Mr Renato Stephan Grion > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Pinheiro Neto Advogados
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Work Department

Arbitration and Mediation; Civil and Commercial Litigation; International Trade and Customs.

Position

Partner.

Career

Renato Stephan Grion is a lawyer educated and trained in Brazil, USA and France, and has broad experience in commercial arbitration and ADR. Renato is a former assistant counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. He specializes in commercial arbitration and related court litigation, and acts as counsel in a variety of commercial arbitration cases under leading institutional rules in Brazil and abroad. He has broad experience acting as counsel in proceedings for the recognition of foreign arbitration awards in Brazil. He also acts in mediations. He participated in the Task Force on the Revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration (2012 version).

International experience: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, USA.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Memberships

International Chamber of Commerce – ICC Brazil: Chair of the ICC Arbitration and Mediation Committee (Brazil).
Center for Legal Studies of Law Firms (CESA): Co-head of the Arbitration Committee.

Education

LL.M. in Law from the Université René Descartes – Paris V;
LL.M. from the Northwestern University School of Law;
Specialization Degree (Certificate) in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Pinheiro Neto Advogados houses a sizeable team of arbitration specialists, who are routinely sought by clients from the worlds of energy, oil and gas, telecoms, insurance and healthcare in relation to complex domestic and international arbitral proceedings. Its broad service offering covers high-stakes corporate governance and M&A disputes, as well as cases involving financing deals, infrastructure investments, construction contracts, and agreements with the public administration. Gilberto Giusti, who has sat on the board of prestigious arbitration institutions, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), is a leading figure in the market. Cases involving major construction and infrastructure projects in Brazil and other Latin American countries are among Júlio César Bueno‘s areas of expertise, while Rodrigo Carneiro  focuses on corporate, commercial and securities disputes. Rodrigo Persone P. Camargo, Pedro Barradas Barata and Lucas Pinto Simão, who was promoted to partner in January 2022, are active in both litigation and arbitration matters. Renato Stephan Grion is singled out for his wealth of experience in international arbitration. At the associate level, André Rossetto Daudt, Guilherme Piccardi de Andrade Silva and Thiago Del Pozzo Zanelato stand out for their involvement in the practice.