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Mannheimer, Perez E Lyra Advogados Offices
AV. ALMIRANTE BARROSO, 139
4º ANDAR CENTRO – 20031-005
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
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Mr Sergio Mannheimer
Work Department
Arbitration and Litigation
Position
Partner of Mannheimer, Perez e Lyra Advogados.
Career
Almost 40 years of practice in litigation, as well as more than 20 years of practice in national and international arbitration. Has vast experience in complex dispute resolution, having worked on a multitude of the most important disputes in Brazil, related to matters such as commercial and corporate law, administrative law, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, contracts, antitrust, insurance and reinsurance, family and successions, civil liability, election, environment and real estate. Represents clients from various sectors, including energy, infrastructure, oil and gas, construction, financial markets, mining, technology and telecommunications. Also acts as an arbitrator, included in the lists of Brazilian arbitral institutions.
Sergio was a public attorney for the State of Rio de Janeiro (1985-2018), where he worked in the offices of the Attorney of Labor, Administrative Attorney, Attorney of Public Services and Attorney of Probate. Member of the Support Group for the State Reform. Chief Legal Advisor and subsequently Superintendent of the Office of the State Secretary of Science and Technology for the State of Rio de Janeiro (1987-1991). Commissioner of the Public Services Regulatory Agency for the State of Rio de Janeiro – ASEP-RJ (1997-1998). Lecturer of Civil Law for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2001-2004). Lecturer of the chair of Regulatory Agencies at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University – UFF (2004). Invited professor of the School for Judges of the State of Rio de Janeiro – EMERJ.
Recommended Lawyer (“Vertrauen-sanwalt”) of the German General Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. Presided the work group created by the Rio de Janeiro State’s Public Attorney General to regulate the use of arbitration by the State of Rio de Janeiro (2017-2018).
Editor of the XVIII Volume of the Rio de Janeiro State’s Solicitors’ Law Journal on Arbitration Law, 2006. Editor of the XXVI Volume of the Rio de Janeiro State’s Solicitors’ Law Journal on Arbitration in the Public Sector, 2016. Co-author of the book “Novos Temas de Arbitragem” (“New Themes on Arbitration” – FGV, 2014). Co-author of the book “General Theory of Arbitration” (“Teoria Geral da Arbitragem” – Editora Forense, 2019). Author of more than 30 articles on civil law, administrative law and arbitration in national and international publications.
Languages
Fluent in Portuguese, English, German and French.
Memberships
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (RJ/SP/DF). Former member of the Public Attorneys Commission from 2001 to 2003. Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association – RJ. Member of the Institute of Brazilian Attorneys. Member of the German-Brazilian Association of Attorneys. Member of the ICC Brazil Arbitration and Mediation Commission. Member of the Center for Studies for Attorney Partnerships (CESA). Member of the International Bar Association (IBA). Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr).
Education
LL.B from Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), 1983. LL.M from Heidelberg University, Germany, 1992.
Leisure
Rock music, skiing, biographies, fitness.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Mannheimer, Perez E Lyra Advogados ‘provides an excellent service in the area of strategic litigation‘, including in proceedings before the higher courts. The team is well placed to guide international clients through complex litigation matters in Brazil, and to act for domestic entities in an array of claims, ranging from major contractual disputes to M&A, shareholder and other corporate law cases. Co-head Sergio Mannheimer, who combines extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, has played a key role in several big-ticket corporate and insurance disputes in Brazil. He sits in the Rio de Janeiro office and jointly coordinates the dispute resolution team alongside São Paulo-based partner Tomaz Tavares de Lyra, who is recommended for his ‘excellent technical and strategic knowledge‘. Fernanda Aviz, whose experience covers civil and corporate cases in Rio de Janeiro and before the superior courts in Brasília, is another key individual.
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
A skilled performer in cases before prominent arbitral institutions, including the ICC and CAM-CCBC, Mannheimer, Perez E Lyra Advogados routinely acts for clients from an array of industries – such as construction, infrastructure, financial services, and oil and gas – in proceedings seated in Brazil and abroad. Matters involving contractual, shareholder and M&A disputes are core strengths for the department, which is jointly led by Sergio Mannheimer in Rio de Janeiro and Tomaz Lyra in São Paulo. Besides his strong credentials as counsel in significant commercial arbitrations, Mannheimer is also an experienced arbitrator. Fernanda Aviz, who is based in Rio, frequently assists construction and oil and gas clients. In the São Paulo office, Marcela Levy has a solid track record in international arbitration, most notably matters relating to the US, while Ricardo Ramalho Almeida is seasoned in commercial disputes, and has served as the sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman of the arbitral tribunal in cases heard before CAM-CBBC, CAMARB and CAESP.