Mr Marcelo Muriel > Muriel Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Muriel Advogados
AV. PRES. JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK 1455
SAO PAULO
Brazil
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Work Department

Arbitration and Litigation

Position

Marcelo Muriel is the founding partner of Muriel Advogados. He acts in the following areas: Dispute resolution, commercial arbitration, cross-border litigation, product liability, corporate and financial disputes, energy and infrastructure, agribusiness, construction, and insolvency and credit recovery.

Career

Pinheiro Neto – Intern/Associate/Partner – 1983/2005;
Mattos Muriel Kestener – Founding Partner – 2005/2016;
Muriel Medici Franco – Founding Partner – 2016/2021;
Muriel Advogados – Founding Partner – Since 2021/current date.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

IBA; Arbitration Committee of the Brazilian Bar (former Chairman);
ICC – Latin American Committee on Arbitration;
Club Español del Arbitraje.
NAME – Group of Lawyers in Commercial Mediation.

Education

University of São Paulo (Law Degree), 1985;
University of Cambridge (Certificate of Proficiency in English), 1982.

Personal

Kunito Miyasaka Foundation (former Chairman of the Board of Governors);
CIAM – Israeli Center for Multidisciplinary Support (President).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Entirely devoted to dispute resolution, Muriel Advogados is a ‘go-to for any complex judicial or arbitral proceeding‘, particularly excelling in disputes in the infrastructure, construction, energy, healthcare and corporate spaces. The ‘technical, analytical and very experienced‘ team is under the joint leadership of Marcelo Muriel, whose experience in high-profile domestic and cross-border litigation spans three decades, and Danilo Orenga, noted for commercial, corporate and contractual conflicts. Associate Yasmim Fortesdeserves praise for her quality and potential‘.

Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Muriel Advogados is a specialised boutique firm focused on the resolution of strategic disputes through judicial and arbitral proceedings. Though only founded in 2021, the firm has already become an established name in the arbitration space, owing to founding partner Marcelo Muriel‘s longstanding reputation in the market. Core areas of activity include complex disputes concerning the infrastructure and construction sectors, but the team is also recurrently instructed by energy clients in arbitration proceedings involving large-scale power plants, renewable projects and LNG terminals. Founder Muriel possesses more than thirty years of experience in domestic and international arbitration, acting as counsel and arbitrator. Danilo Orenga is skilled in commercial, corporate and contractual disputes, while senior associate Giovanny Russo is recommended for cases involving corporate transactions and the agribusiness, construction and infrastructure segments.