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Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados Offices
RUA SÃO TOMÉ 86
17TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO, SP, 04551-080
Brazil
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Dr Antonio Celso Pugliese
Work Department
Litigation / Arbitration
Position
Partner – Litigation / Arbitration
Career
Antonio Celso Pugliese is one of Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados founding partners, managing partner since 2018 and the head of the Litigation and Arbitration practices. With more than 20 years of experience, Antonio focuses on complex commercial crisis and litigation challenges, including high profile cases in Brazil. He has wide-ranging experience representing clients in trials, class actions and arbitrations for companies in all areas of industries.
Antonio is recognized as one of the leading dispute resolution lawyers in Brazil by Chambers Brazil, Chambers Latin America and Chambers Global. “He is perceived as a knowledgeable and proficient lawyer. He is well versed in class actions, financial administration disputes and contract enforceability issues” (Chambers Latin America). “Clients note his strategic thinking and peers describe him as “creative, committed and extremely hands-on” (Chambers Global). He is also considered one of the most admired dispute resolution lawyers in Brasil by Análise Advocacia.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
- Arbitrator at International Chamber of Economic and Commercial Arbitration of China – CIETAC, 2004;
- Member of the Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo – IASP;
- Visiting Scholar, Columbia University Law School, New York, 2004;
- Assistant, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo – USP, 2003;
- Member of International Bar Association – IBA;
- Arbitrator of Arbitration Chamber CBMA (Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem);
- Member of the Bar Association Arbitration Comission.
Education
- Georgetown University, 2014, Georgetown Leadership Program;
- Fundação Dom Cabral, 2013, Senior Management Development Program;
- Universidade de São Paulo – USP, 2003, Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Civil Law;
- Universidade de São Paulo – USP, 1997, Bachelor of Laws (J.D.).
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Environment
Leveraging sector experience in chemicals, sugar and ethanol, mining, and steel, Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados fuses its substantive knowledge of contamination, licensing, regulatory agency embargoes, and water resources with extensive expertise in litigation and environmental due diligence of transactions. Leadership of the São Paulo practice is shared between founding partner Antonio Celso Pugliese, a seasoned litigator who represents high-profile multinationals in class actions, and arbitrations, and Anderson Moura, noted for his ‘exceptional negotiation skills’ in matters relating to pollution control, waste management, forest protection, indigenous communities, and climate change, further highlighted by his incumbency as head of the Dentons ESG Group for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados‘ arbitration practice is a frequent participant in complex disputes involving clients from the energy, oil and gas, and the construction sectors. The team primarily advises on contractual disputes, but is also active in damage claims, shareholder and post-transactional disputes. Practice head Antonio Celso Pugliese offers extensive experience in arbitration proceedings in the construction and financial industries. Erik Sernik routinely handles civil and commercial disputes, and is particularly skilled in contentious matters within the financial sector, with a focus on capital markets.
Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation
(Leading partners)Antonio Celso Pugliese – Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados
Turned to for its ‘excellent results in civil litigation’, Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados handles a broad range of commercial and civil contentious matters, including regulatory, contractual and shareholder disputes. Founder Antonio Celso Pugliese heads up the department, employing over 25 years of experience in complex litigation involving commercial, construction, and financial disputes. Carolina Mansur is a name to note for financial, competition and investment-related conflicts. Nahima Müller is especially familiar with mandates pertaining to the construction, technology and chemicals industries.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Brazil > Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation Brazil
- Environment Brazil
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Brazil