Brazil and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is one of the most vibrant and rapidly-changing areas in ADR today and many CPR members do business or represent clients throughout Latin America. CPR Institute supports our members through initiatives on the forefront of these exciting developments, such as our:
- UNCITRAL Latin America Conference Days programs under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (such as Online Dispute Resolution and E-Commerce in the Transnational Context, a program organized together with University of São Paulo and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) as part of UNCITRAL LAC Days and São Paulo Arbitration Week, generously hosted by TozziniFreire in October 2023 (São Paulo)
- Latin American focused programming, such as our Charting the Path to Efficient Resolution of Investment Disputes in Latin America, a CPR program at New York Arbitration Week in November 2022 (New York City)
- CPR Latin America Conferences in 2019 and 2020
Brazil Initiative
The Brazil Initiative is a CPR project that CPR has been actively promoting since 2011. In this period, CPR has taken its work to Brazil to advance and extend our best-in-class arbitration and mediation practices to a global scale. In addition, CPR has undertaken multi-level initiatives to promote commercial mediation and other methods of conflict management in Brazil.
The goals of CPR’s Brazil Initiative project are:
- to raise awareness and promote the use of mediation as an acceptable method for resolving business disputes;
- to develop a skilled cadre of mediators in Brazil;
- to expand CPR’s Panel of Neutrals in Brazil;
- to educate the local community of in-house corporate counsels, business associations, private lawyers and judges on the benefits of Alternative Dispute Resolution methods.
CPR has implemented the Brazil Initiative through:
- Development of a strong collaborative network, including several arbitral chambers and bar associations, and strong support of the Brazilian judiciary.
- Creation and translation of key supporting material in Portuguese, including rules, protocols, training materials and success stories.
CPR's Brazilian Advisory Board (BAB)
Made up of leading law firm and corporate members in Brazil, CPR’s BAB provides strategic direction to CPR’s activities in the region and works on a number of initiatives of interest to corporations and law firms in Brazil. The BAB develops resources, shares knowledge and best practices and networks with respect to dispute prevention and resolution.
The BAB published the Corporate Counsel Practical Guide for Arbitration in Brazil as well as the Brazil Mediation & ADR Guide, and has presented numerous programs and trainings to highlight Brazil as a jurisdiction favorable to dispute prevention and resolution.
The BAB also supports the CPR International Mediation Competition, held annually since 2017 in São Paulo, which attacts law students from around the world to compete in Brazil.
CPR's Activities in Brazil
View CPR's recent programs and activities in Brazil at our page here: https://www.cpradr.org/brazilian-advisory-board
For more information about CPR Institute's activities in Latin America, please contact CPR Vice President - Global Initiatives, Knar Nahikian at knahikian@cpradr.org.
