Fernanda de Gouvêa Leão is a doctoral candidate and holds a master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (USP), a post-graduate degree in Civil Procedural from COGEAE (PUC) and a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo. She also holds a specialization in Arbitration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Fernanda has experience acting in and coordinating lawsuits and arbitrations for medium and large companies on a wide range of matters, in areas that include construction, infrastructure, corporate, environmental and intellectual property.

  • Advising a major customer of sporting goods` market in a dispute of BRL 30 million
  • Advising chemical company in a USD 30MM lawsuit.
  • Advising engineering company in a dispute involving USD 30 MM
  • Advised a real estate client in an international arbitration.
  • Advised international bank on a debt recovery of USD 15MM.
  • Master of Law in Civil Procedure at School of Law of University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil. (2012)
  • Pos-graduated in Arbitration at Getulio Vargas Foundation (GVLaw), São Paulo, Brazil (2008)
  • Pos-graduated in Civil Procedure at COGEAE (PUC), São Paulo, Brazil (1998).
  • Bachelor of Laws from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brasil (1999)
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Spanish