Biography
Adriano is a Brazilian qualified lawyer with particular expertise in the insurance and arbitration. He regularly advises clients on dispute resolution matters within the insurance sector.
Since joining Signature Litigation, Adriano has worked on several international cases involving commercial litigation, war and terrorism, dispute resolution and insurance.
He is the author of Risks in International Trade Contracts. He has also published several articles with an international law focus such as, Jurisdictional Conflicts Between EU and Non-EU States: Practical Problem and Taxes in Legal Relations of Import. He is also a co-author of the article Moral versus punitive damages exposure in Latin America and Insurance Litigation – United Kingdom.
Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Adriano coordinated and provided guidelines for law firms as an in-house HDI Brazilian lawyer. He also practised at Dinamarco, Rossi, Beraldo and Bedaque Advocacy where he was responsible for developing the necessary strategy of defence, attending hearings and making oral submissions in front of the Brazilian courts on behalf of his clients, who were primarily insurers.
Adriano is a graduate of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/Brazil (PUC-SP), one of the leading law schools in Brazil, where he also obtained his Master’s Degree in International Law (2015). Adriano obtained his LLM at King’s College London where he wrote his final dissertation on Development and Market Distribution of Arbitration Institutions.
Experience
Insurance
- Acting for a Brazilian insurance company in more than 200 individual claims related with termination of personal insurance.
- Advising one of the biggest Brazilian electrical company over insurance-related topic.
- Acting for various UK Reinsurance companies to supervise and protect its rights in connection to legal proceedings in Latin America.
Arbitration
- Acting for a Brazilian construction company in relation to a contractual dispute over rights and duties of the parties.
- Acting as deputy case manager in more than 100 arbitrations cases, mostly related to contracts, oil and gas, construction.
Areas of Expertise
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