 

12:30 – 12:45

Q&A Session

12:45 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 15:30

M&A Disputes in Evolution

• Pre-contractual documents, binding degrees and breaking off negotiations: what is arbitrable? 
• Problems and prevention during the interim period: the use of ADR clauses and other figures 
• Price in evolution: law and calculation in price adjustment clauses, earn-out clauses, and release of escrow account 
• M&A disputes in times of crisis: variations of the buy or sell clause 

Speakers:

• Stephan Adell, Partner, Adell & Merizalde, Santo Domingo
• Carmen Martinez, Partner, Three Crowns, Madrid
• Sheila Neder Cerezetti, Partner, Neder Cerezetti Advocacia, Sao Paulo
• Juliana Pela, Partner, Advocacia Krueger Pela, Sao Paulo

Moderated by: 

• Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti, Founding Partner, Cristiano Zanetti Advogados, Sao Paulo

15:30 – 15:45

Q&A Session

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:30

Efficiency and Expediency: Evidentiary Process in Evolution

• Duties and powers of arbitrators in evidence delimitation: the "how" and the "what" to produce 
• Expert evidence and acceleration: opposing vectors? Alternatives for a more efficient expert production phase 
• Previous written statements in testimonial evidence production: a relevant filter? 
• Documentary evidence and the limits of negative inference 

Speakers:

• Cecilia Azar, Partner, Galicia Abogados, Mexico City  
• Eduardo Flores, Professor, Department of Accounting and Actuarial Sciences, FEA/USP, Sao Paulo
• Nilo Sérgio Gaião Santos, Federal Prosecutor and Coordinator of the National Arbitration Team, Federal Attorney General's Office, AGU, Chapeco
• Sofia Martins, Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Arbitration, Lisbon

Moderated by: 

• Adriana Braghetta, Arbitrator, Professor, Partner, Adriana Braghetta Advogados, FGV Law, Sao Paulo

17:30 – 17:45

Q&A Session

17:45 – 18:10

Keynote Speech:  Duty of loyalty in Arbitration

Speakers:

• João Bosco Lee, Partner, JBLEE Advogados, Curitiba

18:10 – 18:20

Closing

18:30 – 19:30

Cocktail