ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

WINNER Ana Tereza Basilio

ABOUT ANA TEREZA BASILIO Bachelor of Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes, she has accumulated experience in great law offices of Brazil, among them, Sergio Bermudes’ firm, where she worked during eleven years. She was also a partner of Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Firm (Baker & McKenzie), being responsible, in Brazil, for the civil and commercial litigation area, from July, 2002 to December, 2005. She is a post graduate in North American Law from Wisconsin University, and is a specialist in civil and commercial litigation as well as in arbitration. She taught Civil Law in the Post Graduation Course of the Escola Superior de Advocacia (Lawyer’s Superior School), from 1993 to 2001, and she’s the author of several books about corporate law.

From 2004 to 2006, she was the President of the Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of the Brazilian Bar Association, in which she also acted as President of the Lawyer’s Association Committee, from October 2003 to December 2006, Vice- President of the Arbitration Committee, during the same period, besides being elected as Chief Counselor of the Brazilian Bar Association during the three-year periods from 2000 to 2003 and 2003 to 2006. Additionally, she was appointed as member of the Committee to Fight Piracy

OVERVIEW For the past few years, Brazil’s economic scenario has consistently risen and nowadays is seen as a secure choice for foreign investments. The economy’s fortification will surely increase the need for legal assistance in diverse areas, ranging from commercial to fiscal law. The Brazilian judicial system is aware that the upcoming years will surely come with a significant increase in litigation and that parties will seek to have their problems being solved

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and Unfair Competition of the Federal Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association during period of July 2005 to December 2006, and of the Special Committee to Fight Piracy and Unfair Competition of the Federal Committee of the Brazilian Lawyers Association, which she is still a member of. She is also a member of the Editorial Committee of the Arbitration and Mediation Magazine, and member of the Corporate law Committee from the Escola da Magistratura (Judge’s School) of the High Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

She is a professor in Fundação Getúlio Vargas, in the Arbitration post graduation course. She is internationally recognized and was elected as a Leading Individual in Latin America, in the corporate litigation area, by the English magazine “Latin Lawyer”, in the year of 2006, as well as leading Individual in the list of the best lawyers in the world in the area of corporate litigation by the English magazine “Who’s Who”, in 2006, 2009 and 2010. She was also elected by the “Análise da Advocacia” magazine in the years 2006, 2008 and 2010 as one of the 10 best lawyers of the civil area in Brazil. In December 2010, she was elected a member of the TRE – Tribunal Regional Eleitoral (Electoral Court).

with agility. Due to overall swiftness of the procedures involved in its development, arbitration arises as an efficient methods for conflict resolution during the promising years to come.

This is because there are several advantages in the use of arbitration, as well as being rapid, sensitive and judicial economy, allows parties greater freedom and flexibility in setting rules that will govern

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few years, Brazil’s economic scenario has consistently

risen and nowadays is seen as a secure

choice for foreign investments.

CONTACT Ana Tereza Basilio

Basilio Advogados Avenida Presidente Wilson, número 210 – 12º andar, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – (zip code) Cep 20030-021

Tel: 55 (21) 2277 4200 Fax: 55 (21) 2210 6316

Email: abasilio@basilioadvogados.com.br Website: www.basilioadvogados.com.br

the process, as well as the choice of arbitrators for the case.

Based on these existing benefits in the arbitration, our company is aware of the increase of this procedure brought by positive current status of countries and, due to a team that specializes in this subject, fully trust that it will meet the expectations of our current customers.

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