Latin American Roundtable

About the Topic:

The general objective of the talk is to provide insights into the development of arbitration in Brazil, as well as the reasons why arbitration has become an efficient and an extremely frequent tool for dispute resolution of contractual matters in the country. The current status of arbitration and its future challenges will also be an object of the debate.

About the Speaker:

Ms. Beneti has recently started her own practice in São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on international and domestic arbitration and litigation, working both as arbitrator and counsel. She holds an LL.M. degree from the LSE –The London School of Economics and Political Science –University of London (2002) (scholarship by the British Council -UK) in Arbitration andCivil Procedure and a Bachelor Degree in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Private International Law at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and a Guest researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg, Germany.

All employees and guests of the institute as well as other interested parties are cordially invited to the lecture.