AGENDA
Attracting Foreign Investments to Infrastructure Projects in Brazil
8:00AM
Registration & Breakfast
9:00AM
Opening Remarks
Rafaela Cálcena, President of the Brazilian Legal Society
Benedict Kingsbury, NYU Law Vice Dean for Global Programs
9:15AM
Justice Ellen Gracie Northfleet's Speech
Compliance in the Brazilian Infrastructure Sector: The Effects of the Car Wash Operation
11:00AM
Coffee Break
11:15AM
Elena Landau's Speech
PANEL 1
PANEL 2
11:45AM
Roundtable & Discussion
Moderated by Troy Alexander
PANEL 3
Hot Topics in Arbitration & Infrastructure: Public Entities, Damages, and Class Action Arbitrations
12:45PM
Lunch
1:30PM
Carlos Alberto Carmona's Speech
2:00PM
Roundtable & Discussion
Moderated by Arnoldo Wald Filho
3:15PM
Closing Remarks
Justice Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva
9:45AM
Roundtable & Discussion
Moderated by Kyle Sheahen
The NYU Brazilian Legal Society presents:
What is next for the
Brazilian
Infrastructure
sector?
April 16, 2018 8:00AM
Keynote SPEAKERS
Justice Ellen Gracie Northfleet
Studied Justice Administration at the American University as a fellow of the Fulbright Program. She is a former Federal Attorney and Judge of the Federal Court of Appeals. First woman to serve on the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court from 2000 to 2011, where she was Chief Justice (2006-2008), as well as president of the National Justice Council. Justice Gracie continues to work as an attorney and arbitrator in Brazil.
Ms. Elena Landau
Holds a master's degree in Economics from PUC-RJ, where she was a Professor (1981-2004). She is the coordinator of the Regulation in the Energy Sector program at FGV. Studied Economics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT. She also acted as a director of the National Social and Economic Development Bank – BNDES. She is currently a consultant at a renowned Brazilian law firm.
Professor Carlos Alberto Carmona
Holds a specialization degree from the Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell Università degli Studi di Napoli and a Doctor's degree from University of São Paulo (USP). Besides teaching at USP, Professor Carmona integrated the committee responsible for drafting the Brazilian Arbitration Act, and has been appointed to act as arbitrator in over 370 cases.
Justice Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva
Holds an LL.M degree in Tax Law from the Harvard Law School, as well as a Doctor's Degree in Environmental Tax Law from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität. Former National Treasury Attorney and a commissioner of the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense - CADE. He was appointed to the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice in 2011.
SPEAKERS
PANEL 1
PANEL 2
PANEL 3
Jeffrey Knox
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kevin Davis
Beller Family Professor of Business Law, NYU School of Law
Amadeu Ribeiro
Partner, Mattos Filho Advogados
Laura Tessler
Brazilian Federal Prosecutor, Member of the Car Wash Task Force
Kyle Sheahen
Senior Associate, King & Spalding LLP
Marcello Hallake
Partner, Jones Day
Troy Alexander
NYU Professor and Retired Partner, White & Case LLP
Edward Dougherty
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP
José Guilherme Reis
Executive Director for Brazil at the Inter-American Development Bank
Fernando Merino
Managing Director, International Regulation & Compliance, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Professor Franco Ferrari
Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law at NYU School of Law
Luke Sobota
Partner, Three Crowns LLP
Celso Xavier
Partner, Demarest Advogados
Walfrido Jorge Warde Júnior
Partner, Warde Advogados
Arnoldo Wald Filho
Partner, Wald, Antunes, Vita, Longo e Blattner Advogados