Mrs Camila Mendes Vianna Cardoso > Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mrs Camila Mendes Vianna Cardoso

+55 (21) 2276 6200 camila@kincaid.com.br

Work Department

Maritime, Tax and Customs, Corporate, Litigation and Arbitration, Ports and Infrastructure, Energy, Oil and Gas, Employment, Aviation, Compliance and China Desk.

Position

Senior Partner

Career

Mrs. Camila Mendes Vianna Cardoso is senior partner of Kincaid | Mendes Vianna Advogados, a traditional Brazilian law firm established in Rio de Janeiro in 1932. Mrs. Cardoso has practice and wide experience in Maritime, Tax and Customs, Corporate, Litigation and Arbitration, Ports and Infrastructure, Energy, Oil and Gas. Employment, Aviation, Compliance and Railway. Accredited international publications such as Chambers and Partners, Legal500 and Who’s Who have recognized Camila as Leading Lawyer in her field.

Languages

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Memberships

• Vice President of Maritime and Port Law Committee of the Brazilian Center Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA);
• President of the State Coordination of Brazil-China Relations of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/RJ), and member of the Regional Council and of the Maritime & Port Law Commission;
• Coordinator of the ESG Committee and former President of the Norwegian Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) ;
• Member of the Academic Council of the Center for Brazil-China Studies at FGV Law School;
• Vice-President of the Customs, Maritime and Port Law Committee of the Brazilian Lawyers Institute (IAB) and member of the International Law Committee and the Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration Law Committee;
• Member of the Study Group on “Naval Finance for Security Practices” (naval finance) of the Committee Maritime International (CMI);
• Member of the Transport and Maritime Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA);
• Member of the Steering Committee of the International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA);
• Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law (IIDM);
• Member of the Brazilian Association of Maritime Law (ABDM);
• Counsel and arbitrator at Câmara de Conciliação, Mediação e Arbitragem do CIESP/FIESP;
• Arbitrator at China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC).

Education

She holds a law degree from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro (PUC/RJ), a LLM in maritime law, marine insurance, carriage of goods by sea and international law of natural resource from London School of Economics and a certificate in Leadership in Law Firm Program from Harvard Law School. Camila is a regular speaker at events and seminars in Brazil and abroad in her areas of expertise.