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Brasil Investment Forum Experience: Investment Opportunities & Legal Protection
The event is a joint initiative from the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), Gatehouse Chambers and CIArb Brazil. The purpose of this event is to create an atmosphere for debate about the Brazilian Business environment and how the arbitration practice, long established in the country, can enhance investors' confidence in the country.
Full details of speakers can be found here.
The event will be live streamed via the CIArb Brasil YouTube.
Please note, times are listed in British Summer Time (GMT+1)
Programme:
SESSION 1 The new Brazilian Business Environment: an unprecedented improvement
14:00 – 14:15
- Lucas Fiuza, Business Director, ApexBrasil
SESSION 2 Leveraging funds, infrastructure, and technology to create a watershed moment in Brazil
14:15 – 14:40
- Federal Real Estates Funds
Diogo Mac Cord, Deputy Minister for Privatization, Disinvestment and Markets, Ministry of Economy - online participation
14:40 – 15:05
- SPPI – selected portfolio of projects maturing in 2022 and 2023:
Railways, highways, ports, airports, and public utility
Martha Seillier, Deputy Minister for the Investment Partnership Program (PPI) - online participation
15:05 – 15:30
- Investing in Brazil: an insider view
Joaquim Lima – Riverwood Capital
SESSION 3 Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards in Brazil
15:30 – 16:00
Introduction by Cesar Pereira FCIArb, Chair, CIArb Brazil, Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini Advogados
- Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva, The Superior Court of Justice (Brazil, STJ)
SESSION 4 Arbitration and Legal Protection in Brazilian Investments
16:10 – 17:30
• Frederico Singarajah, FCIArb, Gatehouse Chambers
• Luis Henrick Bussola Pereira, ACIArb, Eleonora Coelho Advogados
• Cristina Mastrobuono, FCIArb Independent arbitrator
• Peter Sester, FCIArb, Independent arbitrator, FGV Law School
• Ana Gerdau Borja Mercereau, Derains & Gharavi International
Moderator: Napoleão Casado Filho, FCIArb, Vice-chair CIArb Brazil, Clasen & Casado Filho Advogados
Closing Remarks: Jane Gunn - President, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
For further details or queries, please contact secretary@ciarb-brazil.org