With his practice focused on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, Pedro also sits as an arbitrator. Alongside his involvement in various strategic disputes throughout his professional practice, he has pursued extensive academic training in the fields of Arbitration and Private Law, with emphasis on Business Law.

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Graduated in 2006 from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), he obtained his LL.M in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary, University of London in 2012. Subsequently, Pedro earned a Master’s degree (2017) and a Ph.D. degree (2024) in Commercial Law from PUC-SP. His doctoral thesis explores the impact of ESG factors on various business contracts, showcasing his unique expertise in the field.

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Pedro has undertaken a secondment in the international arbitration team at Dechert LLP in Paris, France, in 2012. He also worked at the Secretariat of the Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce - ICC, in Paris, France, 2013.

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Referenced by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader in arbitration in the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 and Recommended for Brazil in 2024 and 2025.

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Member of the drafting committees of the dispute board rules for the Arbitration and Mediation Center of AMCHAM and the Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP, in the years 2023 and 2018, respectively.

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Member of NAME - Núcleo de Advocacia na Mediação Empresarial, linked to the Brazilian Institute of Business Law - IBRADEMP, since 2022.

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Fellow of CIArb (FCIArb), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, based in the UK, since 2021.

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Member of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative – RAI, since 2021, serving on the task force for admission and reception of new members.

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Member of the Institute of Private Law – IDiP, since 2021.

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Member of the coordination of the workshop cycle on Contractual Breach, Damage, and Arbitration, linked to the New Generation of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (NewGen CAM-CCBC), since 2020.

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Member of the Brazilian Institute of Business Law – IBRADEMP, since February 2020.

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Regional Ambassador (Brazil) of the Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration) for the biennium 2018-2019.

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Member of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration – ITA, based in Plano (Dallas), Texas, USA, since June 2016.

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Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee – CBAr, since 2016.

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Deputy Editor of Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação - RArb, from Thomson Reuters.

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Languages: Portuguese and English.