Amanda Nunes Sampaio
Dispute Resolution Listed Companies
+55 11 3356 1636 ansampaio@demarest.com.br São Paulo
Partner in Demarest's Dispute Resolution practice area, Amanda Sampaio holds a master's degree (LL.M) from Columbia Law School (New York), having been awarded the Person of the Year scholarship from the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York and from the Instituto Ling in Brazil. She also holds a postgraduate degree in Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and a bachelor's degree in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). She concentrates her practice in judicial and arbitration litigation in the sphere of corporate, capital markets, competition, commercial, construction and infrastructure areas, including pre-litigation consultancy. Amanda was recognized by renowned legal publications in Brazil, such as Latin Lawyer, Análise Advocacia and Legal 500. She holds dual qualifications as a lawyer in Brazil and in the United States (New York State Bar), having worked as a lawyer in the international arbitration practice at Kirkland & Ellis in New York.
- Represents a key shareholder in a publicly listed company in a judicial and arbitral dispute involving a tender offer, the removal of a poison pill provision, and allegations of collusion and fraud.
- Represents a foreign multinational in the education industry in a post-M&A arbitration brought by the sellers questioning the strategy of pulling out of the investment by selling the company and its operations to a third-party buyer.
- Represents a listed company in the clothing industry in various legal disputes and administrative proceedings (CVM) initiated by a minority shareholder and the company's fiscal advisor.
- Represents a foreign music entertainment company in an arbitration filed by the producer of its events in Brazil, alleging unilateral and improper termination of the contract.
- Successfully represented companies and private equity funds of one of the largest Brazilian investment groups in an arbitration initiated by the founding shareholders of a company invested in the retail market (investment of more than BRL 1 billion) on matters concerning relationships and obligations between shareholders.
- Successfully represented an asset manager of one of the largest Brazilian investment groups in an arbitration and a lawsuit filed by an investor to discuss the performance of an asset in a private equity investment, worth approximately BRL 80 million individually.
- Master’s degree (LL.M) from Columbia Law School, New York, United States (2017), having been awarded The Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law.
- Postgraduate degree in Economics (Master of Business Economics) from the São Paulo School of Economics of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP), São Paulo, Brazil (2013).
- Bachelor of Laws from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2010).
- Member of the New York Bar Association.
- Member of the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA).
- Member of the Corporate and M&A Litigation Commission of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Law (IBRADEMP) (2022-present)
- Member of the Arbitration and Mediation Commission for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Brazil (2022-present)
- Member of the Task Force for Arbitration and Competition for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Brazil (2022-present)
- Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York: Person of the Year Fellowship (2016) and member of the youth committee (2017-2019).
- Instituto Ling: LL.M alumna (scholarship for LL.M)
- Mentor of the “Women in International Law Mentoring Program” women’s group, coordinated by the American Society of International Law, in New York (2017-2018)
- Lectured a class on international arbitration in Latin America at New York University Law School, for undergraduate and master’s students (NYU Law, 2017)
- Author of the chapter "Soft Law, Rules and Party Autonomy" in the book Tratado de Arbitragem, published by Editora Foco, 1st Edition, 2023.
- Author of the article “The information (as)symetry between parties to a lawsuit and potential efficiency gains through the adoption of liberal techniques to produce and elicit evidence (discovery)”, Revista de Processo, v. 328/2022, Revista dos Tribunais, 2022.
- Author of the article “The law governing the arbitration agreement: Why we need it and how to deal with it”, Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), 2020.
- Co-author of the article “A (im)possibilidade constitucional de o Estado fornecer medicamentos de alto custo e/ou sem registro na ANVISA” [“The constitutional (im)possibility of the State to provide high-cost and/or unregistered medicines with ANVISA”], in the book “Constituição da República 30 Anos Depois, Uma Análise Prática da Eficiência dos Direitos Fundamentais – Estudos em Homenagem ao Ministro Luiz Fux” [“Constitution of the Republic 30 Years Later, A Practical Analysis of the Efficacy of Fundamental Rights – Studies as an Homage to the Minister Luiz Fux”, Editora Fórum, 1st edition, 2019.
- Co-author of the article “Discovery in Cross-Border Disputes: Choosing Between Domestic Litigation and International Arbitration”, New York Law Journal, 2018.
- Portuguese and English
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