Founding partner and arbitrator · President of CAM B3
A reference in arbitration in Latin America.
With over 30 years of practice, Adriana Braghetta is a leading reference in arbitration in Latin America. She acts both as counsel and as arbitrator — sole arbitrator, tribunal president or co-arbitrator — in domestic and international arbitrations under the world’s foremost institutions.
She presides the Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM B3), in São Paulo, alongside Francisco Satiro. She teaches arbitration and international contracts at FGV Law and coordinates the arbitration programme at CEU Law School, in addition to lecturing at institutions in Brazil and abroad.
Education
PhD in International Law
Thesis: “Setting aside the arbitral award at the seat and its international consequences: a view from Brazil”.
Master of Laws
Latin American Integration Programme. Thesis: “Conflict between domestic law and treaty in arbitration — Brazil and MERCOSUR”.
Postgraduate (lato sensu)
Bachelor of Laws
Career
Adriana Braghetta Advogados
since 2020Founding partner
L.O. Baptista Advogados
2008 – 2020Partner and co-head of the arbitration practice
Arbitrator
—Frequently sits as sole arbitrator, tribunal president or co-arbitrator
Academic engagement
A professor of arbitration since 2003. She teaches at FGV Law, in the postgraduate programme on Arbitration and International Contracts, since 2022, and has coordinated the arbitration programme at CEU Law School since 2012. Visiting professor of the LLM in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (TADS) at Sciences Po, in Paris (2024), and of the extension course at PUC-COGEAE.
Sectors
Across more than 250 arbitrations — as arbitrator and as counsel — she has handled high-complexity disputes in the leading sectors of the economy, under institutions such as ICC, ICSID, PCA, SCC, HKIAC, CAM-CCBC and CIESP/FIESP.
Public entities & concessions
Disputes involving state-owned companies, regulatory agencies and concession agreements (ANTT, ANATEL, Ministries).
Energy & regulatory
Power generation, trading and supply, small hydro, photovoltaic plants and the short-term market.
Construction & infrastructure
EPC, alliance and consortium contracts; power plants, airports, civil works and waterway projects.
Corporate & M&A
Mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, valuation of shares, earn-out and non-compete clauses.
Financial & securities
Share swaps, assignment of credit portfolios and disputes between financial institutions.
Investment (BIT / ICSID)
Presiding over PCA and ICSID tribunals involving States and foreign investors.
Institutional activity
- Advisory Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) — Governing Board 2012–2023, Vice-President 2014–2017.
- ILA International Commercial Arbitration Committee — Director of the Brazilian Branch (2000–2013).
- Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) — President 2009–2013; founding member and member of the Advisory Council.
- Member of the Committee of Jurists invited by the Brazilian Senate to review the Brazilian Arbitration Act (2013).
- Author of the book “The Importance of the Seat of Arbitration: a view from Brazil” (Renovar, 2010).