2022 CLS Brazil Forum
Agenda - April 8, 2021 (ET)
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Opening Remarks CLS and the Brazilian Community: Strong Together
· Julie Sculli, Assistant Dean at Columbia Law School
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM | When Democracy is Under Attack: Constitutional and Social Aspects
· Thiago Amparo, Professor of Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP)
· Joaquim Falcão, Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and Professor of Constitutional Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-RJ)
· Keith Rosenn, Professor of Law Emeritus at University of Miami
· Ana Paula Barcellos, Professor of Law at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Towards Efficiency in International Arbitration
· Michael Fernández, Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University and Counsel at Rivero Mestre
· Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Partner at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Queiroga Advogados
· Eliana Baraldi, Founding Partner at Baraldi & Mariani Advogados
· Eduardo Vieira de Almeida Filho, Partner at Cesar Asfor Rocha Advogados
· Gretta Walters, Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Current Issues on M&A
· Julia Visconti, Partner at Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
· Rafael Vanzella, Partner at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
· Marcos Flesch, Founding Partner at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch e Barreto Advogados.
· Carlos Mello, Partner at Lefosse Advogados
· Francisco R. Núñez, Partner at Milbank LLP (NY)
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Coffee Break
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM | White-Collar Crime: The Importance of Compliance
· Frederick Davis, Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and Former Federal Prosecutor
· Lisa Alfaro, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
· Fernando Q. Merino, Managing Director at Steptoe & Johnson LLP
· Lisa Vicens, Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
· Tatiana R. Martins, Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM | Closing Remarks
· Francisco Müssnich, Founding Partner at BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich Aragão Advogados