Profile

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL SCHOOL OF LAW, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Professor in Law. Teaching and research on international trade law, international environmental law; international investment; private international law; comparative legal studies; and methods in law. (Professor since 2007)

EDUCATION

Ph.D., TERESA LOSANO LONG INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Member of the editorial board, Texas International Law Journal, 2002-03. Awarded CAPES Foundation Scholarship. Field: International and comparative law (2007)

LL.M. (Master Professionnel) (Honors), UNIVERSITY OF PARIS 1 PANTHÉON-SORBONNE/INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL STUDIES OF PARIS, Paris, France. Awarded CAPES Foundation Scholarship. Field: International economic law. Honor thesis on international commercial arbitration (2004)

LL.M., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW, Austin, TX. Awarded CAPES Foundation Scholarship. Field: International and comparative law. (2001)

LL.M. (Especialização) (Highest Honors), FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL SCHOOL OF LAW, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Honors thesis on Brazilian consumer protection. (2000)

LL.B., CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL SCHOOL OF LAW, Porto Alegre, Brazil. (2000)

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

Nominated as a candidate for inclusion in the 2009 Edition of International WHO'S WHO of Professionals. International WHO's WHO Historical Society, Washington, D.C., 2009.

Young Researcher Award of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. 1^st place out of 154. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1999.

Award for Outstanding Legal Research of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul School of Law. 1^st place out of 10. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1999.

BRASILCON Writing Competition. 3^rd place out of 41. Brazilian Institute for Consumer Law and Policy, São Paulo, Brazil, 2001.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WTO SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES, Geneva, Switzerland, Scholar-in-residence Programme. International trade and climate change (2009/2010).

PERMANENT MISSION OF BRAZIL, Geneva, Switzerland. Scholar-in-residence Programme. International trade and climate change (2009).

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL SCHOOL OF LAW, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Professor in Law in the LL.M. program in environmental law. Taught international trade and environmental protection (2007).

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO SCHOOL OF LAW, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor in Law in the LL.M. program in contract law. Teaches international contracts and international commercial arbitration (2005 - present).

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Paris, France. Summer Law Intern. International commercial arbitration (2004).

BAPTISTA DA SILVA ADVOGADOS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Associate. Civil and consumer litigation (2000).

TEIXEIRA, GOMES, RIBEIRO & SPADER ADVOGADOS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Summer Law Intern. Assisted with tax litigation (1999)

REGIONAL FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Law Intern to Judge Jardim de Camargo. Tax matters of federal interest (1998).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Conducts empirical legal research on environmental protection and WTO law (2008 - present).

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT, Brasília, Brazil. Conducts empirical legal research on environmental damages on American private international law (2008-2010).

GETULIO VARGAS FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF LAW AT SÃO PAULO, São Paulo, Brazil. Latin American Law and Public Policy Case Library research fellow. Conducted empirical legal research and wrote a case on international trade and environmental protection (2005-2006).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

• Member, Latin American Studies Association (2007 - present).
• Member, Society of International Economic Law (2008 - present).
• Member, Society for Empirical Legal Studies (2008 - present).
• Founding Member, Associação Latino-Americana de Direito Internacional Privado [Latin American Association of Private International Law] (2007 - present).
• Member, International Law Association - Brazil Branch (2005 - present). Represents the Brazilian branch of ILA before the committees on international law on biotechnology.
• Member, Sociedade Brasileira de Direito Internacional [Brazilian Society of International Law] (2005 - present).
• Admitted to the bar in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

SKILLS

Native Portuguese speaker; fluent in English and French; conversational in Spanish.